The Holy Wild. Danielle Dulsky

“I bit you to wake you, my Priestess, my dear.

       Lest a sweeter dream take you but tame you by fear.”

       I opened my eyes, and I was alone.

       Back in disguise and missing the Crone.

       To hear her dare speak of the breeze, brook, and flame;

       It’s the closest to prayer that I’ve ever came.

       Contents

Foreword by Bayo Akomolafe, PhD

Introduction: Her Genesis

The Book of Earth

CHAPTER 1: EARTH VERSES

The Priestess of the Wild Earth Archetype: Meeting the Sovereign Maiden

Prayer of the Underworld Goddess Returned: My Muddy Wings Are Wide

Parable of Eden’s Lost Heroine: Revisioning Lilith

Blessed Be These Many Gardens: Where She Ripped Up Her Roots

Rebellion as Reclamation: The Forbidden Fruit of the Wild Feminine

Initiation in Sacred Solitude: Walking the Red Road

The Red Road: A Parable of Feminine Fortitude

Coming Home to the Wilds: Building the Living Altar

In This House, I Brew with Crone Magick

Hallowed Be Your Heathen Heart: Toward a More Soulful, Earthen Joy

CHAPTER 2: EARTH RITUALS

Your Inner Earth Altar: A Ritual for the Everyday Warrioress

Blessing the Forbidden Fruit: A Ritual of Rebellious Nourishment

Repowering the Witch: A Ritual for Healing the Feminine Soul-Wound

The Road to Manifestation: A Ritual of Movement Alchemy

Priestess Rising from Ground: A Ritual of Self-Initiation

To Wed Sacred Solitude: A Soul-Marriage Ritual for the Too-Much Woman

Bedtime Incantations: A Ritual Prayer for the Pilgrim Priestess

CHAPTER 3: EARTH MAGICK

The Lilith Mandala: A Magick Spell for Welcoming What Comes

Pathworking in the Underworld: Meeting the Goddess Below

Body Prayer of the Shadow: A Moving-Magick Practice of Integration

Pathworking and Forgiving the Maiden: Return to the Underworld-Garden

Earth Reflection and Final Prayer: Embracing the Between Times

       Lost Verses of the Holy Feminine: I Will Not Be Lost

       The Book of Water

       CHAPTER 4: WATER VERSES

       The Maiden of the Unbridled Sensual Archetype: Calling Home Our Authentic Joy

       Tale of the Prodigal Temptress: Revisioning Salome

       The Holiness of Our Desire: Honoring Our Most Soulful Wants

       Come to the Waters, Priestess of the Holy Obscene: Psalm of Wild Longing

       Our Wild Art and Unbridled Sensuality: Embodying the Crone-Mermaid

       Freya’s Battle of the Beasts: Communing with the Artist’s Underwater Shadow

       The Maiden’s Moon: Hope and Longing at the Water’s Edge

       CHAPTER 5: WATER RITUALS

       The Temple of the Maiden’s Body: Four Seasonal Rituals for Reclaiming Worth

       Sacral Healing through Integration: Ritual Body Prayers for the Energetic Womb

       Dance of the Seven Masks: A Ritual Unveiling

       We Belong to the Water: A Three-Part Ritual of Communion, Cleansing, and Succulence

       Divination by Art: A Ritual of Reclaiming Creativity

       Thirteen Days of Spiraling Through: A Strategic Ritual Sadhana

       Benediction of the Rooted Erotic: A Ritual Morning Prayer of Maiden Ferocity

       CHAPTER 6: WATER MAGICK

       Crafting the Cosmic Egg: Manifestation Magick for the Wild Maiden

       Our Wildness, Our Masterpiece: A Practical Magick Elixir for the Underwater Creatrix

       Dreaming the Watery Maidenscape: A Vision-Tale of Feminine Redemption

       Making Holy Water: Evening Blessing Prayer of the Ocean Maiden Come to Shore

       Water Reflection and Final Prayer: To the Maiden Who Has Worn Many Masks

       Lost Verses of the Holy Feminine: Charge of the Magick Maker

       The Book of Fire

       CHAPTER 7: FIRE VERSES