Raphaëlle Duval created this beautiful work and called it “Sentinel. Femme”. It’s in “Les Lapidiales” about half an hour from where I live in the Charente Maritime. There are many, many awe inspiring sculptures there, but this one became an instant favourite of mine.
I feel drawn to it, and held by it. It’s stunning in its power and beauty. Raphaëlle has written a little bit about it and she talks of the African goddesses, of their position standing at the border between tradition and modernism, and between the physical and spiritual dimensions of life.
She, this goddess, is telling us what we need….to weave together the wisdom of the past with our new discoveries and to bring the Feminine back into our lives.
It often seems to me we have created artificial disconnected superficial societies, not least because we’ve let the grasping, controlling aspects of our nature run wild. We need to re-connect to creativity, nurture, care, and the depth of life which brings us meaning and purpose.
In other words we need to bring the Divine Feminine to the fore in each of us. Then, maybe then, we’ll see a better way forwards, a better possible life, not just for we humans, but for our planet.
Heroes Not Zombies 
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