1st Task – Letting go of the past –

Allowing the milk-teeth mother to transform into the hunter…Taking on the task of trusting yourself…

Developing your own consciousness about danger, intrigue, politic, & what is right for you now…

Letting die what must die, so the new you can be born…

 

2^nd Task – Seeing the difference between who you were taught to be (the ‘good girl’…etc…) & who you really are –

Like Wassilissa we may try to be ‘nice’ when we ought to be knowing…

Being willing to face & experience your own inner shadow (the stepmother & step sisters) directly…

Building the strength to act on what you see…

 

3^rd Task – Consenting to venture into the dark forest of the intuition –

Learning to develop your inner senses by feeding the mysterious unconscious self…

Honing the gifts of your legacy…Listening to your soul voice to find your way to the Wild Mother within…

 

4^th Task – Facing the Wild Hag -

Being able to stand in the presence of unbridled power & the arcane otherness of the fearsome Wild Goddess…

Developing the capacity of bringing the formidable values of the instinctual into your creative life…

 

5^th Task – Cleansing the personae -

Putting in order the house of the soul…Performing purifications…Serving the unknown…Accepting help from your inner allies…

Creating uncluttered space in head & home to make room for magic…Tending your passions like a fire

which cooks up creativity to feed & nourish you…

 

6^th – Patience & Discernment –

Separating this from that…Learning to make fine distinctions in judgment…

Learning the difference between medicine & poison…Observing the power of the unconscious & how it works…

Following the symbols of the dreamtime to put inspiration into action…

 

7^th Task – Asking the right questions -

Being able to understand the elements of the wild nature…Overcoming fear of the unknown…

Unlocking the mysteries of the life/death/life cycles, their rhythms & how they function best for you...

 

8^th Task – Receiving the fire -

Looking at your life in a new light…How to take on the immense power of passionate knowing to strengthen the spirit…

Having the courage to make the ascent from the initiation of deep intuition & apply the lessons learned…

 

9^th Task – Choosing to hold on to & carry the blaze of knowing -

keeping your senses fierce & spontaneous enough to see, hear, smell, taste what lies beneath the surface;

the useful or not useful parts of yourself & others so as to affect change…

Recasting the shadow to suffer no fools…Employing intuition to recognize options…

   

"Myth is the secret opening

through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos

pour into human manifestation...."

~Joseph Campbell