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The Ash Girl
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MAPS: Chapter 2
A word on the theme of occupation in The Ash Girl. We have already seen Frieda occupied by some unseen force that paints the tarot cards with her hands. Now Artemis and Orion occupy humans (folks who have never uttered their names) and through them have children. Both acts are metaphoric (have I beat that drum enough yet?) and fraught with questions of personal agency, the nature of humans and beasts to stake out and claim new territory in the name of survival and expansion, and of course the topics the likes of colonialism, war, and genocide.
MAPS: Chapter 7
You Thoth Tarot readers may already have visions of Asmeret as a bit of The Hermit dancing in you heads. And you are right.
The rest of you are crying, “Wait! I thought Asmeret was the Princess of Disks?!?”
She is, and more.
MAPS: Chapter 8
The Ace of Disks has long vexed me. Aces are hard enough, the best most can do is explain them something like, “Aces include all of the suit but only in the sense that it represents the seed or the source without any of the attributes.” Huh?
MAPS: Chapter 9
9 Stories of Goddess Energy Rising
Inspired by The Ash Girl
click on an image to follow the path to goddess work all over the world—opens in new window
MAPS: Chapter X
Arsema’s 13th year initiation ritual and painted tattoos were inspired by all nine of the ethnic groups that comprise the Eritrean nation, while faithful to not any one.