Feminine Superpowers Part 1

---

---

Transcript

Hello. And welcome to the Wisdom Tree podcast. I’m your host Dr. Genie.

For anyone new here, I am a historian and. A philosopher of Feminism. I’m a minister of Spiritual humanism and I am a dream builder coach, certified by Mary Morrissey and the Brave Thinking Institute.

The Wisdom Tree Podcast is brought to you by the Choose Love ministry and together our mission is to promote our four core values of wisdom, compassion, equanimity, and agape love.

It’s so great to have you here listening this week. March is women’s History Month and of course history and women’s empowerment are the 2 loves of my academic life and career. Recently I shared in my private Facebook group the 10 traits that I have found to be feminine superpowers and so over the next several weeks I want to share these with you and explain them, because for most of us, men and women, we have forgotten the feminine energy. Within us. Because we are a masculine centric society. We know that even as women, if we want to succeed in the quote, man’s world in corporate America, or in academics or in law. And we have to morph ourselves into a more masculine self. And you know, play the role of someone more masculine than maybe we naturally are. This works for many women. Many women have climbed the hierarchy to the top with success like. US Vice President Kamala Harris. However, this doesn’t work for the majority of women, nor does it work for all men. Some people are naturally feminine dominant energy. And transforming to something totally masculine feels. Unnatural. We can’t quite get the groove of it. And so we don’t succeed. You know it’s. 10,000 years that the gift of the feminine, the superpowers of women. Have been ignored and they’ve been silenced. They’ve been domesticated, they’ve been mocked, they’ve been belittled, imprisoned. And just been given no value in the patriarchal system.

So yes, I’m a historian, so here comes a history lesson. For almost the entire human existence. Where societies were formed, be it extended families with grandparents and cousins, and. Siblings, whether it was nomadic societies hunter gatherer groups. These were matriarchal systems for 10s of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years. There were no Queens. There were no women in charge of everyone. That’s that’s not a matriarchal system. It’s not the mirror reflection of the patriarchy. Where there’s someone at the top that’s not matriarchy, it’s actually a true definition of opposite and a matriarchy. Power is egalitarian. Nobody at the. Top. That’s completely opposite of the patriarchy. So, you know, in a matriarchy, women use their superpowers to support the society, just as men use their superpowers to support the society. These groups were spiritual, they weren’t religious, and so there was no God at the top of the hierarchy. In fact, there was no hierarchy in a matriarchy. Hierarchy is patriarchal. Women were free to be their natural selves without shame or restraint or dogmatic.

And you might wonder. How we know what matriarchal systems were like when this happened? You know, more than 10,000 years ago. So it’s prehistory pre civilization, pre writing. How do we know that? This is what it was like. Well, there are two sciences, archaeology and anthropology, that have uncovered details of the prehistoric age. They look at burial sites, they analyze DNA. They look at weapon and shelter technology. They look at diet and they look at art from cave drawings and figurines that are carved into stone. OK, these are some of the things that archaeologists find to study.

Anthropologists have studied living primitive tribes in places. That were completely cut off from martyr man, like in the Amazon. In Africa, Siberia, the Pacific Islands, Indian Ocean islands. OK, these are, you know, in the last couple 100 years. There is a pattern of development in these cultures which are spread out all over the world, so they’ve not had contact with each other to compare how each other’s living. But there’s a pattern that all of them go through in their development, and so we can infer that prehistoric tribes longer than 10,000 years ago would have developed in the same way. So one thing they have found. Or is that primitive peoples or matrilineal? Unlike today, we’re patrilineal, we are given our father’s surname at birth. We take our husband’s names. Our lineage is established through the father’s line. Well. In a in a matriarchy lineage was established through the mother’s family and often times when couples married they went and joined the mother’s family. And why is this? You might wonder, want to be blunt. You know, with 100% certainty who the mother is because she gives birth, right? There’s no question who the Mama is. But the father’s not so much, right. So Matro lineage is a trait of matriarchy.

Now archaeologists have found carved idols from this prehistoric time. Goddess idols. This is the sacred feminine idol. She’s always found round and plump and big hips and big breasts. She’s the giver of life. She grants fertility. And fertility, giving birth and raising a child to adulthood. This is the single most crucial way in which humans survived in prehistory. Women were the most vital contributor to the survival of the human species because they bore children. Women were honored and respected for their vital contributions.

But then the agricultural revolution happened and cities were built up and. Suddenly the most vital element to survival of the human species became protection. Protect the grain stores. Protect the livestock. Protect the chief or the king. Protect the women and children. Protect the city from outsiders you know, build walls. Agriculture and the domestication of animals meant a steady food supply. So the population increased. It was more likely that a child would be born healthy and live to adulthood. Giving birth. Was not as important as as it had been, OK. So protecting the belongings and the people of the society became more important. Well, protection is a masculine superpower, right? So is control, so is hierarchy. And women became controlled. And placed at the bottom of the hierarchy. The hierarchy of worthiness I like to call it. Well, worthiness of what? Well, it was first worthy of how much grain. OK, the higher you were on, the higher Archy. Meant more grain. You got for you and your family, OK? Then worthiness of leadership, which was now given by a male deity, God said, who was to be king, right? And then worthiness of gold, of silver, of land and ownership of things. Women were became the least deserving of any of these. Their contributions we’re we’re that we’re no longer respected, OK? Women and their superpowers over thousands of years became worthless to the patriarchal power structure and along with the cattle and the sheep and the grains, the feminine was domesticated to a life of servitude. Bordering on enslavement? For the past 10,000 years. Now that’s the history, OK?

Every primitive matriarchal society that has been introduced to a patriarchal influence, every primitive matriarchal society that has been introduced to a patriarchal influence has domesticated their women. One great example where the indigenous tribes of the Americas women were held in high regard. Women had equal tasks. And then the colonizers appeared. And women. Were put at the bottom of their hierarchy. It’s only been in the last several 100 years that. The patriarchy. Through religious outreach. Has taken over the entire world. There are not a handful of matriarchal societies left on the globe if a handful.

And no, if you’re wondering, Queen Elizabeth, the second of Great Britain, did not make Great Britain a matriarchy. The Queen was a woman patriarch. Eh, remember there are no kings and no Queens in a material society. Power is egalitarian. OK. Another thing goddesses like Athena. They they’re not the sacred. She’s not the sacred feminine. Athena is a female God. OK, she represents the patriarch system. OK, she is not the sacred feminine goddess. Of the matriarchy.

So. Let’s get to the first superpower. I’m only going to introduce one this week, since we had that bit of a history lesson, but feminine superpower #1 is intuition.

And I placed this one first because it’s really the last of the great powers of women. That was, that was taken from us. We held on to this capacity really up until the Protestant Reformation and the 30 year Holy War that. Resulted in both Protestants and Catholics ordering Inquisitions. To prove that they were the true faith. 35 to 50,000 wise and intuitive women were burned and tortured and hanged and drowned as witches. And from then on, women have hidden and locked away their intuitive power.

In prehistorical society, women were shamans because of their intuitive sense. Hey, where are we going to find the ripest berries? Hey, you know, women actually provided more food. When they were, when they were hunters and gatherers, women actually provided most. Of the food. Whether it was. Helping to hunt but also the gathering because you were likely to gather food every day, you weren’t likely to kill an animal to bring back to to cook every day. So women actually did the most of the of the providing there. So. Your intuition says where are we going to find the ripest berries? How do we interpret the behavior of the wildlife you know? They’re acting weird. Does that mean bad weather’s coming? Are they on the move? Is something is, is someone else? It’s another tribe coming this way. The women knew when a baby would be born, they. New. What the sky forecasted about the weather they knew. Is this a safe spot for us to camp? Is this a safe spot for us to stay for a while? Or they would have a feeling, does this nomadic stranger that’s in our area, does he mean to harm us?

So women’s intuition. Was still pretty important after the dawn of the patriarchy, women served as priestesses and oracles and advisors in ancient Pagan kingdoms. You know, in the Middle Ages, there’s always a Crone or a wise old woman in in fireside tales. Until the Protestant Reformation, the superpower of intuition was a known part of society. OK, they were oppressed by the church. The church didn’t like it. But the people in the community. Respected the power of seer. They respected it as a real power and the church didn’t like it. But the people knew it was real. OK, but the inquisitions sent this feminine power into hiding. So afterwards, and even into recent times. Intuition was disguised as fortune telling. It became entertainment. It was a joke. It was something for the lower classes. And even the occult history of the tarot was completely fabricated so that. The magic. Was in the card symbols. It was in the cards and it was in the symbology of the cards, not in the woman reading. Them. OK. That way we could blame the cards. Intuition began being called psychic ability. As if. It were a gift that was special only. For some people. That people had to be born with the gift or born with the sight. These folks were. Seen as weird, abnormal, sometimes even possessed unnatural. So again. Making most people feel they had to hide their intuition because nobody wants to be called out as weird or different, or they haven’t in the past. Shame very much went alongside a connection to. This stream of consciousness. That you can’t explain. But there’s a wisdom in it. Even in my own lifetime.

I mean, I have a story about it 20 years ago, my husband retired from the Navy and we sold our House in Florida and we were moving back closer to my family. And it was a few days before we packed up our minivan to head north. We were running some errands and. Something told me there was something wrong with the front tire on the passenger side. The right side of the car. There was something wrong with that tire and I. I told my husband there’s something wrong with the tire. Well, what do you hear? I don’t hear any. OK. What do you see? I don’t see anything. Does it feel funny? I know it doesn’t feel funny, but there’s something wrong with it. I I don’t know how I knew, but I knew. OK. Well, my husband didn’t take me seriously, you know, as. As happens and so he didn’t think there was anything to it and he didn’t have it looked at before we went on our trip. My intuition was disregarded and disrespected, and so I kind of thought, well, yeah, I’m just silly. I’m just paranoid. I mean, there’s I couldn’t have known that, right. There’s no way. So. I helped load up the van and put my kids in. The van we. Head north and it’s evening time. It’s getting dark. We are on the Interstate 75 miles an hour in the left lane. My kids are in this the row of seats behind me. Yeah, and. That tire blows out, and it sent us swerving across the Interstate. We made it off the road safely, thank goodness, and but we were stuck on this really dark stretch of of highway in between towns. We had a cell phone, but back then cell phones were not smartphones. So you you didn’t have the Internet. On them to look up. Business phone numbers, right? And so we ended up having to call a family member who we knew had a computer at home and Internet. So that they could look up a phone number for us to call, they give us a couple of phone. Numbers and we found someone, right? So. Couple hours later, we eventually made it safely to a hotel for the night. But we were we were lucky to be alive. We were lucky. None of us got hurt and.

I know that. Every single wife, daughter, mother, sister. Out there listening to this, I know you have a similar. I told you so. Story. You don’t know how you knew, but, but you knew and it happened. And I told you so. Nobody takes us seriously. But I didn’t even trust my own voice. I didn’t even take my own voice seriously because. I still put myself and my children in that van without the tire being fixed. I knew. But I doubted myself because he doubted me, OK. We doubt ourselves because the patriarchy doubts us. OK.

So what has been lost to the world with the absence of this superpower? Well, really solid advice giving. Messages that maybe really do come from the ethereal realms, from the gods, from angels, from our ancestors. You know. Warnings and directions for our highest good. We’ve lost an inner knowing and how to trust our soul voice when making decisions. How do we make decisions now from fear, from greed? From a desire to climb the patriarchal ladder to the top or as high as we can get. We disregard our souls advice.

And remember. It’s not just women who can access feminine intuition. Men and women both have masculine and feminine energy. Flowing through their metaphysical body. Just says both have testosterone and both have estrogen flowing through their physical body. It’s just that most men are dominant, masculine energy. And accessing this feminine feminine gift isn’t as strong, it’s it’s not a superpower like it is for women. Or for someone feminine dominant, OK. Just as we women can access protection power. And control power and hierarchical power. But for most women, this is not our go to way to respond to life. We have a natural way. That would come first and in most situations.

So it’s time that we release this superpower of intuition from its imprisonment. All of us need. To connect with our inner compass, our soul voice. So let’s give it a try, OK?

If you’re willing. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your nose. And then out through your mouth like you’re blowing through a straw. OK, to that one more time. And. With your eyes closed. Imagine a ball of gold and light above your head. This light is warm and bright. But it doesn’t make you turn away from it with its brightness. It feels very safe. This light is your higher self. It’s your guiding light. It’s your soul. Your soul’s voice, that is. With you all the time. And it speaks to you softly. And gently. And without commanding you. And if you’re willing. Put your arms up into this ball of light. Feel it tingle against your skin? It’s warm and it’s comfortable and it’s safe. And with your hands around this ball of light. Move it down over the front of your face. Down across your neck. And stop at your heart. Introduce your heart to your higher self. And welcome this light to join you. I welcome my guiding light. My higher self to join with my heart. To offer me guidance for my highest good on my journey. Now release this light. And allow it to enter your heart space. And here you will be able to connect with it should you desire. Place your hand on your heart. And whisper. I am listening. Whatever message you have, that is for my highest good. That is from God, from my angels. From the collective consciousness. From my higher self. I am listening. And when you’re ready. Open your eyes and return to this moment space. Feel the warmth in your chest. Feel the peace. Feel the quiet.

Wow. Yeah, that’s pretty great. That’s a beautiful feeling of connection that we all need, yeah. So. I’m going to leave you with this feeling of connection and awesomeness, right? So. I’d like you to take some time every day to listen for that soft voice. Just put your hand on your heart. Say I’m listening. And then notice. For that voice, notice the feelings you get from your five senses that seem to come out of nowhere. Butterflies in your stomach. Images that come into your mind. Notice the thoughts. And the things that you know but you don’t know. How you know them? Next week I’ll be back to talk about three more feminine powers. And I look forward to sharing those with you. Hopefully they’ll be as moving and inspirational as intuition. But I’d like to thank you again for listening. Thank you to choose love ministry. We hope you got something valuable out of this episode, and if so, we’d love to hear from you. You can find me on Facebook and Instagram. Just look up Jeannie Matthews. I’ll try to put those links with this post, OK? I will see you guys next week. Bye bye.