HeyJaredAncient Mother by Rebecca Mary
Ancient Mother is a weaving of spiritual essays & poetry exploring archetypal mythology, feminine wisdom, and the childbirth continuum.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Grain: Mother Earth and Bread of Life (opens the original)
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‘… it is in the mother’s body that the grain is sown: the ploughing of the earth is a begetting and the growth of grain is a birth.’—Joseph Campbell, Primitive Mythology‘In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it becomes fruitful.’—John 12:24<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substack
The Tree of Life: Sacred and Serpentine Symbiosis (opens the original)
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She stands beneath the Ginkgo tree patient and alone.All pilgrims passeth through the treesalong the journey home.—Rebecca Mary Roose(Poem fragment that floated to the surface of my consciousness upon waking one morning. I call it a fragment because I’m certain it was part of a longer poem being ‘narrated’ to me within my dreaming).Oh, I who long to grow,I look outside of myself, and the tree <p style=
Milk, Voluptuousness, and the Aphrodite Mother (opens the original)
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The Sun: Radiant Mystery of Death and Renewal (opens the original)
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Faithful defender, and the eye of right,of steeds the ruler, and of life the light:With founding whip four fiery steeds you guide,when in the car of day you glorious ride.Propitious on these mystic labours shine,and bless thy suppliants with a life divine.—From the Orphic Hymn to Helios, tr. Thomas TaylorI find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun.—Carl G. Jung<hr /
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