Thank you for this piece of education! I knew that the British oppressed the Irish, but I never knew of specific examples of institutionalized oppression like the Magdalene Laundries. I will continue studying and read the books you've recommended.
Thank you for this remembrance of this important time in history. I am Irish and grew up there in the midst of this oppression. Although I don't personally know anyone institutionalized, we are all connected as you say. If one of us is oppressed it affects us all. My path of healing has been layered. The biggest healing on my journey came when I discovered how powerful Mary Magdalene really was. She has been viewed as the archetype of the fallen woman but she was anything but that. Margaret Starbird's research has been most helpful on my journey. Then I went on to discover that the first alchemist was in fact, Mary Magdalene, and inspired Isaac Newton with scientific discoveries that he made. This has been made clear in his writings that came out after his death - he was a student of Mary the Prophetess (a pseudonym for Mary Magdalene)
Reading this was such an uncanny experience. I had a dream more than ten years ago about being in this kind of institution, sent away from my family by my father for promiscuity, and escaping it to return home only to be shunned by everyone I'd known. I started writing a short story about it, which never got finished, but that's part of why I remember it so clearly. For context I'm between sixth and eighth generation Irish and Scottish Canadian, fully divorced from my cultural heritage and only just rediscovering it since I started following you last year.
I'm also third generation Polish and Ukrainian on my mother's side, and my maternal grandmother was raised in a Polish orphanage in Manitoba by nuns who were supposed to preserve the children's heritage and language, but didn't - which has sparked my curiosity about those institutions and her experiences there. The epigenetic memory is real!
I deeply appreciate your emphasis on ancestral healing. I took a deep dive into anti-racism literature during Trump's first term, the stereotypical journey of 'white woman waking up to everyone else's reality for the first time', and lacking that ancestral connection, what I learned destroyed my nervous system and I ended up pulling away from the work. Also stereotypical, I know. But coming back to it now and prioritizing the ancestral healing feels so different - like I have something to set my back against to support me as I re-engage. So thank you for that. Looking forward to the rest of this series ❤️
Wow this is so sad. I love that proverb about the spider webs connected can trap a lion.
yeah its one of my favorites
Thank you for this piece of education! I knew that the British oppressed the Irish, but I never knew of specific examples of institutionalized oppression like the Magdalene Laundries. I will continue studying and read the books you've recommended.
I look forward to your journey please make space for the grief, awareness and awakening. It’s a huge undertaking
Thank you for this remembrance of this important time in history. I am Irish and grew up there in the midst of this oppression. Although I don't personally know anyone institutionalized, we are all connected as you say. If one of us is oppressed it affects us all. My path of healing has been layered. The biggest healing on my journey came when I discovered how powerful Mary Magdalene really was. She has been viewed as the archetype of the fallen woman but she was anything but that. Margaret Starbird's research has been most helpful on my journey. Then I went on to discover that the first alchemist was in fact, Mary Magdalene, and inspired Isaac Newton with scientific discoveries that he made. This has been made clear in his writings that came out after his death - he was a student of Mary the Prophetess (a pseudonym for Mary Magdalene)
Reading this was such an uncanny experience. I had a dream more than ten years ago about being in this kind of institution, sent away from my family by my father for promiscuity, and escaping it to return home only to be shunned by everyone I'd known. I started writing a short story about it, which never got finished, but that's part of why I remember it so clearly. For context I'm between sixth and eighth generation Irish and Scottish Canadian, fully divorced from my cultural heritage and only just rediscovering it since I started following you last year.
I'm also third generation Polish and Ukrainian on my mother's side, and my maternal grandmother was raised in a Polish orphanage in Manitoba by nuns who were supposed to preserve the children's heritage and language, but didn't - which has sparked my curiosity about those institutions and her experiences there. The epigenetic memory is real!
I deeply appreciate your emphasis on ancestral healing. I took a deep dive into anti-racism literature during Trump's first term, the stereotypical journey of 'white woman waking up to everyone else's reality for the first time', and lacking that ancestral connection, what I learned destroyed my nervous system and I ended up pulling away from the work. Also stereotypical, I know. But coming back to it now and prioritizing the ancestral healing feels so different - like I have something to set my back against to support me as I re-engage. So thank you for that. Looking forward to the rest of this series ❤️