There’s a reason the story of Cinderella lingers in our bones. Beneath the soot, the glass slipper, and the pumpkin-turned-chariot lies an ancient memory. A memory of the soul’s exile, longing, and return.
Tonight, we’re not reading a children’s fairy tale. We’re whispering open a door to the sacred. Anne Baring’s breathtaking interpretation reveals Cinderella as an echo of lost goddess traditions, Gnostic myth, and the wounded feminine hidden deep inside the human psyche. This is the story of the soul forgotten in the ashes, the Divine Mother disguised as a fairy godmother, and the holy marriage between Spirit and Matter, waiting to be reawakened inside you.
In this dreamlike descent, you’ll trace Cinderella’s soot-stained journey through ancient Sumer, Gnostic lamentations, and the shimmering wisdom of the Song of Songs. You’ll see why the gown of light and the lost slipper are not just symbols of enchantment, but the soul’s own cry for reunion with the Source. This episode is a spell, a remembering, an initiation. Press play, close your eyes, and step into the ashes. The gold is buried there.
Read the original article by Anne Baring here.
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