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The Spiral Path: Myth, Surrender, and Embodied Wisdom with Carly Mountain

The Spiral Path: Myth, Surrender, and Embodied Wisdom with Carly Mountain

Update: 2025-05-27
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In this episode of Gatherings, we welcome writer and mythic guide Carly Mountain, author of Descent and Rising. Together, we explore the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna, a powerful narrative of descent, embodiment, and feminine transformation.


Carly shares how the myth mirrored her own personal journey and why it continues to speak to modern women facing burnout, identity shifts, or creative rebirth. We explore the myth’s cultural resurgence, its symbolic contrast to artificial intelligence, and its call to reclaim erotic intelligence, surrender, and embodied wisdom. Carly reframes surrender not as weakness but as the courage to meet what’s real—and sees descent not as failure, but as the doorway to collective healing.


For those navigating inner thresholds, this episode may serve as both map and medicine.


For more information about Carly’s book and workshops: Writer, Psychotherapist and Women's Initiatory Guide.


 

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The Spiral Path: Myth, Surrender, and Embodied Wisdom with Carly Mountain

The Spiral Path: Myth, Surrender, and Embodied Wisdom with Carly Mountain

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