Marion Woodman

Dancing in the Flames

Laura Mei

One does not venture deep into the forest without good reason. One has already felt some loss, something missing, in the ordinary routines of life. One has begun to search in the depths of the unconscious for what is essential to growth, to change, to wholeness. In fact, the hag, the sorceress, the wisdom energy of the Goddess, does not appear in dreams until the traveler is strong enough to be vulnerable. The ego has to have surrendered some of its defensive control before it can tolerate confronting such energy. Then she appears, without ceremony, and, after determining whether your search is legitimate or not, she has one more question, "Do you come here of your own free will, or do you come by compulsion?"

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