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This is an invitation to
A conversation series
And a portal to a place
Within/without.
A wild place. A strange place. A magical place.
The dark woods
You may have avoided
All your life.
This is a conversation series about you, and me, and what happens when we leave the well-trodden path and the stories of the world and who we are behind us.
When we follow the crow and walk into the dark woods
Under the light of the moon.
The woods are a dangerous place for those who want to stay the same.
But for those in search of adventure, new discoveries, transformation, the dark woods are calling.
Here in the paradox of becoming, you will lose your bearings.
What is becomes what is not.
You may get lost in the woods.
That is the point.
Do not lose yourself.
(You will lose yourself ).
Join me for a powerful series of intimate conversations with an inspirational group of authors, artists, healers and therapists. These are women whose work has inspired my own, whose paths, like mine, have brought them to the heart of the dark wood. Benefit from their personal insights on the journey to claiming their spiritual and creative gifts and wisdom.
I am so excited to share our conversations with you.
Each of the women and their work have, in one way or another, had an impact on my new book, Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods.
“One of the very BEST conversation series I’ve had the pleasure to listen to!”
Theresa MacNaughton
- Toko-Pa Turner, (dreamwork teacher, multiple award-winning author Belonging,)
- Amanda Yates Garcia (Oracle of LA, author of Initiated),
- Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee (Interspiritual Teacher and Associate Professor)
- Phyllis Curott (author of Witch Crafting, Wicca Made Easy, co-creator of The Witches Wisdom Tarot, founder of Temple of Ara)
- Danielle Dulsky (author of The Holy Wild, Bones & Honey)
- M.J. Cullinane (creatrix of The Crow Tarot)
- Seren Bertrand (author Womb Awakening, Spirit Weaver)
- Molly Remer (creatrix of Brigids Grove goddesses, author of Walking with Persephone, The Goddess Devotional)
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For centuries the dark woods have symbolised the dark unknown within. The place where we lose our bearings. Often we experience the inner dark woods at times of change, especially at midlife.
At these moments of archetypal emergence, transformation, initiation and wild revelation we can often feel alone, especially if we look to mainstream culture for guidance or reassurance. We may feel as though we are going crazy. We are not. We are becoming whole, more real than we have ever allowed ourselves to be.
You are not alone. A whole silent sisterhood is walking their own paths through the dark woods. Let us see where our paths cross and where they diverge, let’s look for clues and signs on the path.
Thank you Lucy, for every word you send into the world, that heals us all.
Karen Molloy
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This is for you if:
- You are undergoing an initiatory time that feels like death and rebirth: bereavement, midlife, menopause, illness or diagnosis, changing careers, leaving a spiritual path etc.
- You are wanting companionship as you walk off-the-beaten track.
- Your soul is hungering for magic and you long to remember that we inhabit a world of mystery.
- You are wanting to recover your own wildness and connect more deeply with the natural world.
- You are wanting to find a way for both the wild and the modern, the untamed and the mundane to co-exist within yourself.
- You want to learn more about dreams, symbols, magic and creativity.
- You have been called by the crows.
What happens when you finally dare to drop the mask and step into the fullness of yourself?
This series is for anyone who is becoming more fully themselves, who finds themselves in an initiatory process of becoming… or who has recently experienced this and is looking for a way to integrate and express the experience.
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Listener Feedback
This is just some of the incredible feedback we’ve had on this series from listeners:
I have now finished listening to the Wild Initiation series of interviews and I want to say a very huge thank you to yourself and the interviewees for taking the time and energy to share your magic with us all.
I loved the diversity of personalities and perspectives collecting and collating around a common theme, and your skill in weaving stories so that the tapestry created was so much more colourful and textural than each individual thread could ever be on its own. I am an experienced witch, yet listening to other perspectives with beginner’s mind refreshes, inspires and enchants my practice and purpose.
Thank you for all the work you do in enriching the world for women and all people with the courage to open their hearts and minds. I wish you every success with your book.
Cath Smith
I’m honestly adoring this series such a lot! It’s been fascinating to listen to, and I can feel the stirrings of inspiration inside myself, which is always a bonus .
Ruth
Thank you, this has been the most validating conversation I have witnessed in a very long time. I appreciate you both so much and your tremendous generosity in sharing your life’s work.
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The Wild Initiations conversation series was so moving. Shifting paradigms one word, page, book at a time. Thank you for this archetype. Burning Woman, Sea Woman and Crow Moon Woman.
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Thank you so much for this wonderful conversation series. All of the conversations brought valuable nuggets of wisdom and interesting perspectives. Together they formed a powerful reminder of how much we have in common AND that we all have our own unique role to play.
Thank you for all the WORDS you bring into the world. ❤️
Pernilla Kristiansson
This was one of the very BEST conversation series I’ve had the pleasure to listen to! I was familiar with several of these amazing women, but I really got a better sense of who they are and what they offer the world.
Theresa M. MacNaughton
Thank you for putting this [inter]view series together! So expanding, validating and synchronistic within my current experience! I was also touched by your deep respect and appreciation for those you brought on to [inter]view and giving them space to share their experiences.
Michael Hallock
I absolutely adored this series. I wish it was continuing on. The natural depth of the conversations and mystical weaving of themes and inner-outer experiences was brilliant.
Please consider more of these conversations. They are a gift to an otherwise sometimes solitary journey. I felt like I met a circle of mothers that have always lived within me, that I have always yearned for, and whose wisdom, humour and wildness will guide my path, hand in hand with the crows and wolves, the bones and blood, the beauty and sorrow.
Courtney Mann
Thanks so much for all the work undertaken to bring this week of wise women into our homes and psyches and souls!
Grace Sasha
Thank you for this wonderful conversation series – the presence and wisdom of these wise women brightened my week and I was amused to discover more Philosophy and English graduates (like myself) who moved beyond their learning to explore both words and ideas in courageous new ways. It was especially lovely to hear from Phyliss Curott, whose Book of Shadows meant such a lot to me twenty-odd years ago.
Margaret Brady
I think that all the women who took part in the Wild Initiations series show real courage. It must be so hard in a materialistic patriarchal world to declare oneself as a witch or even to be interacting with the magical.
Thank you for the Wild Initiations series, which I like to think of as having its own journey. I will be travelling with it in the coming months.
Alison Barker
I have loved this series. Each episode felt like a homecoming back to myself and my heart. I am a little sad it’s ended!!
All in all for me the whole series felt like a returning, guiding me back to the returning and re-membering of myself. I am so excited to read Crow moon. Its patiently waiting for me on my to read shelf, so much so I am tempted to put down what I’m reading to start Crow moon.
Thank you so much for being so fabulous and making this series and connecting to so many amazing women.
Rhian Tickner
An enchanting flight through the raven-dark heart of the wilds, exploring what it is to be lost and to find oneself.
Sarah Robinson, author
Three-time Nautilus award-winning author Lucy H. Pearce’s previous best-selling book Burning Woman was an initiation of fire and She of the Sea an initiation of water. Her latest book, Crow Moon is an initiation of earth and air, a way back to the heart of ourselves through wild revelation.
Strikingly illustrated by the author, with contributions from over 30 women – artists, healers, authors – midlife women who have also been called by the strange magic of crows at decisive moments in their lives.
Enter the dark woods. Follow the crow, the moon and the mushroom on a journey of transformation and remembering.
Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods is available now from Amazon and all major online retailers, to order from your local bookshop. Signed copies from www.womancraftpublishing.com
About your host, Lucy H. Pearce
Lucy H. Pearce is the author of twelve life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her other titles include: Moon Time, Reaching for the Moon, Moods of Motherhood, The Rainbow Way, Full Circle Health, She of the Sea, Crow Moon and she is the co-author and illustrator of The Kitchen Witch Companion. Her writing focuses on women’s healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity. Her work has been shared internationally in online and print media.
An award-winning graduate in History of Ideas with English Literature from Kingston University, and a PGCE from Cambridge University, Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.
Lucy is a multi-faceted creative whose work spans the expressive arts, exploring the lost archetypes of the feminine and symbols of the soul. She is a much in demand teacher at international events and teaches regular e-courses on creative writing, editing and publishing.
The mother of three children, she lives in a small village by the Celtic Sea in East Cork, Ireland.