How the Mystery of Blood offers us a Sacred Rebirth

On the Secret Witch Show today we have the divine Sian Marie Pilkington. A woman of wordcraft, mother to four, deep rooted energy worker, herbalist, birth attendant, retreat facilitator and a community creator, Sian walks women through the rites of passages and blood mysteries of life, from menarche to birth, miscarriage and menopause. She is a spiritual midwife to women resisting the modern disturbance of the mysteries in order to heal and reclaim old ways in a modern world.    In her own words she honoured the medicine of The Mother by hearing + following the call to become a birth worker where she learned about the ignorance of patriarchy in a goddess’ birthing space, the divinity of family led birth and the sacred rage + glowing holiness of women all at once.’   In this episode, we begin to understand the reverence of blood and our Feminine cycle, what “blood mysteries” are and their importance as a Wild Creatrix.  We also explore how the cycles of our blood mysteries offer us a Sacred Rebirth, and how we can honour these rites of passage with the reverence and respect they deserve so we can move through each stage our of life, expanding into our fullest selves. What You’ll Learn from this Episode:   The blood mysteries - first blood, moon cycles, birth, and menopause - offer us an opportunity for sacred rebirth into our Feminine bodies when we fully embrace them There’s often shame felt around these rites of passage - imprinted at first blood - and that can be alchemised by beginning to reconnect to our bodies - both with ourselves and with our partners and families Each blood cycle offers us a dark void of potential in which we experience death and rebirth and along with this comes a sense of grief.  This is often why we experience pain and disconnect with our bleed and despite resistance and the expectations of society, we must honour our grief and welcome it The power of ritual and ceremony is huge in reclamation of our blood.  Instead of shaming the rites of passages all women go through, they can be consciously celebrated and honoured in various ways to help us move into the next stage of our lives Offering invitations into each rite of passage can be really powerful as an initiation into choosing into the next Archetypal phase of our lives Each rite of passage is a doorway into the next phase of our lives - and this is to be absolutely celebrated.  Without doing so, we can get stuck and unable to move out of each Archetypal Feminine stage meaning we are trapped in our younger ways of being Resources and things that we spoke about:   Sian’s Instagram: @mother.becoming @theenchantresswell Books Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler If Women Rose Rooted - Sharon Blackie   Thank you for listening, we’d love to know what comes alive for you in this week’s episode, so please let us know!    If you loved it, there’s a fresh episode every other week - subscribe so you don’t miss it!   Thank you,   Nicole xox