Medusa Eyes #5

"She didn't mind the darkness as much as the losses. She missed everything she could hear and many more things she could not..." —Natalie Haynes, Stone Blind

Welcome to Dragon Water Medicine Week Five in Review.

Euryale and Sthenno (Medusa’s sisters) had no real understanding of pain. Gorgons weren’t capable of it. Gorgons had leathery hides, fearsome faces, and long, sharp teeth. Who would dare attack one, and what damage could they do?

‘What does it feel like?’ They asked. ‘I don’t know what to compare it to. It’s like the feeling of fire under my skin, except there is no fire.’ Said Medusa.

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This new moon is here at the perfect time as we move through the erotic power and gifts of Medusa. In Natalie Haynes's reiteration of Medusa, she gives light to internal vision turning to our inner world—to sharpen our senses, intuition, and the sword of discrimination.

‘The burning sensation grew stronger each day,… she relied on touch to find her way around the cave, that she already knew so intimately.’

This is the power of loss: to occupy your cave body, pause, reflect, and focus on what you want to give birth to in light of what has been stolen away, powered over, grieved, bled, shed, and burned off. What will you gather as we enter the cave of the dark Crone?

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Beyond the Veil: Unleashing Your Alter Ego invited us to reclaim, own, and/or express a part of who we are — in the spirit of Halloween and our DWM coursework with Medusa and Friends.

If you missed the essay on Alter Egos it is here.

“I love the Unleashing Alter Ego piece and the images and the gorgeous photos of you! Wow! Now there's what a salty and sexy crone looks like- and lives like!

I plan to check out the film Secretary. Did you ever see Professor Marston and the Wonder Women? One of my favorite movies. So sensitively written and acted: on bondage and the courage to love unconventionally. And how Wonder Woman came into being and who she was before she was censored!” —anonymous paid subscriber.

“Thank you so much. I watched Professor Marston and the Wonder Women last night. So well done. Absolutely captivating. And sad that it was a woman who shut it down.” —Prajna

In 1972, Gloria Steinem reclaimed Wonder Woman by putting her on the cover of the first issue of Ms. Magazine.