Ugly One

The gifts of Old Mother Death are to be found in the character of Baba Yaga, the old Wild Hag. . . .

It is our brush with the wild nature that drives us not to limit our conversations to humans, not to limit our most splendid movements to dance floors, nor our ears only to music made by human-made instruments, nor our eyes to "taught" beauty, nor our bodies to approved sensations, nor our minds to those things we all agree upon already.  All these stories present the knife of insight, the flame of the passionate life, the breath to speak what one knows, the courage to stand what one sees without looking away, the fragrance of the wild soul. The above excerpt is from "Women Who Run With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.  - a fabulous and highly recommended book!

Tori Says: "When you're gonna dig in your shadow patterns, you find a part of yourself you could call the Wicked Mother or the Evil Queen. Well just talk to her. Make a deal with her. Cause she's part of your life." OOR Magazine (Dutch) September 18, 1999

  Songs referenced: 

Cloud on My Tongue