Witches In Salem

Witches in Salem

Nearly six years ago, three witches traveled to Salem, MA for a magical deep dive into early American history to experience its haunting legacy...and to play in pretty fall leaves.

My sister, a close friend, and I rented an Airbnb overlooking the Salem Commons, a park within walking distance of Salem’s most iconic spots.

We went in early November because we wanted to avoid the packed crowds that swarm the small town every September through October. It allowed us the chance to savor and feel the nearly 400-year-old former colony.

I can’t tell if it’s the ghosts of those who perished in the harsh early days, or the fact that so many people have revived their stories through memorials, monuments, reenactments, and museums that makes the air heavy yet electric. Whatever it is, it’s palpable, especially when you get a private moment to sit with their names etched in stone at the site of their executions.

As a woman, I am reminded just how far we have come from the days when our innate power was stifled and deemed evil rather than recognized as our divine right. As the creators and bearers of life itself, we were once treated as mere property.

Today, I am seeing a new evolution taking shape; the era of strong female leadership.

It was only recently that I began learning of the balance of masculine and feminine energy, the polarity that both male and female alike carry within. Yet the feminine energy was set aside as those who came before us had to tap into their masculine in pursuit of equality. We now reap those rewards and need to once again rewire both our energy and our thoughts around female empowerment.

As a woman who lived most of her life in her masculine, this has been an awakening in me. A side of myself I mistakenly judged as wrong because I grew up in a world where to be a girl, a woman meant weakness. Turns out, slipping into our feminine — the creative, caring, compassionate, deeply intuitive energy - is exactly the healing we need today.

We’re building stronger-than-ever bodies that create toned sexy curves that carry us into our “crone” years. We’re building multimillion-dollar businesses at a record rate. We’re gaining more and more seats in politics. And we’re doing it while slowly relearning our own magnetic energy that strides confidently into a room, commanding attention without a single word. This is the reclamation—of our energy, our intuition, our power—and it’s only just beginning.

The Goods

It’s rare that I read a book and then immediately want to go right back and reread it for all its wisdom, but this one made me want to.

Monica Yates is a healer, specializing in feminine and masculine energy and embodiment. Her book “Becoming Her” showed me some tough truths about my own past actions and beliefs that were a disservice to my own well-being, to including in my relationships.

This book—and the crunchy moments I experienced while reading it—exposed blind spots I can no longer unsee

So my friend, I couldn’t gatekeep this one, knowing how much it can help women step into their full feminine power while supporting the masculine energy we crave in our partners.