Home to Her Descent and Rising with Carly Mountain
On the latest episode we're diving deep, using the ancient myth of the descent of the Sumerian Goddess Inanna as our guide, as we explore what it means for women to traverse the underworld of our psyches and return with hard-won, precious wisdom for our life journeys. My guest today is Carly Mountain, a psychosexual somatic therapist, breathworker and writer, whose new book is "Descent and Rising: Women's Stories and the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth" (Womancraft Publishing). For the last 20 years, Carly has worked with sacred embodiment practices, and in her latest book, she explores women's real lived experiences of descent and rising, and familiarizes us with a process of female psycho-spiritual growth pften overlooked in patriachal culture. On today's episode we explore:
- Carly's spiritual background, including how she learned powerful lessons of devotion through observing her grandmother's Catholic faith
- The myth of Inanna, including its origins and how each character can represent an important part of ourselves to examine and explore
- The surprising intersection of pleasure and pain, and how we might find relief and possibly even joy by facing the most exiled parts of ourselves
- How the myth of Inanna provides us instructions of how we may change, and why sometimes we wish to refuse the invitation to evolve
- How Carly views the Goddess as "the body of the world," and why in this moment in time we're feeling the call to evolve ourselves and our relationship with the planet
Show Notes
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- My book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is now available Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit www.womancraftpublishing.com. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too.
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- You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoher
- Carly's new book is Descent and Rising: Women's Stories and the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth, and is available from Womancraft Publishing: https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/descent-and-rising/
- You can learn more about Carly and her work at: https://carlymountain.com/
- Find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/carly_mountain/
- Find her on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063485346635
- Here's a link to the gorgeous poem Carly recited - Angels, by Miriam Darlington: https://www.guideforconscioushealing.com/wild-words-poetry-blog/angels
- Carly also referenced the work of Anodea Judith. You can learn more about her books and writing here: https://anodeajudith.com/
- Carly also referenced Dr. Gabor Mate - more on his work here: https://drgabormate.com/
Other Relevent Episodes:
Several Womancraft authors have joined me for prior podcast episodes, including:
- Bridget Supple - https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-sacred-nature-of-childbirth-with-bridget-supple
- Stella Tomlinson - https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/cycles-of-belonging-with-stella-tomlinson
- Molly Remer - https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/embracing-a-mythopoetic-life-with-molly-remer
- Lucy H. Pearce - https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/facing-sacred-fear-with-lucy-pearce and https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-wisdom-of-the-sea-with-lucy-h-pearce
- Amantha Murphy - https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-way-of-the-seabhean-with-amantha-murphy
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