
This sermon explores the duality of the wild woman and the civilized woman as twin aspects of divine power.
This sermon is about the wild woman and the civilized woman — the two sides of you that society has taught you to treat as opposing forces instead of what they actually are: twin aspects of the same divine power. Drawing on Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run with the Wolves and bell hooks’ Sisters of the Yam and Communion , this video goes into what it actually costs us to keep these two sides separated, and what it means to become your own container — strong enough to hold both sides with equal fierceness. This is a continuation of part one, where we laid the foundation for who the wild woman and the civilized woman actually are. Books used for this sermon: * Women Who Run with the Wolves — Clarissa Pinkola Estés * Sisters of the Yam — bell hooks * Communion — bell hooks Songs to meditate on: * “Twin Flame” — Victoria Monét, on what it feels like when you’re in internal divorce, wild and civilized pulling against each other instead of together * “Gemini” — Princess Nokia, on what it feels like in divine union, fully accepting all of yourself Go deeper: * The complete 2026 syllabus : the full theological and literary framework behind this sermon and the year’s theme of duality…
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