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Season 1, Episode 11: The Fall—An Initiation of Old

Seven months ago, I fell 75 feet while rappelling. My equipment failed. I held onto the rope with both hands and sustained third-degree burns requiring 22 skin grafts. My partner caught my falling weight from the bottom—something that has a 1-2% survival rate for both people. We both walked away alive.

This is the story of a modern initiation. The complete death of the maiden and the painful birth of the mother.

Content warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a traumatic accident, medical procedures, and physical injury. Please care for yourself while listening.

What we cover:

• The two weeks before the fall: claiming priestess, meeting Kali, knowing something was coming
• What happened during the 75-foot fall and why I chose to hold on
• The physics-defying miracle of how we both survived
• Isis's reassembly magic through 22 skin grafts and faster-than-expected healing
• Lilith learning vulnerability: being fed, cared for, held by community
• Kali's death gift: destroying the maiden who thought she was invincible
• The psychology of identity death, earned secure attachment, and post-traumatic growth
• Where I am now, seven months later, still integrating

This episode is raw, vulnerable, and real. If you're in your own initiation—in the death, in the shattering—you will survive this. You will reassemble. You don't have to do it alone.

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Free resources: www.the-goddess-coven.com
Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations

This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment.

Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]