In the Cauldron with The Dark Mother: Isis, Black Madonnas, Winter Goddesses, African legacy - a podcast by Kathryn Fink

“To say that one is longing for darkness is to say that one longs for transformation, for a darkness that brings balance, wholeness, integration, wisdom, insight.” - China Galland

The Dark Mothers are goddesses of death and rebirth both, fertility and winter, fear and survival. We’ll meet with several today, beginning with an homage to the African origins of this lineage, which have long been erased or repressed through colonialism and racism.As we sit with the Dark Mother's medicine of profound transformation, we'll consider what that means for us as we crave radical shifts within ourselves and our communities.Included are historical prayers to the Dark Mother, my own offering in honor of Mother’s Night, and, at the end, a personal tale of devotion.


|| 4:02 || Mother’s Night prayer|| 6:00 || Invitation to open yourself up a kaleidoscopic view of darkness
|| 8:18 || African origins of the divine feminine|| 10:21 || Isis
|| 13:31 || The Virgin Mary and The Black Madonna|| 18:56 || Holda, Frau Holle, and Perchta
|| 23:34 || Green Tara|| 25:49 || The Dark Mother’s medicine of profound transformation
|| 34:35 || The Dark Mother’s medicine of collective survival + justice|| 39:01 || Personal tale of devotion to the Dark Mother
|| 43:24 || Parting words for you at the turning of the wheelBooks referenced:
Dark Mother: African origins and godmothers, by Lucia BirnbaumLonging for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna, by China Galland

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