I would take it a step further and state that the creation that exists in every single present moment in our lives is crucial. Feminine power comes from that point. Even if it means noticing the stillness whilst washing the dishes, caring for a sick child or sweeping the floor - our feminine power comes from these everyday tasks and these mundane, quiet moments are just as potent as the more public ‘earth shattering’ creations we may make throughout our lives.

Indeed it seems that our masculine-centered society has forced women to sweep these mundane sources of power under the carpet and tempted us to steer our lives by more ‘important’ and ‘meaningful’ achievements, which to some women mean nothing, even though they continue to struggle to make sense of it. Indeed is it the very fact that women can derive such great strength from the home, from childcare, from nourishing others and from small everyday tasks that men have sought to draw them away into a world where magic does not exist; a world where family and ancient traditions have been eroded so far that they are practically non-existent and the skill of ‘homeliness’ is viewed as insignificant.

Milestones in history that have succeeded in diminishing women’s power and mystique include the invention of writing, the advancement of technology, especially in labour-saving devices and the advent of organised education and religion.

Thank goodness the tide is turning and in this day and age I am able to feel happy about my career as a mother, a nourisher a homemaker and a wise woman without any remorse for the more ‘meaningful life’ that I may be missing because I am not out there in the world. My world is my home and family. I gain great power and magic from my world as it stands, something that many men, indeed many woman could never comprehend.

Hopefully one day we will approach a time and space where they will understand again.

Yes desire is disastrous for those who are pursuing Masculine Spiritual Practice. The point of most practices in our major religions is to deny desire and avoid messy attachment to the material. Feminine religious practices, of which there are virtually no record (since observing and recording is not feminine in nature), include worship and care for all that is material - the exact opposite.

Our culture clearly demonstrates lack of respect for feminine spiritual practice: the low wages of carers, parents, teachers, those involved in food and hospitality, the way we treat the most vulnerable of our society, the fact that women (or those of feminine ilk) no longer gather (the most important of feminine spiritual practices) to worship and celebrate, much less support each other in their relationships. Disrespect for the feminine is most stikingly seen in the way we treat the biggest woman here, our earth.

Christina, your culture simply made the mistake of assuming, like most ‘civilised’ cultures, that the masculine practice of denying desire is appropriate moral behaviour. It is, for the masculine. In fact, if the masculine energy was ‘purer’ the feminine could flower more. If we could trust those who are practicing masculine spirituality (if we could trust our fathers and our lovers to have integrity - a masculine spiritual force) we, the feminine, would feel more safe to surrender into the vulnerability that forms the foundation of our spirituality.

By masculine and feminine, I don’t mean men and women, of course.

Being feminine, I’m all for desire, especially desire and attainment of pleasure as a means to praise and worship ‘what is’. Desire for health, gustatory and parental pleasure as well as care for the source of all our pleasure , our planet, is the reason this website exists.