While researching the myth of Sif, our February heroine, Norse Goddess of the grain with golden hair, I kept asking myself, “How can we learn something from ancient myths to help us in this day and age, when all the major paradigms keep changing so much and so fast?”
This is a moment in history where women have an increasing impact on society in ways that we have never experienced before. Maybe you will be surprised by this, but this revolution seems to have started with… the invention of the birth control pill. Women gained control over their reproductive choices and from then on a lot of things became possible, for example, the sexual revolution of the 60’s and 70’s.
This also made it possible for women to enter into the business arena, since more and more women were free to focus their energy on a career instead of having only one choice: running the household and the needs of many children. Feeling that they could have a greater role in society, women also felt they wanted to participate more: this is proven by the drastic increase in women’s presence on the political arena after the ‘60’s.
These are also the years in which we start to see more and more attempts by women to be seen and accepted in areas that were reserved to men, such as politics, journalism, law and medicine.
From this perspective, I was skeptic about the idea that I could learn something from a Goddess, whose name comes from the old Norse word “Sifjar” which means “affinity to and connection by marriage”.
I decide to let the magic formula, “Once upon a time…” play its trick on me, taking me gently into a space with no time, where I felt I could learn something new, although it seemed paradoxical…. So, here is what I have learned from Sif…
Don’t be naïve, be aware of lurking thieves.
“One day, Sif was sitting on a shore outside Asgard, where the gods live, drying her golden hair in the sun, and she fell asleep. Loki, the god of fire and mischief, cast a sleeping spell on Sif. He found her laying down, and his evil mouth smiled at this chance to make trouble. He knew that Sif’s golden hair was Thor’s greatest treasure, and he was determined to take it away from him. He took his scissors and cut off Sif’s hair… all of it!”
I am a woman who prefers to think that we live in a positive world, where goodness is always stronger than evil, and everyone has good intentions, if we look well under the surface. In spite of this, I have certainly encountered some situations that made me realize that this is not always the case. I believe that the world is no less beautiful because of this.
It just asks me to be an even more active player in life. If I assume that I am surrounded only by good intentions, I might fall asleep. When I’m vigil and attentive to what I have in front of me, I can be fully open and not conditioned by my preconceptions – good or bad. I can then become a protagonist of life, making a real mark with my own existence and actions.
In many mythologies, hair is a metaphor for personal strength. Inspired by Sif’s story, I have asked myself the following questions. I invite you to do the same.
“How many times have I awakened from a dream to see in the mirror that my strength (hair) was gone?”
For me, it was a romance that went wrong; a friendship that vanishing into nothing without me understanding why; leaving a discussion at work and feeling completely wiped out, and not knowing why…
What can it be for you?
The Reawakening is not complete, yet
I feel in the air that something big is about to happen. We keep hearing about the reawakening of the Goddess, and many people touched by this renaissance of more feminine values, like inclusion, equality, welcoming to diversity, new healing methods, new educational systems…
Yet, there is also an exacerbation of the debate, with extreme feminists condemning men for all that is not in harmony in our world – using tones, language and methods that have very little to do with the feminine values that are ushering in to bring balance and harmony among all, and in the world.
On the other side of the spectrum, movements like the Incels (Involuntary Celibate Men) or the even more extreme MWGTOW (Men Who Go Their Own Way) feed fear and hatred for women that can destroy the social fabric for generations to come.
These are signals of how deep the transformation we are living is, and how the transition is still ongoing. We can hear the Voice of the Goddess, yet it is sometimes only a whisper.
Sif can help us embrace all apparent contradictions and paradoxes, teaching us to be strong and sweet, powerful and welcoming, sensual and with a strong sense of our worth.
Please, share with us your impressions and thought on this ongoing reawakening.
Where can you feel, see, experience it?
Bertuccia Bietola
Bonjour,
Merci pour votre article. Je suis également très touché en ce début d’année par une force puissante et tranquille, douce, attentive, patiente mais déterminée de me réconcilier avec cette part de moi qui est en reliance avec toute la dimension du Féminin sacrée. Cette énergie semble venir du tréfonds de notre planète, comme un programme qui se met en place, elle m’oblige à considérer cette sensibilité, cette force qui souhaite trouver sa place en moi, douceur et volonté, amour inconditionnel, me permettent d’ouvrir un nouveau regard bienveillant autour de moi.
La place est à la libre expression du corps, danse, chant et amusement sont où reviennent en moi, comme un enfant qui renaît, qui sent la Terre vibrée, une transe animale hors du temps.
Quelle chance de pouvoir vivre cette reviviscence.
Dear Philippe, thank you for this beautiful sharing!
We agree with you that we are so lucky living in times of this reawakening. ????✨????
Don’t confuse divine feminine with women.
Yes, very important! Each person has a femminine and a masculine part. So the reawakening of the Divine femminine will touch us all. In this article we touched how this reawakening is touching both sexes, it’s that being a woman myself maybe it has more that angle 🙂
Lovely article Bertuccia.
I like many have felt the call of the Goddess, to help the women of the world to achieve exactly that, equality with men and to be able to add our own unique gifts to lead and guide the planet. This is necessary, in order to help repair the damage that a male-dominated world, driven by greed and money has created. I have a website and blog called https://www.wonderouswomen.com.au which you may be interested to have a look at. Judi
PS. I have also been to Damahur Italy, back in 2014 and love your work there.
Thank you Judi so much! We clicked at the link, but it seems not to be linked to a website. Could you check, we would gladly have a look. Blessings! ????✨????
The word balance comes to mind. It is one thing to have a resurgence of the Feminine, however, the point of that reemergence is to BALANCE not to overcome or dominate. As with all things, there are many aspects which make up an concept, entity or energy. The Divine Feminine is no exception. We have watched and suffered while the Divine Masculine has morphed into the Patriarchy we all know so well. The danger is in unknowingly, unconsciously and yes, purposefully manipulating this powerful force for evil. It’s probably happened before. Let’s now, make use of all our karma, and not let it happen again.
We agree with you. This is the spirit in which we wrote our article. And not only balance, also integration. As inside every human being there are a masculine and a feminine side, embracing and integrating them is a fundamental step towards Awakening, We call this the recomposition of the Androgyny. Here is an article wrote by Falco about this concept: https://stg-damanhurcommunity-799.ew1.rapydapps.cloud/spirituality/androgyny-an-ideal/
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Kristina! ????✨????
Yes, the mischief makers who determine to do harm and take away strength are among us. Yet like Sif, whose hair was replaced with pure gold of even greater value than what was lost, we also share in the universal template of death and resurrection repeated again and again.
Our hope lies in this indestructible pattern of movement that signals the triumph of the truly good.
Thank you Martha! This is a beautiful view on things and we share it! ????✨????