My guest on this episode is Gina Martin, founding mother and High Priestess of Triple Spiral of Dún na Sidhe, a pagan spiritual congregation in the Hudson Valley of New York. She is a ritualist, teacher, healer, mother, and writer of sacred songs. Her When She Wakes series, which includes the titles Sisters of the Solstice Moon, Walking the Threads of Time, and She Is Here, are published by Womancraft publishing. She is the curator and composer of WomEnchanting: a Compendium of Sacred Songs and Chants. Gina is also a practitioner of Classical Chinese medicine and a Board Certified licensed acupuncturist. She lives as a steward of the land that previously held a village of the Ramapough Lenape where people can come together now to remember the Old Ways. On this episode we discuss: * How Gina's early experiences in the Catholic church informed and shaped her views on ritual and ceremony * Gina's relationship with the Sacred Feminine, and why she feels like despite it all, she often needs to be dragged out into the light as a celebrant of the Goddess (plus some of her experiences in doing so) * Gina's "When She Wakes" series, including her inspiration behind it, and the often ephemeral line between fiction and reality * Her understanding of time, and how this appears in her book series, particularly book two * How the language that we speak defines our reality * And much more!