What is PrimaMater?

Prima mater is a Latin term which translates as First Mother.  As a human being, our first relationship with any Other is with our mother, the one who carries us intimately within her womb.  Throughout gestation, our Mother nurtures and provides safety for our development into an autonomous human being.  As a helpless and dependent infant, she is also typically the one with whom we first bond.  Ultimately, however, this mother inevitably falls short of our idealized perfection of the goddess-like being we imagined her to be.  The human mother is, after all, a human being who was raised by another (fallible) human being and the legacy of fallibility apparently continues as far back as history can take us.

But did you know that there are places that ‘history’ cannot take us?  Such places are sacred and reachable only by going within, by accessing the other-than-conscious mind.  Through guided meditations and trance journeys you can discover the archetype of the Original Mother – the PrimaMater – and cultivate relationship with your true source.  Carl Jung claimed that the archetypes in the subconscious mind are part of  the ‘collective unconscious’.  There are countless archetypes which populate the symbolic language of the subconscious mind and each and every one of us has, accessible within, our own unique version of each archetype.

Cultivation of a deeply personal relationship with your own PrimaMater helps to make expansion and growth into a more full and complete human being (Anthropos) more readily available.  You can return to your essence and be as you were designed to be from the moment you were conceived!

The Great Cosmic Mother
Original Art by Kati Astraeir

It is generally agreed these days that expanding our awareness is our next important step in human evolution.  Yet it often seems that there are things we simply wish to not be aware of, aspects of reality that we actually try to be unaware of as they are just too painful or overwhelming (or simply inconvenient) to allow in.  However, it has been my experience that when I’m willing to do the work – when I show up and connect within and cultivate my relationship with my PrimaMater, enlivening it and allowing it to flow, when I can allow myself to feel loved, held and nurtured by Her grace – then I have a greater capacity to be with the stuff of life, whatever it may be.

This stuff of life, often rife with stress, pain, disappointment and disillusionment, is what the Alchemists call the prima materia.  Prima materia is the chaos of primitive formless matter which can be transmuted into the reborn self, known as the ultima materia, through conscious intention and awareness.  This is the alchemical art of turning lead into gold.

A PrimaMater Spirit Journey can be like entering into the womb of creation!

The evolution of the self is our personal responsibility that comes with the gift of life.  It is the price we agreed to pay when we signed up for this ride in a body on earth.  We can choose to evolve more consciously or we can allow the fates to evolve us, despite ourselves.  It seems to be a personal choice and, from what I’ve learned, it seems that the latter is likely a longer, bumpier road.

So, you may want to ask your self this question:  “Am I ready to take responsibility for the evolution of my being?”  If you can answer a heartfelt yes to this question – even if you have doubts and fears about your ability to do so – then this work just might be an important part of your path.