I am recalling our
unique goddess-blessing ceremony Sunday evening: imagine us in a retreat
setting. Imagine we had prepared by exploring the grounds of this imaginary retreat center and found
things in nature to ornament ourselves and each other with. What if we had rolled-up antique paper scrolls to write our goddess’s advice on, before making our
proclamations? What if the mother and daughter pair being anointed were sitting on a
throne as we anointed them? What if the retreat was staffed by mothers and
daughters who had been there before, who knew how to hold space during
ceremony, who provided us with examples of full presence? And imagine that, after our lovely rose water blessing, our chef had dinner ready, then after dinner in this scenario which, as long as we are using our imaginations, we can place in Northern California, we mothers got into a hot tub and the girls hopped into a pool, and we soaked up the
warmth of the water and the remaining sun. Sigh.
That is
my dream and my vision: taking Sunday night’s mini-ceremony to a higher level
of pomp and circumstance, making it desirable for daughters everywhere (yet maybe
even a bit too edgy for the average mom). A weekend retreat like the one I envision will add a sense of
ritual, a coming of age ceremony, a pageantry, that secular America lacks. What
if all girls’ spirits were honored? What if girls were told and shown how their unique spirit comes from their goddess lineage? Look out into the world: we see adolescents
making up their own “coming of age” activities…not involving their moms. Let’s
preempt that with something spectacular. When girls believe they are more than what our culture teaches, when girls are tuned into their inner voice, when their mother-daughter connection is experienced as sacred...it will change the way girls interact with each other and the world.
I’m
writing a manual to go with my book, so that any mom who wants to can create a
MoonBeams mother-daughter circle to unplug and honor each other’s humanness and
inner goddess. Hold the vision for me! See all girls everywhere honored simply
for being who they are! See a world in which girls can grow into their
adolescence consciously, and moms can, just as consciously, honor their
daughters’ impending independence. A mere 90 minutes a month in a MoonBeams
circle can pave the way for enlightened mother-daughter relationships! And at
the end of each MoonBeams year, mothers and daughters would come together en
masse for a weekend of seeing and honoring each other in unforgettable ways.
Our
daughters are our MIRRORS and our LENSES!
For more
information on setting up your own MoonBeams mother-daughter experience, please
contact me.