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The most radical thing a woman can do is love herself and her body unconditionally.

Since time immemorial, the female has been hated, degraded, defiled, objectified, religiously scrutinized and shamed, condemned and branded as temptress, whore, witch, hag. Simultaneously revered and repulsive. Grotesque, a mere lesser derivative of the male. Deserving of pain.

Refuse to bow to the world’s constant attempts to put you in the place they think a woman should remain. Love yourself relentlessly. Prioritize yourself. You have always been worthy, human, and enough as you are. Your body is wondrous.

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Highly recommend when you’re alone and in a peaceful state to spend sometime envisioning a goal you have for yourself: I mean really envisioning it, to the point where you’re feeling the things you’re envisioning. I just finished doing that now with a 2 year plan (plan not goal cause it’s already done). And as I’m driving I realized I’ve been doing that for as long as I could remember and everything that I envisioned I have gotten. To take it a step further; the more you think about it the more you start making subconscious decisions that align you with that path. Even though the path might be not the greatest at times. Infact the more I thought about it. The more I made decisions. When I think about it, the more I thought about it and really envisioned it. The more I made decisions that were final alignment. The faster I got those things. So that definitely plays a huge factor

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The Month of Maia

Gregorian Date: April 18th - May 15th Season: Spring, 2nd Month Position: Daughter Half of the Year, End of the Eastre Cycle

Major Festivals: Exaltia (14th Maia / 1st May) Minor Festivals: Maia's Day (1st Maia / 18th April)

Name meaning/s:

Maia (Roman): uncertain, possibly "Majesty" or "Increase"; goddess of spring and growth; connected with Vulcan as a goddess of destruction and purification; possible namesake for the month of May. May 1st was sacred to Maia, who was given a sacrifice on that day.

Maia (Ancient Greek): "Mother, Nurse, Midwife" ; a Nymph, eldest of the Pleiades, the Mother of Hermes and nurturer of Arcas. Was conflated by the Romans with their own goddess and her myths adopted by them.

Maya (Vedic (Indian) Religions): "illusion, Magic" ; the illusion/s to which we are subject as unenlightened beings. The Illusion that the world is permanent, that individuals beings are separate from one another, etc.

My Commentary:

Like many other Filianic month-names, Maia takes its name from a goddess, as described above. Maia is also the name of a Genia, the first of the three Werdes. Maia is an important Genia, the spinner of the world-illusion, in both its negative and positive aspects; she creates both ignorance and wonder.

Maia runs from April 18th - May 15th. Where I live, this is the planting season, the threat of frost is diminishing, the trees are filling out with leaves and everything turns green. Many flowers bloom, insects are flying, and overall there is a feeling of richness and spring bounty.

It is a very rewarding practice to offer seasonal produce and natural things, in order to mark the changing time and cultivate gratitude and peace. Flowers, and the other bounties of Earth, are traditional and lovely offerings for Our Mother's Altar, in recognition of both their innate beauty, and of our gratitude to the Divine Spirit who causes flowers to bloom and spring to come year after year.