PART TWO: RECLAIMING LILITH

Session 4: WHAT DOES LILITH TEACH US?

INTRODUCTORY READING:

Hymn to Lilith by Nuit Moore (p. 84)

INVOCATION (open your time together using a sound element—singing bowl, chant, drum, etc.)

OPENING CIRCLE (sit in silence for one minute, palms touching each other’s)

OPENING QUOTE

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

EXPLORATION: WHAT DOES LILITH TEACH US?

In this fourth session, we embark on Part Two of our study by embracing what we discovered about Lilith during the previous three sessions. In Part One, we discovered who Lilith was, how she’s been distorted and suppressed, and what she reawakens in us. Now we turn to Lilith as teacher, receptive to the messages she carries for each of us.

SUGGESTED READINGS (go around the circle, allowing all participants a chance to read)

Note: These pieces where chosen because they speak to the question, “What does Lilith teach us?” Participants may read the piece in its entirety (if short) or an excerpt (if longer). The reader can select the passage(s) if excerpting. If time/resources exist, you may also project the image on a screen, making sure you credit the artist.

No Turning Back by Birgit Langhammer (p. 38)

Goddess #5 (image) by Birgit Langhammer (p. 37)

The Wisdom of the Snake by Krystal Alexander-Hille (p. 90)

The Dark Goddess in the Sky by Nicole Fair (p. 106)

WRITING PROMPT

What does Lilith have to teach you about feminine strength?

JOURNALING TIME (15-20 minutes of silence to write on the prompt)

CIRCLE SHARING (optional, not mandatory; can set a time limit if desired)

CLOSING CIRCLE (sit in silence for one minute, palms touching each other’s)

BENEDICTION

Ode to Lilith by Joyce McCauley-Benner (p. 143)