When the dead show up in my dreams they are always silent. Present, but unable to speak—there are sometimes smiles, but it feels like there are ways to communicate through that dream-haunting that are unconnected to speech. I’m always surprised by their notable presence.
Just reading now lost time somewhere but so fascinating this research and the ghosts that show up for you write down the Witch of Eye will look for it thank you
Jul 21, 2022·edited Jul 21, 2022Liked by Freya Rohn
I haven't read something as enlightening as this about the medieval witch-hunt, so many archetypes and tropes spun with your mastery over folklore analysis. The haunted house trope and the idea of Banshee is also indicative that a screaming or loud woman is dangerous, not as harmless as the our regular silent poltergeist.
This sparks another idea, what happens when the dead starts to speak in morbid tongues, the truths about their suffering, their violated souls, the anger they swallowed. What happens when that anger is purged. It inadvertently reminds me of the Hindu goddess Kaali, the goddess of death, who finally breaks her silence to destroy the evil and the myth goes that when she awakens everything in the creations bows to her fury.
I love this and so deeply appreciate your scholarship.
This discussion of silencing, and silencing, reminds me of this quote from our president's departing communications director, Kate Bedingfield, last week:
“Joe Biden’s goal in responding to Dobbs is not to satisfy some activists who have been consistently out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party. It’s to deliver help to women who are in danger and assemble a broad-based coalition to defend a woman’s right to choose now, just as he assembled such a coalition to win during the 2020 election.”
Who are these "activists" this quote seeks to silence? Largely un-silenced women, of course....
Just reading now lost time somewhere but so fascinating this research and the ghosts that show up for you write down the Witch of Eye will look for it thank you
I haven't read something as enlightening as this about the medieval witch-hunt, so many archetypes and tropes spun with your mastery over folklore analysis. The haunted house trope and the idea of Banshee is also indicative that a screaming or loud woman is dangerous, not as harmless as the our regular silent poltergeist.
This sparks another idea, what happens when the dead starts to speak in morbid tongues, the truths about their suffering, their violated souls, the anger they swallowed. What happens when that anger is purged. It inadvertently reminds me of the Hindu goddess Kaali, the goddess of death, who finally breaks her silence to destroy the evil and the myth goes that when she awakens everything in the creations bows to her fury.
I love this and so deeply appreciate your scholarship.
This discussion of silencing, and silencing, reminds me of this quote from our president's departing communications director, Kate Bedingfield, last week:
“Joe Biden’s goal in responding to Dobbs is not to satisfy some activists who have been consistently out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party. It’s to deliver help to women who are in danger and assemble a broad-based coalition to defend a woman’s right to choose now, just as he assembled such a coalition to win during the 2020 election.”
Who are these "activists" this quote seeks to silence? Largely un-silenced women, of course....