Journey to Medusa…
The image I was shown is of two women blended into one. The young aspect is depicted in profile on the right, looking up in youth, with a flowing, sensual power. The second aspect is the crone looking square at the viewer in powerful confidence. Her eyes are fire and a snake. All around their heads is swirling white light that blends with snakes in such a way that you cannot tell where the snake ends and the light begins. On top of the crone is the head of a large snake, with its head resting on top of hers, also looking dead at the viewer. Out of the back of the young woman’s head is another large snake, looking straight up at the sky. Both the bodies of the snakes entwine to form a vertical figure eight, with the first circle around the head of the crone and the lower circle around her fiery heart, radiating light and flames.
The snake’s tail continues to wrap around the earth, which is depicted at the bottom of the canvas (only the top half of the Earth is shown). The Earth is radiating light, almost glowing. The center of the Earth is glowing a deep red and white, pulsating with immense power.
Medusa said to me,
I am one of the many facets of the divine feminine archetype. I have two faces in your image: one of the young aspect, looking up and out, with green bursting creative reproductive power, and one of the powerful crone, looking squarely at the viewer, fully embodied and radiating with confidence and fierce power. Is there anything more sinuous, sensual, and powerful than a snake? My divine feminine power, my light swirling up and around me, frightened people not in balance with their feminine energy so much that they demonized me. This was symbolized in part by the snakes. I am feminine strength forged in heart fire and based in the womb, which is that of Mother Earth, the Divine Mother. I am transformation and transmutation. The ultimate transformation of the female and male union into a human with the body of the Earth Mother and the soul from the light (sky). The snake is from the Earth Mother, a feminine and powerful symbol representing transformational energy and the power of the feminine. This power originates from the heart fire, fueled by the Womb of the Woman, ultimately the womb of the Earth. This is accessible to both males and females. This is strength and courage, the transmutation of fear into light, the human into the Divine. Harness this fire within you, the kundalini. This is to be used wisely with and through the heart.
Medusa’s power is evident in her eyes, as confirmed by the myth of those who looked into her eyes being turned to stone. To see such power, if not in your own power and integrity, would cause fear in the beholder to the point of paralysis (turning people into stone). The heart fire is passion, power from the womb of Mother Earth, and of Woman and the heart, the three passions of the heart.