Crete of the Mother Goddess: Communal Rituals and Sacred Arts
Mara Lynn Keller explores the spiritual, artistic, and communal life of ancient Crete through the lens of Goddess traditions and sacred culture.
A Conference of Goddesses | by Annie Finch
The crowd of reddish-garbed Goddesses/Goddess-lovers—each with her own unique personal take on this year’s color family, from red to pink to peach to purple, signifying the year’s theme of “Sacred Union”— soaks in her words, some in hushed appreciation, some with exuberant cheers.
Goddess Time | by Charlene Spretnak
When I read elsewhere that the temples and observances honoring the Greek goddesses were far older than those of the gods, I became intrigued and spent a year in a good classics library gathering the evidence of the traits, functions, and nature symbols associated with each of the pre-Olympian goddesses, prior to their patriarchal makeover by Indo-European newcomers who established Olympian mythology.
Reading by Matriarchy’s Light | by Annie Finch
Review of Matriarchal Societies of the Past and the Rise of Patriarchy by Heide Goettner-Abendroth
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Radically Reinterpreting Who We Are as a Species
We are in a time of almost terminal crisis. The contradictions become deeper and more adversarial every day.
Pedagogy of the Waters in Costa Rica’s Caribbean
Costa Rica’s southeastern Caribbean region of Talamanca, bordering Panama, spans both mountainous and coastal landscapes.
Visioning a Matriarchal Future
There are two reasons why Visioning a Matriarchal Future is very important as a guideline for future action:
First, visions of a matriarchal future are not wishful thinking nor are they abstract utopias, which are many in number but lack deeper impact.
Matriarchy for Future Festival
Organized by the students of Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, who are carrying forward her legacy, and the modern matriarchal movement, the topics covered at the Matriarchy for Future Festival included politics, ecology, sociology, economics, and spirituality. The amazing array of speakers came from current social movements and modern matriarchal research.
Mara Lynn Keller: A Legacy of Scholarship, Spirituality, and Transformation
Dr. Mara Lynn Keller was a pioneering scholar, teacher, and visionary whose life’s work helped shape the field of Women’s Spirituality studies as we know it today. As a philosopher, theologian, and scholar-practitioner, she dedicated her career to exploring the sacred dimensions of women’s lives and to advancing a more inclusive, embodied understanding of spirituality.