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E.T. Allen's avatar

Deep bow for the work you are doing, and the wisdom you embody.

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Oh, thank you so much✨! I truly appreciate your thoughts—I feel honored. 🌱🙏💫

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

You know what I’m thinking right now, your article Katerina would make for an enlightening documentary!

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Oh, that would be amazing! I've always wanted to create one. I think this could be a great project—not sure how or where, but it’s a "fat" idea. You’re a visionary, alright!

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

“Fat” indeed! Well, Substack is the right platform to find a producer and funding, that’s what I portend and I will help manifest that vision in my unique way, that I pray!

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Jamie Millard's avatar

There is always so much in your writing that I read it over a few times to drink it all in. The power to connect into the transformation. Body. Nature. Time. The alchemy that wraps around it and moves through it. The energy. The rebirth and vitality in all of the wisdom of the feminine. The winding serpent. The herbs. Flowers. We need to keep that knowledge alive. Thank you Katerina for being a guardian of that freedom and thank you for stepping into her healing and her growth. The crone becomes the crown. 🙏❤️🌀

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Thank you, Jamie!🙏❤️🌀 This one was a tough one, as there are so many nuances, experiences, stories to unfold, and realities to share. I had to redo much of the content, so feel free to read it again for more clarity. I woke up feeling like I had failed, but after making some corrections, I feel better. "The wisdom, the herbs, and the winding serpent—the crone becomes the crown." This is what I need to read and feel. I hope to return many times to add more information here and make it even more alive, just as a guardian of freedom would. Thank you for being here and for acknowledging both the dark and the light, the cosmic perspective, and the in-between spaces.

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Jamie Millard's avatar

These are living words. Living posts. Living articles. Are they ever truly finished? I will read again and again and again. Thanks for letting me know there’s more to feel. Blessings. 🙏❤️

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Thank you for the wise note, Jamie! I will keep with me while creating :"Are they ever truly finished?", I guess everything is changing all the time, emotions in motion.

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

Emotions in motion, I love that. You’re so interesting and intelligent and beautifully intense! xxx

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Thank you, Geraldine! I always smile reading your witty, genuine comments! I send the compliments right back to you, just like Anteros, the guardian of mutual connection.

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

Respect!

More shortly, I’m getting deep into your writings Karternia, thank you for keeping your fingers on the pulse. Be well, Geraldine

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Thank you, Lady Geraldine. Your comment is greatly appreciated and keeps my pulse alive and well. I'll meet you in the deep readings! Sending love🙏❤️!

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

I’ll meet you in the deep readings! That’s a fact, yes we meet Lady Katerina in liminal space, and that’s a special moment, and I hear another story about to be born. Walk in wonder, Geraldine

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Deborah Gregory's avatar

Wow! That was one truly epic read, Katerina! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm with Geraldine, this could easily become a documentary. And a brilliant one at that. You include it all here. I love how you've turned your lens in so many different, alchemical directions ... from the archetypal, to the mythological, to the psychological, and so much more!

Shadow work, in my experience, is vital for integrating the virgin/whore complex. Learning to hold the tension of the opposites between this and other aspects, including the feminine and masculine sides of ourselves can help us immensely on our paths to wholeness, to individuation. What a soul journey you've been on as you continue to heal your ancestral line.

Jamie's says it all so perfectly in his reply, when he talks about 'the living words' and how we, like them, are continually learning. How what we know today, or think we know today, will get revised, hours, decades, lifetimes later. What an inspiring, insightful and magickal post this is. I hope many people read it and learn more about themselves.

Let us know when the documentary gets released. May it be so. ❤️🙏

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Dear Deborah,

Thank you for your heartwarming comment, it truly melted my heart to read what resonated with you. That post was one of those moments where I lost myself in wanting to explore and keep layering thoughts. I still feel like there’s more to add, as time passes and I continue learning about magick myself.

Thank you for reinforcing the essence of shadow work, the parts of us that don’t often get to shine, the vital integration of our complexes, holding the tension of opposites, the duality, and our path toward individuation. Healing comes through seeing the ancestral lines.

Jamie has always gifted me comments that helped me feel into the living words, words that revisit us lifetimes later.

The documentary will be released :), first transformed into a podcast, where I’ll add more of my voice and personal experience. After that, we’ll see, with your vision and lady Geraldine's optimism, perhaps it can become a reality. I trust your wise voices.

Thank you again, Deborah. Sending much love!

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Karina's avatar

We come from deeply wounded feminine lineages, and healing begins with acknowledging these wounds, understanding the historical context, and recognizing how they shape our lives today. From there, we can embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and healing. Fascinating article! Loved it!

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

I am so glad you liked it, Karina. Thank you for acknowledging the wounds! Yes, we come from a deeply wounded feminine and masculine lineage. The work we do matters not only individually but also collectively. The choices we make and the art we surround ourselves with give us a new structure. I look forward to reading your posts!

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Karina's avatar

It’s a pleasure! Sometimes it feels like those of us who are the last in our lineage carry a heavy burden of processing and healing. The weight of the emotional rocks we bear seems too great to have come from just this lifetime alone. Hugs!

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Simona Mustață's avatar

A glorious witchy read that I enjoyed with all my body! You speak the truth and I am grateful to be inspired by your work! Keep burning and transforming with everything that you birth🫶🔥. The world is lucky to have you✨

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

Thank you, my dearest. Your words mean so much to me. The world is lucky to have us both, and I look forward to "birthing" more work and building more around our friendship. Thank you for being here!🫶🔥Sending love!

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

I was “burning” to write this article, and I was “burning” while reading. That’s a stunning opening line!

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Katerina Nedelcu's avatar

I think we share the same fire. We’re both burning to know more, understand more, and feel fully alive—playing with atoms, just like fire itself. We see each other's flames! :)

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