In season 3 of the Mystic Loom Podcast, we visit Brazil for a look at some of its indigenous stories as told by the various tribes of the Amazon.

In this episode we look at the Makurap myth, “The Flying Head” and use it to get a deeper insight into the plight of women in indigenous Brazilian society as well as looking at the role of “the sacred feminine” in the indigenous Brazilian cosmovision. We then branch out into the wider world and look at how this story intersects with other famous accounts of “headless women” such as the Greek tale of the Medusa whose decapitated head had the power to turn men to stone. 

We use the stories of these two headless women to help us unpack the archetype of the “scorned feminine,” one of the many manifestations of the “Dark Feminine” and look at how cultural portrayals of this sacred dimension of femininity impacts women’s spiritual development as well as their place in society.

We conclude the episode by looking at a woman’s “birth dream” and discuss how we can use ancient dream incubation techniques to help us solve the issues that plague us in our waking life.

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A NOTE ON THE FOLKTALE

"THE FLYING HEAD" from the 2002 publication "BARBECUED HUSBANDS AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE AMAZON" by Betty Mindlin.

Abridged and re-written by Dina Luna.

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