“Three Mesoamerican Feminine Deities Balancing the Universe”
with Verónica Iglesias
Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 3 PM Eastern DaylightTime
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This presentation introduces three female deities: Chicomecoatl, Coatlicue, and Uixtocihuatl, and describes how their archetypal energies help the Universe stay in balance:
- Chicomecoatl is the deity of corn and maintenance, she is the one who provides the human being with food, she is the one who supports humankind physically. She is the one who gives the human being what she deserves, just for the fact of existing.
- Coatlicue is one of the deities that represents the Mother Earth, she is the energy that creates and destroys, represents the cycles, the roots of the human being on earth, the right to do what makes us happy and to proclaim a space of life and existence in the community. She also represents the indomitable and unpredictable force of nature.
- Uixtocihuatl is the energy of the pleasure of existence. She reminds the human being how important it is to honor the body, its sensations, its desires, its impulses, and always with balance and balance. She also reminds us that when that human being stops having a pleasant life, she withers, and she stops enjoying her physical existence.
These three deities, when they are present in the daily life of the human being, allow the continuous flow of the energies that sustain the existence of life on the planet.
Verónica Iglesias was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Library Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Mesoamerican Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). She studied ancestral medicine with different indigenous healers in Mexico, learning about the temazcal, plants, minerals, and rituals and ceremonies. She was initiated as an Ix´Cheel priestess, the Mayan deity of medicine. She is the author of 6 books, two of them about Medicinal Plants. She is co-creator of the Jade Oracle, a deck of 52 cards with Mesoamerican deities and symbols. (These cards are the source of our image for this post.)
Save this date for the next ASWM Salon this summer:
July 14 2022 3 PM Eastern Daylight Time
“Sacred Midwifery: Woman as the First Home”
Katsi Cook
The Salon recording will also be available to members after the event.
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