The Mythology
Baba Yaga (pronounced bah-bye'yegg-ah), Slavic birth-death wild Goddess, rode about in a mortar-an extremely hard bowl used with a pestle to grind grain, nuts, et cetera. Her ways were fierce and wild, deep and penetrating, and could be interpreted as grinding away that which was extraneous. Her time of death was autumn, for she was the life force present in the harvested grain. In Russia this Goddess was transformed into a witch who lived deep in the forest and ate children.
The Lessons of this Goddess
Baba Yaga flies into your life in her mortar to help you nurture wholeness by getting in touch with your wild woman. It is time to reconnect with the natural, the primal, the instinctual. It is time to shake our your hair, your body, and shake up your life. Have you banished your wild woman to the dungeon? Have you chained her, muzzled her, caged her, lest people find out you are not nice, neat, and clean? Free her! You need her. That wild woman is part of your joy, part of your vitality, part of your creativity. She is you and you need every part of yourself in order to dance wholeness. The Goddess says it is most important for you to learn to integrate your wild woman because an unintegrated wild woman creates self-destructive behavior. The wildness is there and needs to be expressed. It is your choice whether to express it creatively or destructively.