We’re not okay. However we will probably be. We now have not recovered from the shockwaves of final Tuesday. The bottom has but to settle. The mind will not be but absolutely again on board. The physique must shake, wail, and account for the wreckage.
Might we give ourselves a second.
Not too long ago we launched Black Moon Lilith within the CHANI app. Initially we had been going to take action in July, however we felt that she was extra wanted within the fall. We needed to ensure that she was accessible to assist us by way of this second (simply in case of this worst-case state of affairs — gestures broadly). To remind us of our energy. To affirm our rage within the face of injustice. To have a context to position ourselves inside.
Lilith, first spouse of Adam. Lilith, who was advised her place was beneath her husband. Lilith, who selected self-imposed exile over residing a life with a person who didn’t see her as his equal. Lilith, who upon realizing God was in on this, uttered the Holy One’s ineffable identify and left the Backyard of Eden for good.
Lilith, not of The Father, however for her freedom.
Lilith results in a cave within the desert, a spot of meditation if you’ll. Desolate. Barren. Stunning. The desert was as soon as the ground of the ocean. And it’s right here, on the backside the place we discover ourselves.
It’s vital, I feel, to take this time to understand the depths we’ve descended to. Bottoming out, as they are saying in lots of a restoration circle, is a present. There’s nowhere else to go. However up. Rebuilding ourselves one breath, one primal scream, and one brick at a time. With out dropping the depth.
I consider that it’s Lilith who returns to the Backyard of Eden because the snake that tempts Eve with the apple within the tree of information of fine and evil. Lilith whispers to us by way of the ages, “Go away this place. It doesn’t know you. It doesn’t need you in your entirety. It seeks solely to decrease you. Chew the apple. Incorporate this knowledge. Go away right here and uncover who you actually are.”
That is how we save one another, and in flip, save ourselves.
We’re far, removed from our rebirth, however that’s not the purpose of this second. This second is for feeling our manner by way of. Stomach to the earth, snakelike on the backside of the ocean. Tending to our wounds, gathering with our family members, and dreaming of what fullness might really feel like. This second is for remembering that we’re a part of a lineage of resistance and recreation that stretches again to and much past concepts of supremacy and domination. Lilith is older than god, than gardens, than time.
So are you.
If, at any time you neglect this week, please do not forget that we want you. Your wildness, your power, your flaws, and your friendship. If at any time this week you neglect, please re-read these phrases and do not forget that there are numerous individuals who have gone earlier than you, who go alongside you, and who attain again from the long run able to information, defend, and encourage you ahead.
I’ll attempt to do the identical.
By no means miss a memo.
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