Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
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Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
S1E5 - The Descent of Inanna: Medicine for Necessary Dissolution
Story Medicine
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1 week ago
S1E5 - The Descent of Inanna: Medicine for Necessary Dissolution
In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "The Descent of Inanna" from ancient Sumer - one of humanity's oldest recorded stories, carved into clay tablets nearly four thousand years ago. It carries profound medicine about voluntary descent, the stripping away of identity, and what can only be discovered through complete dissolution. Inanna, Queen of Heaven, voluntarily descends to the underworld. At seven gates she is stripped of her divine powers until she arrives naked and powerless. Ye...
Story Medicine
Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
