Seeking the Spiritual Mother with Rebe Huntman

On this episode, I'm joined by Rebe Huntman, a memoirist, essayist, dancer, teacher, and poet who writes at the intersections of feminism, world religion and spirituality. For over a decade she directed Chicago’s award-winning Danza Viva Center for World Dance, Art & Music and its dance company, One World Dance Theater. Huntman collaborates with native artists in Cuba and South America, has been featured in Latina Magazine, Chicago Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune, and has appeared on Fox and ABC. She is also the author of a new memoir, My Mother in Havana, about her explorations in seeking not only her human mother, who died when she was 19, but also a deeper relationship with the Divine Mother.

On this episode we discuss:

• How Rebe’s path to the Sacred Feminine revealed itself through her evolving relationship with Latin dance – including how she discovered that the dances themselves were originally invitations to the gods
• Rebe’s transformational journey in Cuba, including her experiences meeting the Orisha Oshun, and Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
• How Oshun, who originates from the West African Yoruba tradition, and Our Lady, who is considered an apparition of the Virgin Mary, are syncretized – and how this merging can give us a more holistic vision of mothers and women in general
• Rebe’s evolving relationship with her deceased mother, and why it’s both normal and natural to call on our deceased loved ones for support

Notes related to this episode:

• You can learn more about Rebe and her book at her website, www.rebehuntman.com.
• You can also find her on social media: Instagram @rebehuntman; Facebook @rebehuntmanauthor.
• We discussed the books the Chalice and the Blade, by Riane Eisler, as well as Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

Other related episodes include:

• Transforming a Paradigm of Domination with Riane Eisler - https://youtu.be/LSk4JRd6B8g
• Healing the Mother Wound with Bethany Webster (audio only) – https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6b4fbdc5-b85a-4dd0-ad63-ea2501eb493c
• Exploring the Divine Feminine in African Traditional Religions with Lilith Dorsey (audio only) -  https://player.captivate.fm/episode/89f7cc91-8038-431f-8459-4cf57d172e35

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