THE BUZZ Reconnect with the Sisterhood in The Red Tent


I feel called to ignite the idea that we should gather in circle again. Let us shed together, release together, celebrate our shadow and our beauty together. Let us collectively recognize our power. Let us create a safe sisterhood that will fi ll our longing soul with an abundance of love. By honoring the new moon concept, we relearn ourselves and our relationship to Mother Nature’s cycles. Instead of experiencing the end of a cycle as death, we can ap- preciate the beauty in the breakdown, the miracle that is the phase of renewal. Our bodies need this phase to rest and rejuvenate, our hearts need this time to refl ect and heal, our minds need an opportunity to slow down and relax, our souls need this pause to breathe before forging ahead to conquer our next lessons.


I


have felt disconnected from ‘the sisterhood’ my whole life. My mother abandoned me when I was a year old and I was subsequently adopted by a dysfunctional family headed by an


abusive matriarch. At times I was verbally abused, talked down to, made to feel worthless and at other times I was physically beaten for speaking my truth. As a result, I wrapped myself tightly within the conviction that women were not to be trusted. This belief festered as I grew up and I witnessed girls judging one another and competing for boys’ attention.


Many women have similar stories. We have longed to feel


supported by our sisters and mothers. We have spent hours won- dering, “Why don’t they like me?”, “Why am I not good enough?”, “Why won’t they support me?” Perhaps you remember that time back in school, or perhaps you still experience now, when women you’d love to trust feel more like your competition.


Recently, I was led to read The Magdalene Manuscripts and Mysteries of the Dark Moon. These texts speak eloquently about the power of the feminine. Demetra George, author of Mysteries of the Dark Moon, shares how we transitioned from worshipping the divine power of Goddesses and honoring the cyclical ways of Mother Nature, to worshiping the masculine energies, the Sun Gods and the book religions. The rituals and perspectives of the feminine were diminished, persecuted and have continued to be oppressed for the last two thousand years. From fear of being burned at the stake, we stopped practicing the rituals that gathered us, fulfi lled us and empowered us. We began to turn on one another and judge one another for shining the little light that we had left.


It is time to change this. “Our Red Tent” is a contemporary


movement to empower modern women in studying the ancient ways with each other and to honor our divine rhythms and cycles. Throughout Herstory, the story of the feminine, women have gath- ered in red tents, moonlodges or menstrual huts as a place to rest during their blood time. These sisters were attuned to the moon’s natural rhythms; their moon cycles would synchronize and they would bleed together during the new moon. While in the tent, the women would share their stories and learn the women’s arts. I can only imagine how different my understanding of the feminine role in society would be if I were raised in a community that held the red tent tradition and supported the profound beauty and miracle that it is to be a woman.


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The end of a cycle is just a time of transition. Not to be feared but to be embraced for the magical fi eld of possibilities that it is. Just as the caterpillar must experience metamorphosis, so must humans. There is no avoiding the stages of being broken down completely into pieces and being given the opportunity to rebuild. When this phase can be honored and seen for the blessing that it is, we move through it with a renewed grace and ease. We can support one another unequivocally. Who doesn’t desire more of this in their life?


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