Unearth Her: Reclaiming the Buried Face of the Divine
When they told you “God is a He,” they didn’t just define the Divine — they handed you a script. One written by men, for men, to center men. That statement may have sounded like theology, but it was actually a strategy.
A strategy to erase the Divine Feminine.
For centuries, we’ve been told that the highest form of power, creation, and holiness wears a beard, sits on a throne, and speaks with a deep voice. But long before temples and churches were built, long before patriarchal religions took root, the face of the Divine looked very different.
She looked like us.
The Divine Feminine Was Here First
Before “God the Father,” there was the Great Mother — worshipped by ancient peoples across the globe. She was not just a symbol of fertility, but a sacred embodiment of wisdom, destruction, mystery, and creation.
Her names echoed across time:
Inanna. Isis. Shakti. Sophia. Shekhinah. Gaia. Brigid.
She was the moon, the ocean, the soil, the cycle of birth and death. She was the cosmos and the cradle.
She wasn’t a myth.
She was the mirror.
But as empires grew and male-dominated religions rose, she was quietly buried. Not because she was irrelevant, but because she was powerful. And because her power didn’t conform to systems of control.
From Reverence to Repression
As patriarchal structures took hold, the Divine Feminine was recast as dangerous. Her temples were torn down. Her stories were rewritten. Her presence was pushed into the shadows.
She didn’t fit into a world ruled by hierarchy, conquest, and rigid gender roles. So they labeled her chaotic. They turned her sexuality into sin. Her wisdom into heresy. Her strength into threat.
And in her place, they gave us a God who was male — always male — and called it truth.
But what if that wasn’t divine revelation, but divine rebranding?
Deconstruction as Sacred Work
Many of us are now waking up. Questioning. Unlearning. Reimagining. That process — often called deconstruction — isn’t about losing faith. It’s about shedding the false layers and returning to what’s real.
It’s about remembering Her.
When you feel that holy discomfort, that ache that says, “Something’s missing,” — that’s Her voice. That’s the Divine Feminine stirring in your bones. That’s sacred remembering.
Reclaiming Her is not rebellion.
It’s resurrection.
What It Means to Lead Like Her
The Divine Feminine doesn’t dominate — she invites. She doesn’t demand submission — she calls us into wholeness.
To lead like Her is to lead with:
Wisdom and intuition over rules and rigidity
Healing and justice over dominance and control
Compassion and fire in equal measure
Community and connection instead of competition
She leads not from above, but among. Not by hierarchy, but by circle. Her power is not in titles or thrones — it’s in embodiment.
To lead like Her is to birth new systems, mother new movements, and tend to what the world has neglected — whether that’s people, purpose, or the planet.
She Is Not Gone — She Is Rising
She has always been here. Beneath the rubble of empire. In the stories they refused to tell. In your body, your voice, your resistance, your tenderness.
Every time you choose softness in a world that prizes aggression — She lives.
Every time you speak truth even when your voice shakes — She rises.
Every time you ask why instead of blindly following — She is remembering herself in you.
So this is your invitation:
Unearth Her
Remember Her
Lead like Her
Because She never left.
They just taught you to forget.
But now?
You remember.
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By NeoFeminist on May 27, 2025.
Exported from Medium on August 7, 2025.