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“It is generally understood and felt through the subtle intuitive wisdom of the body.” You can think of tapping into divine feminine energy as embracing your inner Goddess. “The Divine Feminine refers to a face of the divine spirit that is connected with the body, with nature, and with the cycles of creation and transformation,” Gabriela Herstik, witch and author of upcoming book Goddess Energy, tells Bustle. It’s a type of energy that everyone can access and tap into - not something tangible nor a secret club that you need a membership to access. While definitions will vary among spiritualists, the divine feminine is generally thought to represent the part of our consciousness that connects us to qualities like intuition, feeling, nurturing, receptivity, and interconnectedness. But the concept of divine feminine energy is so much more than a Goop-esque new age buzzword - it’s a sacred spiritual energy that’s believed to exist within all of us, and embracing it is about finding strength in our own softness and challenging society’s idea of what it means to empowered.
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If you’ve found yourself scrolling through witchy or mystical accounts on Instagram, you’ve probably come across someone talking about the “divine feminine” alongside imagery of a voluptuous goddess with flowing locks of hair, emerging from the sea on a giant scalloped shell.