Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey Into the Mature Feminine

A richly rewarding guide for women stepping into their full feminine power

Pre-patriarchal cultures revered the passage from youth to maturity as a part of nature’s cycle. Yet, today’s society has largely severed women from this connection, asking them to remain young, pretty, and disconnected from their inner sacredness. Maiden to Mother offers a desperately needed pathway out of infantilization and disempowerment and into soul-sourced sovereign wholeness.

Through story, ritual, and teaching, Wilson ushers women through the ancient passage of the immature ＂Maiden＂ phase of life and guides us through the crucial initiation into the archetypal Mother--the powerful, safe, compassionate, full-bloom feminine life force that exists within all of us. The Mother is every woman’s birthright, regardless of whether or not she raises children. It is an embodiment of who we needed as a child, who we were meant to be in this life, and who the world needs us to be now.

Here, we are invited to dismantle our internalized conditioning with its false, constricting standards for the feminine, so that we may live with authenticity and feast on the richness of life. ＂Midlife is not, as our culture proposes, where a woman’s power ends,＂ says Wilson, ＂but where it really begins.＂

Sarah Durham Wilson is a women’s rites of passage leader and writer. Sarah’s offerings are rooted in archetypal Mother work and resurrecting the rite of passage from Maiden to Mother. She has taught courses and led retreats for thousands of women over the past decade and works with private clients. She previously worked as an arts and music writer in New York City, writing for Rolling Stone, VH1, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Interview magazine. In 2010, she began writing under the pen name DOITGIRL, which provided inspiration for women interested in the path of the witch and priestess. She lives in New England with her daughter Avalon and two familiars, Odin and Ridley. For more, visit themotherspirit.com.