Sheila Na Gig (shee'la-nah-hig) - Opening
I flash my vulva for all to see,
I stretch it wide, the gateway that all comes through, the passageway to life.
I say come thrugh my door way, open yourself to what is.
If you have something important, show it, so everyone can see.
I am the opening to this world and sacred ans the silly, the wild and the wooly, the bold and the brazen.
I am the Hag opened by so many turnings broken down, broken in, broken through.
I am the portal to life, and I say Open Up!
Sheila Na Gig, an Irish goddess of birth and death, is portrayed here as an old hag (woman of age and wisdom) in all her glory, thin and haggard, yet vibrant and defiant in the beauty of her age. Beauty is the right of all wonan to claim. She dares you to look at her, face your fears of aging, and triumph in your celebration of what will age and die.
She's a reminder for us this week that we shouldn't fear in the things we are doing. As long as you are truthful, there is nothing to fear.
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