The Girlfriend God (The Girlfriend God)

Today I’m really pleased to welcome one of our foremothers of Goddess Spirituality, Dr.Glenys Livingstone, to the show. Dr. Livingstone has been on a Goddess path since 1979. She is the author of PaGaian Cosmology: Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion, which fuses the indigenous traditions of Old Europe with scientific theory, feminism, and a poetic relationship with place. Her new book A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos: Celebrating Her within PaGaian Sacred Ceremony documents the synthesis of her work over the past decades. She is the author of the children’s book My Name is Medusa, and co-editor of the anthology Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom. Glenys has contributed to eleven other anthologies, including Goddesses in World Culture edited by Patricia Monaghan (2011), Foremothers of the Women’s Spirituality Movement edited by Miriam Robbins Dexter and Vicki Noble (2015), and Goddesses in Myth, History and Culture, edited my Mary Ann Beavis and Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (2018). In 2014, Glenys co-facilitated the Mago Pilgrimage to Korea with Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang. She produced PaGaian Cosmology Meditations CDs and teaches a year-long on-line course "Celebrating Goddess and Cosmogenesis in the Wheel of the Year".

SUPPORT: You can purchase a copy Glenys’ new book, A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos, through Girl God Books or buy a signed copy directly from Glenys on her website at pagaian.org/a-poiesis-of-the-creative-cosmos/signed. Although Glenys’ first book, PaGaian Cosmology: Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion, is available for free on her website, you can also purchase a softcover copy from Amazon or an eBook from iUniverse so royalty proceeds go to Glenys. The pagaian.org website also has PaGaian Cosmology meditation CDs for sale, links to buy Glenys’ My Name is Medusa book, and other PaGaian goodies. Or sign up for Glenys’ year-long course, Celebrating Goddess and Cosmogenesis in the Wheel of the Year.

FOLLOW: You can find Glenys online at her website, pagaian.org on YouTube @paGaian, and on Facebook @glenys.livingstone or @PagaianCosmology or join her Facebook group at facebook.com/pagaian/group

WELCOME TO THE SEASON 2 PREMIERE! I'm so glad you've joined me on this Goddess path!

Today I’m happy to welcome Dr. Rima Bonario to the show. She is a Dream Weaver, Soul-Coach and Wild-Heart Healer with 30 years on the path of conscious evolution. She is a respected thought leader, speaker and teacher for women seeking to stand in their personal power while remaining open hearted and connected. Her coaching, workshops, online courses, and sacred travel journeys use the transcendent power of myth and archetype, ritual and ceremony, and Soul/shadow work to help her students cut through energetic clutter. Today we chat about sovereignty, healing, and how to tap into spiritual power. Today we discuss the ways in which we heal, the work that is required to do so, and how we might find our own power and sovereignty.

Rima is the founder of Bloom Fine Egyptian Oils and the Sisterhood of Anointing Priestesses, where she teaches the lost Temple Art of Anointing to reclaim feminine power. She is also the co-founder of The Art of Quantum Living LLC, which trains and certifies people in the 21-day shadow work practice called The Quantum Living Process. And finally, she is the author of “The Seven Queendoms: A Soul-Map for Embodying Sacred Feminine Sovereignty” which you can purchase on Amazon or wherever else you buy your books or purchase directly from her website.

SUPPORT: Purchase Rima’s book https://www.amazon.com/7Queendoms, purchase Rima’s Bloom Fine Egyptian Oils https://rimabonario.com/bloomwithrima, or consider a class or mentorship with Rima, all info available at rimabonario.com

FOLLOW: Dr. Bonario: You can find Rima online @rimabonario on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Today I’m excited to welcome Kay Louise Aldred to the show! I’ve actually had my eye on Kate for some time so I was really glad when Monette Chilson made the introduction. Kay is an Educator, an Author, and a Mentor. She writes and edits for Girl God Books; Mentorship of Goddess: Growing Sacred Womanhood, Making Love with the Divine: Sacred, Ecstatic, Erotic Experiences, and Somatic Shamanism: Your Fleshy Knowing as The Tree of Life. Kay has degrees in Theology and post graduate certification in education plus pastoral leadership experience. As a lifelong learner and researcher, Kay has immersed herself in exploring and experiencing sacred and healing modalities and expanded her skillset, qualifying as a Wellbeing Coach, Yin Yoga Teacher, Somatic Educator, Trainer and Advanced Practitioner in Energy and Shamanic Medicine and Sacred Feminine Leader. Today, as a trauma-informed teacher and facilitator, Kay offers online and in-person courses, workshops and resources. I finally get to have an episode about spiritual ecstasy, a topic I’ve been wanting to cover since the podcast began. Buckle up and hold on to your hats listeners; this may be a difficult episode for some as we get raw and real about some subjects you may consider taboo.

Kay Louise Aldred has been teaching and working pastorally since 1996. She graduated from Durham University with a BA (hons) First-Class in Theology in 1995 and went on to study a PGCE at York St John the following year. She taught and held Pastoral and Curriculum Leadership positions in Education between 1996 and 2016, apart from during a short career break when she gave birth to three children and completed a Counselling qualification and MA in Theology.

Kay visions, speaks and writes. She is an activist and advocate for individual, institutional and collective evolution - through education, embodiment and creativity - marrying together metacognition, intuition and instinct. As a neurodivergent individual Kay is also passionate about both supporting and ensuring accessibility to her work for all neurotypes and is an Associate of Neurodiverse Connection UK.

SUPPORT:  You can purchase all of Kay’s workbooks directly through the Girl God Books website at thegirlgod.com/purchase_books, Amazon, and most other popular booksellers. You can also sign up to work with Kay one-on-one or enroll in one of her online courses at her website, kaylouisealdred.com

 FOLLOW: You can find Kay online @kaylouisealdred on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

Alaya A. Dannu, MA (aka Diya Dannu) is completing her doctoral degree in Education at Fielding University. Her topic of inquiry explores the transmission of ancestral memory across generations experienced through dreams, focusing on a re-emergent Matriarchal wisdom tradition of her foremothers. She has written several essays on the subject matter, contributing to ezines and specialized platforms such as the blog for Feminism and Religion, Magoism, and DreamTime Magazine. Her three-year, three-month, and three-week ancestral pilgrimage, which was crafted and revealed to her by her ancestors in her dreams, has served to reinforce the importance of knowing and honoring one's origins, true identity, and purpose in life. She is a spiritual guide, creative artist, and sacred dancer. Her engagement with the creative arts is directly related to the images and teachings experienced in her dreams.

SUPPORT: Work with Diya one-on-one or register for the Divine Birth Mystery School at curanderabirthkeeper.org/offerings

FOLLOW: You can find Diya online at her website https://curanderabirthkeeper.org/, on Instagram @sacredvisions.divineart and Substack

LISTEN:  Listen to Diya’s podcast, The Cosmogenia

Molly Remer, MSW, D.Min, is a priestess, mystic, and poet in central Missouri. Molly and her husband Mark co-create Story Goddesses, jewelry, and ceremony and altar items at Brigid’s Grove. Molly is the author of ten books, including Walking with Persephone, Whole and Holy, Womanrunes, the Goddess Devotional, and 365 Days of Goddess. She is the creator of the devotional experience #30DaysofGoddess and she loves savoring small magic and everyday enchantment.

SUPPORT: You can purchase Molly’s popular Story Goddesses, her books, and more from the Brigid’s Grove Etsy Shop.

FOLLOW: You can find Molly online at her website, Brigid’s Grove, Instagram, Facebook, and Linktr.ee.

Dominique B. Williams is the Community Coordinator at WomanSpirit Reclamation, where she supports women in their journey to self-sovereignty and embodiment. She studied Marine Biology and Environmental Science at the University of California Santa Barbara, and now she dives deep into the work of inner child reclamation and rest as resistance. She is currently at work on a project based on the untold aspects of US history, exploring the intersections between mental conditioning, spirituality, and restorative justice. Her upcoming class, Deprogram: Seeing and Healing Towards Liberation, begins this Fall.  FOLLOW:  You can find Dominique on Instagram @queenqueetie. NOTES: The book Dominique referred to that essentially led her to the Black Madonna is God Is a Black Woman by Dr. Christena Cleveland. To purchase this book and others and to discover more about the work of Dr. Cleveland, visit christenacleveland.com.

Today I’m hosting another panel episode with three guests who’ve been on the show before; Liz Kelly, author of Home to Her and host of the Home to Her podcast, Dr. Carla Ionescu, The Artemis Expert and host of the Goddess Project podcast, and D’vorah Grenn, our Kohenet Ruach from Episode 29. Today we’re talking about the disconnect of academic research knowledge between the scholars and the average spiritual seeker who is looking for solid info about the Goddess along their journey.

Liz Childs Kelly is a writer, award-winning researcher, educator, community builder, and host of the popular Home to Her podcast, which is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Sacred Feminine. She is also the author of Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine. Her writing has been featured in a variety of online publications, including Forbes, Mashable, Rebelle Society, Human Parts (a Medium publication), and Braided Way, as well as the Girl God Books anthology Just As I Am: Hymns Affirming the Divine Female. An initiated priestess in the 13 Moons lineage, she also holds certifications in Reiki, as well as Vinyasa and Yin Yoga.

SUPPORT:  You can support Liz’s work by purchasing Home to Her on Amazon or direct from the publisher, WomanCraft Publishing (of course we’d prefer the latter) womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/

FOLLOW:   You can find Liz at her website, www.hometoher.com and on Facebook and Instagram @hometoher

LISTEN:  You can listen to the Home to Her podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You can also watch the episodes at Home to Her on YouTube

Carla Ionescu, Ph.D., better known as the Artemis Expert, is an author, speaker, professor, and the host of the popular The Goddess Project podcast. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre and the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World. Carla’s also an adrenaline junkie, an animal lover, and a natural born storyteller.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy and Artemis swag from artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com and @artemisexpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to The Goddess Project podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You can also watch the episodes at The Goddess Project on YouTube

D'vorah Grenn, Ph.D., is an educator, writer and mashpi’ah ruchanit (spiritual guide.) She founded The Lilith Institute, A Center for Feminist Spirituality in 1997, Co-Directed the Women's Spirituality MA Program at ITP/Sofia University, and has taught many Humanities and Philosophy classes at Napa Valley College. Her writings include: Lilith’s Fire: Reclaiming Our Sacred Lifeforce; Talking to Goddess: Powerful Voices From many Traditions, a prayer/blessing anthology with sacred writings from 72 women in 25 spiritual traditions; "The Kohanot: Keepers of the Flame" in Stepping into Ourselves: An Anthology of Writing on Priestesses; Jewish priestess and Lilith entries in Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions and “Spiritual Brokenness and the Healing Presence of the Sacred Feminine” in FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary feminist journal. She co-hosted 50 episodes of “Priestessing the Priestesses" and Tending Lilith’s Fire” broadcasts with Kohenet Annie Matan.

SUPPORT:  You can purchase D’vorah’s books and other merch at:

lilithinstitute.com/lilithwp/shop/ or you can purchase "What Would Lilith Do?" T-shirts and other merch at redbubble.com/shop/ap/84226530

FOLLOW: You can find D’vorah online at www.lilithinstitute.com  or @lilithinstitute on Instagram and Facebook, @ IDvorah on Twitter

LISTEN: Listen to the past recordings of Priestessing the Priestesses at youtube.com/@tendinglilithsfire

Today I’m happy to have Janell Rhiannon in the hot seat! She is the creator and host of the Greek Mythology Retold Podcast and also the author of the Homeric Chronicles, a retelling of the Trojan War era which you can purchase at any popular online retailer. The first 3 books are out and she is currently working on the fourth! All of Janell’s books are available on Amazon. Today we’re going to be talking about relationships and marriages and the women left behind during the Trojan War. 

Janell has a Master’s Degree in History and in her research she focused on Alexander the Great—his use of clothing as a political means to control his over-reaching empire. She believes that history is really storytelling and that is what fuels her curiosity about the past for her writing and research. 

SUPPORT: You can purchase Janell’s books on Amazon but you can find all the links in one place for the US editions, UK editions, and Kindle editions for select titles directly from Janell’s website, janellrhiannon.com

FOLLOW: You can find Janell online @janellrhiannon and @greekmythologyretold on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. 

LISTEN: to the Greek Mythology Retold podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular podcast streaming platforms.

Today I am so pleased to bring Dr. Carla Ionescu back to the show! Carla is a Doctor of Ancient History and Civilizations, part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the creator of The Goddess Project Podcast. You can find her on social media both as The Goddess Project Podcast and Artemis Expert. Look for her on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. You can support Dr. Ionescu’s work and research by subscribing to her channel at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/goddessproject

Dawn Marian is a spiritual teacher, intuitive healer, awakening activist, and founder of The Radiant Heart School Akashic Records Academy. She specializes in accessing soul wisdom and profound healing from the Akashic Records and training soul seekers how to channel their own Akashic Records for daily guidance, wisdom and healing.

Dawn’s diverse background includes: Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Akashic Records Trainer and Consultant, Holographic Healing, Emotional Freedom Technique, Matrix Energetics, Meditation, Chakra Healing, and Crystal Therapy. She holds a Doctor of Divinity and Master of Metaphysics from the University of Sedona and a university degree in Fine Art.

Dawn’s spiritual journey began at the age of 19 when she was excommunicated from a mainstream cult and began the process of healing and finding her way home to herself. No stranger to the awakening and healing process, her mission is to help you tune into your purpose, activate your soul gifts and claim your magnificence.

Free Gift for Girlfriend God Listeners

Divine Feminine Akashic Records Meditation to Connect to your Soul’s Experience of the Divine Feminine

https://bit.ly/girlfriendgod

SUPPORT:  Schedule a session for an Akaskic Records reading with Dawn at dawn-marian.com/lets-work-together

FOLLOW: You can find Dawn at her website, dawnmarian.com, on Instagram @dawnmarian, on Facebook @dawn.marian.111, and YouTube @radiantheartschool.

Today Kelly delves into some Feminine Divinity in Christian and Canaanite antiquity and mythology.

Dr. Alka Arora is an associate professor in the Women's Spirituality program at CIIS, where she has been teaching since 2011. She received her PhD in Womens’ Studies from the University of Washington. For over a decade, Dr. Arora has been developing the field of integral feminist education and feminist spiritual activism, working alongside sister scholars to offer a transdisciplinary and socially engaged approach to the study of gender, spirituality, and religion.

Dr. Arora serves as a thought leader on feminist spirituality, integral feminist education, and veganism via her writing, public talks, and interactive workshops. She has spoken at over forty national and international conferences, including the Parliament of World Religions, National Women’s Studies Association, American Academy of Religion, and International Leadership Association. She is also a certified facilitator of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) workshops, which draw upon truth-telling and dialogue to transform gender relations. In addition to teaching at CIIS, Dr. Arora offers coaching and consulting in the areas of women’s spirituality, leadership, and higher education.

SUPPORT: You can book a session to work one-on-one with Alka at alkaarora.com/coach-consultant

FOLLOW: You can find Alka on her website, alkaarora.com, on Instagram @alka.arora_phd and on LinkedIn.

Today in the hot seat I’ve got the illustrious Princess O’Nika Auguste. She is a Saint-Lucian feminist writer, theologian, and a historian. She has degrees in literature, history, and religion. She also has certification in public history, ancient history, medieval history, and medieval religion Her research focuses are gender, violence, sexuality, and slavery in sacred texts and in historical contexts. Princess’ work has been featured on Pop Culture and Theology, Christian Feminism Today, LAPP Brand Magazine, and Intersect Antigua. She is a frequent contributor to the Popular Culture Dialogue Series on YouTube. Princess gives us an overview of the present and past spiritual scene of the Caribbean Islands and how her own spiritual path has evolved in recent years.

SUPPORT:  You can support Princess and the work she does and content she creates in several ways. You can become a member of her Patreon at patreon.com/isletheologian, make a donation at ko-fi at ko-fi.com/isletheologian, or purchase swag at her Zazzle store at zazzle.com/store/isletheologian

FOLLOW: You can find Princess online @isletheologian on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube or subscribe to her newsletter via Substack at princessonikaauguste.substack.com

LISTEN: You can listen to the BadAss Women of History podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms.

Why The Girlfriend God and Why Elen of the Ways? The beginning. (Again) Get to know Kelly and Marianne a little as they reminisce about how they met and discover the mystery of the podcast’s name. Get in the flow.

Early on in Season 2, you may recall me complaining about the Filianists and how hard it was to track down the practitioners of the Filianism and Deanism religion or anyone associated with the book, “The Chapel of Our Mother God: The Scripture of the World’s First Faith.” Thanks to the miracle of social media that is sometimes horrid but also sometimes helpful, today’s guest, Jo, and another woman reached out to me when I posted a rant about my frustration. So today Jo is here to tell us all about Filianism, what it is and isn’t, where it came from, and how people are quietly practicing this Goddess religion today.

Jo, who also goes by Jaia Filyani, is one of the small but dedicated (and ever growing!) group of people who deeply believe in Dea (their preferred term for Goddess). Jo is in the process of getting her bachelor’s degree in social work to be followed immediately by a master's program, and she has 2 minors, one in history and the other in health communication. She lives in Texas and has always been fascinated by religion, yet unable to connect with the common forms of it around her, which were mainly Protestant or Lutheran Christianity. She created her online presence to educate people who have found themselves searching for a religion that might find Filianism is a good fit for them.

FOLLOW:   You can find Jo online and learn all about Filianism at her YouTube channel, on Instagram @aboutfilianism, and Tumblr at jaiafilyani. You can also contact Jo directly if you have questions about Deanism and Filianism  on Facebook or send an email to: filianicstudies@gmail.com.

SHOW NOTES:

Web references

The Chapel of Our Mother God

http://www.mother-god.com/

The Daughters of Shining Harmony

https://daughtersofshiningharmony.com/

Early Filianic History – Lux Madriana

https://madriandeanicresources.wordpress.com/

BBC Ulster: Assume Nothing Podcast – The Secret of St. Brides

bbc.co.uk/programmes/stbrides/episodes/guide

Book references

The Gospel of Our Mother God: The Scripture of the World’s First Faith

www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-gospel-of-our-mother-god

The Feminine Universe

/www.amazon.com/Feminine-Universe

The painstakingingly collated material of Lux Madriana, Filianism, and Deanism, put together and researched by a former member of the Discord group: The Eastminster Library Edition of The Clear Recital, The Critical Apparatus, and Opera Omina Volumes I and II, all available for purchase through Lulu at www.lulu.com/eastminsterlibrary/luxmadriana

Dr. Ionescu is back in the hot seat today! As sort of a follow up to the episode about horned Goddesses that she did on her podcast, The Goddess Project, today we talk about the mythology, folklore, and symbolism of antlered women and antlered Goddesses. This symbol, as well as the overarching symbol of deer themselves, is as wide and far reaching as the horned Goddesses. These are ideas woven into cultures and spiritual beliefs that cross time, geography, and millennia.

Carla is a Doctor of Ancient History and Civilizations, part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the creator of The Goddess Project Podcast.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy from https://artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com, on YouTube (The Goddess Project Podcast), Facebook (The Goddess Project Podcast, The Artemis Centre) and @ArtemisExpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

LISTEN: to The Goddess Project Podcast on iTunes and Spotify and most other popular podcast streaming platforms. Or you can watch the episodes on YouTube.

SHOW NOTES:

Web References

The “Gather Victoria” website and article,  ‘Doe, A Deer, A Female Reindeer: The Spirit Of Winter Solstice’ that I mentioned: gathervictoria.com

The author is Danielle Prohom Olson and after further investigation of the website the “Victoria” is that of the Pacific Northwest in Canada.

The YouTube video, ‘156. Deer goddess of Sovereignty in Slavic myth’ that I mentioned: youtube.com/wolfofcoins/slavic

The YouTube channel is Wolf of Coins, and the artist’s name is Magdalena. Apparently Tarot, Oracle, and Lenormand cards are her thing, but she has a playlist called “Slavic pagan stuff.”

The pillow I showed during this episode is, as I said, a piece of art that I had printed on fabric and then asked my wife to sew into a pillowcase for me; because she’s awesome and I can’t even sew a button on.

The art, ‘Sun Goddess,’ came from the Etsy shop jurajure. etsy.com/jurajure

Journal Article References

Rzayeva, Saltanat. The Symbol of Deer in the Ancient and Early Medieval Cultures of Azerbaijan. Peregrinations. International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art.

Fitzhugh, W. W. (2009). Stone Shamans and Flying Deer of Northern Mongolia: Deer Goddess of Siberia or Chimera of the Steppe? Arctic Anthropology, 46(1/2), 72–88.

Recognizing the need for women to find their voices and claim their power, Marilyn Nyborg began in the early ‘80’s to work through women’s circles and activities to bring feminine wisdom to bear on the world. In 2002 she became a co-founder of Gather the Women. Marilyn brought GTW home and created Gather the Women of Nevada County. In 2016 she co-founded Indivisible Women of Nevada County. and co-led Living Room Conversations for 3 years. She is the author of Woman’s Guide to Sacred Activism. Currently exploring the ancestral woundings carried in women from the burning times and the conditioning we have carried into the 21st century. Marilyn does presentations around the country focused on the major loss throughout civilization at the repression and degradation of women’s wisdom and contributions.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of A Woman’s Guide to Sacred Activism visit Amazon. FOLLOW: You can find Marilyn online at Facebook and the Sacred Feminine Network Facebook group.

Today you just get me jabbering on and on about Her again. 😊 OK, I do allude to some other Her-adjcacent topics.

I’m SO happy to welcome Flora Ware to the show today! Flora Ware is a Paradigm Shifter, Goddess Guide, Priestess, Creatrix, Vocalist, and the Founder of EarthSong Temple. She serves a global community of women as a Ceremonial Priestess, Sacred Musician and Cyclic Living Teacher. Flora specializes in archetypal spirituality and embodiment, helping women hear their soul's voice, awaken the Goddess within, and align their life and work with their unique feminine power. Flora is deeply connected to her Celtic ancestral roots, having been on the path as a practicing Witch since her first full moon Women's Circle in 1993. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada with her wife and young wizard-in-training. Today we’re talking about Divine Feminine archetypes and how they relate to the chakra system. As a little treat, I’ve included a link to the archetype quiz on Flora’s website, floraware.ca in the show notes for the episode description, I highly recommend you take it. I’ve taken hundreds of online so-called “personality tests” over the years, and this is definitely not that! It is clear to me, as I think it will be to you, that Flora put a lot of thought into the development of this quiz and that she is intimately familiar with the subject matter. I can almost guarantee that your results will resonate with you.

Link to free Archetype quiz: https://floraware.ca/which-of-the-7-sacred-feminine-archetypes-are-you/

SUPPORT: Purchase books, take classes or become a sustaining member of Earth Song Temple, or purchase Flora’s “Songs for the Wheel of the Year” album at floraware.ca

FOLLOW: You can find Flora online at floraware.ca or at the Facebook group - Awaken the Goddess Within, or @flora_ware on Instagram and YouTube

Today I’m happy to welcome Razena Unwin. Razena been following the Goddess path for many decades. She led a study group called “Within Every Woman is a Goddess” for several years, facilitating several Goddess retreats that focused on the descent into the Underworld. She also started a Tarot study group that morphed into a metaphysical study group. She is also a certified Chakradance instructor. For the past few years, she has stepped back from facilitating groups and focused more on her own inner path by using the cycle of Venus and its correlation to the Descent of Inanna myth that she discovered by listening to Gary Caton’s Goddess Astrology podcast in 2008. She is currently working on her tenth journey with Venus; each journey lasting approximately 19 months. Her way of working with the cycle has evolved over the years into her own unique process though staying within the guidelines of the original story of Inanna’s descent. SHOW NOTES: References Gary P. Caton – dreamastrologer.com – Hermetic Astrology Podcast Daniel Giamario – Shamanic Astrology Mystery School – mystaralchemy.com Cayelin Castell – venusalchemy.com Arielle Guttman – The Venus Starpoint – Sophiavenus.com Star Trek To Hawa-I’I by Clyde Hostetter The Circular Temple by John Sandback (symbols for astrological degrees) The info on Lilith as priestess of Inanna comes from Demetra George in her book, Mysteries of the Dark Moon.

Today I’m happy to welcome Lori Davis to the show. Lori is the host of the Her Half of History podcast. She holds a degree in History and her graduating thesis was on women and literacy rates in the early territorial period of New Mexico. She’s spent her career dabbling through the corporate world, freelance writing, freelance music gigs, and private piano teaching. She says that her podcast is a happy return to the intersection of women, history, and words. We get into the fascinating story of the life and legend of Rosa Maria Egipcíaca da Vera Cruz, also simply known as Rosa Egipcíaca, a Nigerian slave and later freedwoman, renowned religious mystic and author, and founder of a convent for former prostitutes in colonial Rio de Janeiro.

FOLLOW: You can find Lori online at her website and blog, herhalfofhistory.com, @herhalfofhistory on Instagram and Facebook, and @her_half on Twitter.

LISTEN: You can listen to the Her Half of History podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms.

Listeners, I really wanted to call this episode “Kelly Talks to a Christian.” But I thought better of it since that isn’t the topic of our discussion! Today I welcome Professor David Justice to the show! is a Theological Studies PhD Candidate at Saint Louis University and a Master’s student in Religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focus is the theology and philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. He studies Martin Luther King Jr. and puts him into conversation with the Black radical tradition, feminist, Womanist, and decolonial thought. Today we’re going to be talking about the feminine nature of the Holy Spirit in Christian theology and the meaning of prophetic rage.

FOLLOW: You can find David on Instagram and Twitter @davidthejust or visit his webpage at profjustice.com see a list of his publications and the many courses he’s taught or is currently teaching.

Today I welcome Dr. Angela Puca to the show! Dr. Puca is a Ph.D. in Anthropology of Religion and has taught at Leeds Trinity University since 2016. She is the author of several peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of the forthcoming ‘Pagan religions in five minutes’ for Equinox and is the host of Angela’s Symposium on YouTube. I HIGHLY recommend the YouTube channel which I love SO MUCH! Dr. Carla Ionescu, creator of The Goddess Project Podcast is also joining us today as a guest Co-host so I’m sure that both of us will have a lot of questions. We’re going to be talking about Shamanism, particularly indigenous and transcultural shamanism in Italy.

Dr. Angela Puca holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Philosophy. In 2021, The University of Leeds awarded her a Ph.D. in Anthropology of Religion, which will soon be published with Brill, and has taught at Leeds Trinity University since 2016. Her research focuses on magic, witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, shamanism, and related currents. Author of several peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of the forthcoming ‘Pagan religions in five minutes’ for Equinox, she hopes to bridge the gap between academia and the communities of magic practitioners by delivering related scholarly content on her YouTube Channel and TikTok ‘Angela’s Symposium.’

SUPPORT:  Dr Puca’s work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca or Paypal https://paypal.me/angelasymposium

FOLLOW:  You can find and follow Dr. Puca online on YouTube (Angela’s Symposium), Facebook (Angela's Symposium), Instagram (angela_symposium), Twitter (@angelapuca11), TikTok (Angela's Symposium).  

Dr. Carla Ionescu is a PhD of Ancient History and Civilizations, and a Goddess Research Expert & Consultant. She’s a part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the Creator of The Goddess Project Podcast.

SUPPORT:  Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy from https://artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW:  Y ou can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com, on YouTube (The Goddess Project Podcast), Facebook (The Goddess Project Podcast, The Artemis Centre) and @ArtemisExpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

LISTEN:  to The Goddess Project Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular podcast streaming platforms or watch it on YouTube to get all the accompanying visuals Dr. Carla uses during her talks.

Today I’m hosting another panel episode with three guests who’ve been on the show before; Dominique Bryant Williams, Community Coordinator at WomanSpirit Reclamation, Flora Ware, Marketing Mentor and founder of Earth Song Temple, Dr. Carla Ionescu, The Artemis Expert and host of the Goddess Project podcast. Together we look at the pros and cons of having an “official” Church of the Goddess and/or a Goddess religion.

Dominique Bryant Williams is the Community Coordinator at WomanSpirit Reclamation, where she supports women in their journey to self-sovereignty and embodiment. She studied Marine Biology and Environmental Science at the University of California Santa Barbara, and now she dives deep into the work of inner child reclamation and rest as resistance. She is currently at work on a project based on the untold aspects of US history, exploring the intersections between mental conditioning, spirituality, and restorative justice.

SUPPORT: To become a sustaining member and pay what you’re aligned with WomanSpirit Reclamation, visit jointhereclamation.com

FOLLOW: You can find Dominique on Instagram @queenqueetie and at the WomanSpirit website, jointhereclamation.com

Flora Ware Flora Ware to the show today! Flora Ware is a Paradigm Shifter, Goddess Guide, Priestess, Creatrix, Vocalist, and the Founder of EarthSong Temple. She serves a global community of women as a Ceremonial Priestess, Sacred Musician and Cyclic Living Teacher. Flora specializes in archetypal spirituality and embodiment, helping women hear their soul's voice, awaken the Goddess within, and align their life and work with their unique feminine power. Flora is deeply connected to her Celtic ancestral roots, having been on the path as a practicing Witch since her first full moon Women's Circle in 1993. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada with her wife and young wizard-in-training.

SUPPORT: Purchase books, take classes or become a sustaining member of Earth Song Temple, or purchase Flora’s “Songs for the Wheel of the Year” album at floraware.ca

FOLLOW:  You can find Flora online at floraware.ca or at the Facebook group - Awaken the Goddess Within, or @flora_ware on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

Carla Ionescu, Ph.D., better known as the Artemis Expert, is an author, speaker, professor, and the host of the popular The Goddess Project podcast. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre and the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World.

Carla was born in Romania under the Communist Regime, and escaped with her family when she was 10 years old. As a kid, she loved getting lost in the world of myth and archaeology and turned it into her life's work as an adult.  Carla’s also an adrenaline junkie, an animal lover, and a natural born storyteller. She likes to ride motorcycles really fast and review archival documents very carefully. In the summers she scavenges new locations and cities worldwide, digging through the remains of grave sites, ruins, and abandoned buildings, trying to uncover the long-lost mystery that is Artemis, The Great Mother.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy and Artemis swag from artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com and @artemisexpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to The Goddess Project podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You canalso watch the episodes at The Goddess Project on YouTube

Today I’m super excited to welcome Ronna Deitrick to the show! We’re going to be talking about Ronna’s latest book, Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women's Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own, which just came out this month. And, as always, we drift into numerous other topics.

Ronna Detrick left the church and its dogma nearly twenty years ago but took the stories of women with her. She combines her love of writing with a Master of Divinity degree and a career that has included coaching, spiritual direction, professional development training, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. She shocked and delighted her audience in a provocative TEDx presentation on an Eve who inspires and empowers women instead of shaming and silencing them. After living most of her life in the Pacific Northwest, she is now just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean inHampstead, NC, where she continues to write, drink strong coffee, have beautiful conversations with her clients, and cannot be dissuaded from the belief that her two daughters are the most amazing humans on the planet.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of Rewriting Eve: Rescuing Women’s Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own visit ronnadetrick.com/rewriting-eve and choose the link for your favorite bookseller. To work one on one with Ronna you can set up a free initial consultation here:  ronnadetrick.com/work-with-me

FOLLOW: You can find Ronna online at her website ronnadetrick.com and @ronnadetrick on Instagram and Facebook.

Today I’m so excited to welcome Monette Chilson to the show! And Dr. Carla Ionescu is back with me to co-host and take part in this delicious conversation. We’ve done some workshops together in the past and I love her fiery spirit whenever she covers a topic she is deeply passionate about. Monette is a feminist scholar, author, and founder of WomanSpirit Reclamation, and she has written and spoken about the Divine Feminine for the past decade. Today we talk about reclaiming the power of connection among “sisters,” the awesome power of Lilith, and how we kind of threw Eve under the bus. I’m happy to welcome Dr. Carla Ionescu to Co-Host with me again for today’s episode.

Monette Chilson is the author of Sophia Rising: Awakening Your Sacred Wisdom Through Yoga and My Name is Lilith. She was awarded an Illumination Book Award gold medal, as well as the Hoffer Small Press and First Horizon Awards. She is the editor of Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves and the companion Lilith Circle Guide for group study.

SUPPORT: Support Monette’s work by purchasing her books on Amazon, My Name is Lilith @ amazon.com/MyNameIsLilith and Sophia Rising @ amazon.com/SophiaRising or support the WomanSpirit Reclamation community by taking a course, becoming a sustaining member of the sisterhood, or purchasing from the marketplace.

FOLLOW: You can find Monette online at jointhereclamation.com and @monettechilson and #womanspiritreclamation on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

I could NOT wait to get Liz Childs Kelly in the chair! After just flipping through Liz’s new book, Home to Her, Iknew I just had to have her on the show. In this Season 2 Finale, we talk about, well, everything. We discuss Liz’s phenomenon book, how the Goddess path has changed us and our whole lives, how to bridge the gap between academia and the everyday Goddess spirituality seeker, how to spread the word of the richly diverse history of Goddess culture, and more!

Liz Childs Kelly is a writer, award-winning researcher, educator, community builder, and host of the popular Home to Her podcast, which is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Sacred Feminine. She is also the author of the new book, Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine. Her writing has been featured in a variety of online publications, including Forbes, Mashable, Rebelle Society, Human Parts (a Medium publication), and Braided Way, as well as the Girl God Books anthology Just As I Am: Hymns Affirming the Divine Female. An initiated priestess in the 13 Moons lineage, she also holds certifications in Reiki, as well as Vinyasa and Yin Yoga.

Liz lives in rural Virginia with her family and can often be found exploring the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains or wandering in the woods behind her home.

SUPPORT:  You can support Liz’s work by purchasing Home to Her on Amazon or direct from the publisher, WomanCraft Publishing (of course we’d prefer the latter) womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/

FOLLOW:   You can find Liz at her website, www.hometoher.com and on Facebook and Instagram @hometoher

LISTEN:  You can listen to the Home to Her podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular pod streaming platforms. You can also watch the episode at Home to Her on YouTube at youtube.com/@hometoher

Today we get to talk to Dr. Carla Ionescu again! Although not necessarily a Goddess themed episode, we are certain there were rituals and rites in both of these locations. Kelly is sure that at least some of the people that utilized these areas were Goddess worshippers, because there have always been Goddess worshippers. OK, it may be a stretch but she’s always been fascinated by these structures. Listen anyway, you’ll like it. 😊

Today I welcome Kimrâh Minuty to the show. She’s an Intuitive Ascension Coach, a Certified Life Coach, Reiki Master, and Spiritual Consultant.  She’s also the host of a practical spirituality podcast called Gaia Soars and the author of the inspirational poetry book, Lighten Up Phoenix, Keep Rising! which is available for purchase on Amazon. As an Expert Shadow Healer, Kimrâh works by coaching clients to taproot their soul by transforming their lives holistically through addressing gut, heart & mind issues that are keeping them from living their best lives. Today we discuss shadow work, what it is and is not, what it entails, how to move through it, and whether you must go it alone or not.

SUPPORT: Purchase a copy of Kimrah’s book at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/lightenupphoenixkeeprising Schedule an initial consultation with  Kimrâh to become a client for life coaching, shadow work, and intuitive ascension at kimrahminuty.com

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Kimrâh Minuty online at kimrahminuty.com and YouTube (Gaia Soars Podcast), Facebook (Silver Lining Spirals), Instagram (@kimrahminuty), and TikTok (kimrahminutyascension).

LISTEN: to the Gaia Soars Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and most other popular podcast streaming platforms.

Yeshe Matthews is Mandala Priestess & Sibyl of Tsogyal Lhamo Drayang Ling, the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple. She is a dharma practitioner and licensed minister, avowed and ordained in several different Mystery Traditions, including Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, plant and spirit shamanism, Ifa, Mayan Cosmology, and Goddess Spirituality. With a Master's degree in Women's History from Sarah Lawrence College, she has studied women's mysticism and matriarchal communities for over twenty years and teaches the Temple’s Priestess and Sibyl Training programs. She co-owns, with her beloved husband Albert, The Sacred Well metaphysical shop where she offers Readings, Ancestor Guidance Sessions, Sibyl Sessions, and more.

SUPPORT: To receive spiritual services, take a class, book a sacred pilgrimage, or enroll in a Priestess training program, visit priestessyeshe.com/wisdom, sacredwell.com/readings, or mtshastagoddesstemple.com

FOLLOW: You can find Yeshe online at Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

LISTEN: You can meditate with Yeshe most days by following her Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Today we are so pleased to bring you our very first interview episode! Dr. Carla Ionescu, Doctor of Ancient History and Civilizations, part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the creator of The Goddess Project Podcast.

Today I’m super excited to welcome D’vorah Grenn to the show! Kohenet Ruach D'vorah Grenn, Ph.D., is an educator, writer and mashpi’ah ruchanit (spiritual guide.) She founded The Lilith Institute, A Center for Feminist Spirituality in 1997, Co-Directed the Women's Spirituality MA Program at ITP/Sofia University, and has taught many Humanities and Philosophy classes at Napa Valley College. Her writings include: Lilith’s Fire: Reclaiming Our Sacred Lifeforce; Talking to Goddess: Powerful Voices From many Traditions, a prayer/blessing anthology with sacred writings from 72 women in 25 spiritual traditions; "The Kohanot: Keepers of the Flame" in Stepping into Ourselves: An Anthology of Writing on Priestesses; Jewish priestess and Lilith entries in Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions and “Spiritual Brokenness and the Healing Presence of the Sacred Feminine” in FEMSPEC, an interdisciplinary feminist journal. She co-hosted 50 episodes of “Priestessing the Priestesses" and Tending Lilith’s Fire” broadcasts with Kohenet Annie Matan. Two of her favorite subjects to teach are Jewish Magic & Folklore, and anything on the Sacred Feminine in different traditions. First I ask D’Vorah to explain all the words I stumbled over and mispronounced in her introduction, then we wander into all sorts of talk about the Goddess as usual.

SUPPORT:  You can purchase D’vorah’s books and other merch at:

lilithinstitute.com/lilithwp/shop or you can purchase "What Would Lilith Do?" T-shirts and other merch at redbubble.com/shop/ap/84226530

FOLLOW: You can find D’vorah online at lilithinstitute.com/lilithwp/  or @lilithinstitute on Instagram or at @IDvorah on Facebook

LISTEN: Listen to the past recordings of Priestessing the Priestesses at youtube.com/@tendinglilithsfire

Laura Hirch is an independent conscious filmmaker, journalist and artist. Her works center women, healing, spirituality, mysticism and art. She calls herself a spiritual feminist and an eco feminist, and both of these paths define her creative work. She has studied journalism in Munich, where she was born and raised, and documentary filmmaking in Los Angeles.

Laura is the creator of the independently produced 6-part docuseries FROM THE GODDESS which investigates the central role of the Great Goddess in early history and modern times and explores the concept of Her in many different aspects - from archaeology to social science, art and thealogy. Its aim is to show women that we have played an important role in earlier societies, having been not only worshipped as the creatrix of life but also the bearer of community and a source of sacredness.

The emergence of patriarchy 6000 years ago not only changed the role of women in society but also severed the connection to nature. Through the matriarchal worldview, which is still upheld by indigenous peoples today, we can learn to become better guardians of our Mother Earth once again.

SUPPORT: To support Laura’s work, purchase the docuseries From the Goddess on demand from Vimeo. vimeo.com/ondemand/fromthegoddessdocuseries

 

FOLLOW: You can find and follow Laura Hirch online on Instagram in English, Instagram in German, Facebook, and on her website at womenbodiment.com

Carla and Kendal, the dynamic duo, back with me to bitch about one of our favorite pet peeves. Nothing drives us battier than inaccurate portrayals of mythology and ancient history in pop culture and other modern arenas. If you need a gripe session, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for!

Carla is a Doctor of Ancient History and Civilizations, part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the creator of The Goddess Project Podcast.

SUPPORT: Dr. Ionescu’s work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/goddessproject or by purchasing a copy of She Who Hunts on Amazon or get a signed copy from https://artemisresearchcentre.com/shop-online/

FOLLOW:  You can find and follow Carla online at artemisresearchcentre.com, on YouTube (The Goddess Project Podcast), Facebook (The Goddess Project Podcast, The Artemis Centre) and @ArtemisExpert on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

LISTEN:  to The Goddess Project Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and most other popular podcast streaming platforms.

Kendal is a Classicist and Historian conducting research for her final year of undergraduate school, earning A Bachelor’s in Arts and Humanities, specializing in Classical Studies and History. She’s also an author for Pen and Sword Books writing Ancient and Women's history. Her debut book “Rebellious Women of the Tudor Period” will be released in 2024.She is also conducting research about the material religion of Ancient Rome in preparation for her Master’s program. She resides in what she calls Jane Austen country” in England.

FOLLOW:  You can find Kendal on Instagram @ thefeministclassicist

I have Kendal Elizabeth Parker back in the hot seat, and this time I’m going to actually let her talk about Venus. 😊 Kendal is a Classicist and Historian conducting research for her final year of undergraduate school, earning A Bachelor’s in Arts and Humanities, specializing in Classical Studies and History. She’s also an author for Pen and Sword Books writing Ancient and Women's history. Her debut book “Rebellious Women of the Tudor Period” will be released in 2024.She is also conducting research about the material religion of Ancient Rome in preparation for her Master’s program. She resides in what she calls “Jane Austen country” in England.

Today is the very first Girlfriend God panel discussion with Monette Chilson and Ronna Detrick. We get down and dirty with the Bible, yes that Bible, uncovering forgotten stones looking for our beloved Goddess between the pages of the patriarchy, mostly in the Old Testament.

Monette Chilson is a feminist scholar, author, and founder of WomanSpirit Reclamation, and she has written and spoken about the Divine Feminine for the past decade. She calls herself an “excavator of our sacred feminine lineage.” She founded WomanSpirit Reclamation to support women in navigating their awakening from patriarchal indoctrination in community with one anotherShe is the author of Sophia Rising: Awakening Your Sacred Wisdom Through Yoga and My Name is Lilith.

SUPPORT: Support Monette’s work by purchasing her books on Amazon, My Name is Lilith @ amazon.com/MyNameIsLilith and Sophia Rising @ amazon.com/SophiaRising or support the WomanSpirit Reclamation community by taking a course, becoming a sustaining member of the sisterhood, or purchasing from the marketplace. jointhereclamation.com

FOLLOW: You can find Monette online at jointhereclamation.com and @monettechilson and #womanspiritreclamation on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Ronna Detrick combines her love of writing with a Master of Divinity degree and a career that has included coaching, spiritual direction, professional development training, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship. She left the church and its dogma nearly twenty years ago but took the stories of women with her. She. She shocked and delighted her audience in a provocative Tedx Talk on an Eve who inspires and empowers women instead of shaming and silencing them. Her new book, REWRITING EVE: Rescuing Women’s Stories from the Bible and Reclaiming Them as Our Own, comes out on October 3rd, 2023.

SUPPORT:  You can sign up to work with coaching or spiritual direction one-on-one with Ronna at her website, ronnadetrick.com, or pre-order a copy of REWRITING EVE here bookshop.orgrewritingeve

FOLLOW:  You can find Ronna online at her website ronnadetrick.com or @ronnadetrick on Instagram and Facebook.

Dale Allen has for 25 years shared the healing energy of the sacred feminine through her work: In Our Right Minds: Guiding Women to Their Strength as Leaders, Leading Men to Strength Without Armor. The piece was first a musical theater production, then a one-women multi-media dynamic presentation, then an award-winning film, now a forthcoming book and a next-level film production. In Our Right Minds has been widely acclaimed in all its forms. As successful live presentation, Dale presented to scores of audiences, touring universities, conferences, corporations, theaters, and expos across the US, Canada, from Kauai to Dubai, and twice to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. (Her encore was requested by the Vice President of the UN Commission, Ambassador Gonzales.) The film screened at the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions Film Festival in Chicago. It has been named a Finalist, Official Selection and Semi-Finalist in 19 Independent Film Festivals worldwide.

In Our Right Minds is a sweeping journey covered efficiently and clearly, in short order - judiciously illuminating the history and relevance of the Goddess archetype, its impact on societies where this archetype is active, as well as its connection to our right-brain way of both attending to - and shaping - the world. In Our Right Minds garners praise for being “well-researched, organized, clear, level, balanced, without blame, and inclusive of all the human family.”

Carl Jung wrote in The Structure and Dynamic of the Psyche: “Archetypes, are the living system of reactions and aptitudes that determine the individual’s life in invisible ways. In Our Right Minds looks at the invisible yet powerful ways the Goddess archetype affects persons and cultures. When a society embraces the concept of a female creator, that society behaves differently than a society that embraces a male deity. As Anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday documented: there is a clear connection between Goddess veneration and: the honoring of nature, women’s role as officiators of sacred sacraments, connection to the land, and women’s power and social status. In Our Right Minds illuminates historical and current consequences of the suppression of the Goddess archetype, as well as the ways in which the Goddess archetype is being energized globally today. In Our Right Minds coherently and elegantly synthesizes psychology, history, myth, anthropology, sociology, art and poetry into an eye-opening and life-changing alternation of our perspective.

Dale Allen’s YouTube Channel is now featuring Women of the World’s Religions – the Women’s Task Force interview series from the Parliament of the World’s Religions. These can also be heard on “The Dale Allen Podcast” on all podcast platforms. Dale is also a contributing writer in several esteemed books, including international best-seller, Womb to Thrive. She’s a veteran of corporate, commercial and creative communications. Her extensive resume includes hundreds of voice-over, on-camera, theater and live presentation projects.

SUPPORT: You can support Dale’s work and the In Our Right Minds film at buymeacoffee.com/daleallen

FOLLOW: You can find Dale at her websites Dale Allen Productions and Women of the World’s Religions, the In Our Right Minds website, on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

LISTEN:  You can listen to the Dale Allen Podcast - Women of the World’s Religions podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other popular pod streaming platforms.

Today I welcome Kendal Parker to the show! Kendal is a Classicist and Historian conducting research for her final year of undergraduate school, earning A Bachelor’s in Arts and Humanities, specializing in Classical Studies and History. She’s also an author for Pen and Sword Books writing Ancient and Women's history. Her debut book “Rebellious Women of the Tudor Period” will be released in 2024.She is also conducting research about the material religion of Ancient Rome in preparation for her Master’s program. She resides in what she calls Jane Austen country” in England. She came to talk about two Goddesses, but that didn’t happen. Because of me, it was me.

Dawn Morningstar is an award-winning author, women’s self-empowerment coach, podcast host, educator, TEDx Speaker, former radio talk show host and devoted advocate for women’s self-empowerment. Dear to her heart is being co-founder of New World Women, a global women's self-empowerment sisterhood. She's also the creator of the amazing Facial Serum 18. Since her book “Venerable Women: Transform Ourselves, Transform the World” was published in 2016, Dawn has spoken to groups of women over 1,500 times. After coaching women for 37 years, Dawn founded Venerable Women in 2013 and then co-founded New World Women with Mecca Page and Shawn Vougeot in 2020.

SUPPORT: You can support Dawn’s work by purchasing a copy of her book, Venerable Women: Transform Ourselves, Transform the World, her product, Facial Serum 18, and by becoming a member of New World Women.

FOLLOW: You can find Dawn online at Facebook and Instagram @newworldwomen_sisterhood

LISTEN:  Listen to the New World Women podcast, Collaboration is Queen

Karen Tate. Thought leader, speaker, author and activist, Karen's work is at the crossroads of spirituality, personal transformation, and social justice.   She’s the host of the long-running Voices of the Sacred Feminine podcast, considered a treasure trove of wisdom for more than a dozen years.  A Caring Economy Conversation leader and Power of Partnership presenter with the Center for Partnership Studies, Karen also earned certification from Smith College in the Psychology of Political Activism:  Women Changing the World.  Karen can be seen in numerous YouTube videos and viewed in the award-winning documentary, Femme: Women Healing the World.  Named one of the Thirteen Most Influential Women in Goddess Spirituality and a Wisdom Keeper of the Women's Spirituality Movement, her body of work over the years, along with reviews of her books from students, peers and colleagues, speak to her extensive leadership, knowledge and expertise.

Her newest book, Normalizing Abuse: A Commentary on Our Pervasive Culture of Abuse was published in January 2023.  Her other book titles include Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations, Walking An Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth, and Goddess Calling: Inspirational Messages & Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy.  She's curated the "manifesting a new normal trilogy” which includes the anthologies, Voices of the Sacred Feminine: Conversations to Change Our World, Awakening the Feminine:  Dismantling Domination to Restore Balance on Mother Earth and Goddess 2.0: Advancing a New Path Forward.

Karen is also an inter-faith minister who leads sacred tours, public and private secular and spiritual rituals and gives talks to prestigious conferences and organizations such as the Joseph Campbell Foundation, Council for the Parliament of World Religions, California Institute for Integral Studies and the American Academy of Religion.  She received an "Honorary Doctorate of Ministry" for her many years of service to her community and she teaches the Unitarian Universalist curriculums Cakes for the Queen of Heaven and Rise Up and Call Her Name.  Karen lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of 35+ years and their feline daughters, Lilly, Luna and Freyja.

SUPPORT: To purchase a copy of any of Karen’s books, visit karentate.net/books. You can also book Karen for interviews, talks and workshops, sacred site tours, and rituals. To get a quote, visit karentate.net/services.

FOLLOW: You can find Karen online at her website karentate.net, on YouTube, Instagram @karentateauthor and Facebook.

LISTEN: You can listen to Karen’s podcast, Voices of the Divine Feminine, on Blog Talk Radio, iTunes, Spotify, and most other pod streaming platforms

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document global women's history. She built a collection of 15,000 slides and 30,000 digital images, and has created 150 visual talks on female cultural heritages from the most ancient times to the present. She is internationally known for her expertise on ancient Goddess iconography; matricultures and female spheres of power; patriarchy and allied systems of domination; medicine women, female shamans, witches—and the witch hunts. http://www.suppressedhistories.net

Dashu’s first book is Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Culture, 700-1100 (Veleda Press, 2016). She has just published Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides, to followed in 2024 by Women’s Power in Greek Patriarchy: Priestesses, Amazons and Witches.  They are available only from veleda.net. These books belong to a 15 volume series Secret History of the Witches. https://www.suppressedhistories.net/secrethistory/contents.html

Dashu has also created two videos: Woman Shaman: The Ancients (2013) and Women's Power in Global Perspective (2008). More videos are open access on Max Dashu channel on YouTube, and stream-on-demand via the Suppressed Histories Portal on Teachable. The bulk of her photo essays are on the Suppressed Histories Archives page on Facebook, followed by 227,000 people.

SUPPORT: You can support Max’s work by making a donation to the Suppressed Histories Archive, take one of Max’s classes through the Suppressed Histories portal on Teachable, or purchase one of Max’s books through Veleda Press.

FOLLOW: You can find Max online at the Suppressed Histories Archive, her blog, Veleda, the Suppressed Histories Facebook page, on Instagram, and her YouTube channel

Today I’m super psyched to have my friend Hope Socha on the show! Hope and I met during a four day intensive training with the renowned Peter Woodbury for Past Life Regression Hypnosis training. We had also both just been certified in Dolores Cannon’s Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique. I loved being on that journey with Hope and we remained friends and kept in contact. Not long ago, she reached out to me and told me she was training in new healing soul work techniques and wanted to use me as a guinea pig for Soul Retrieval. The results were nothing short of astounding. So we talk about that today, and, as always, tying these things back to the journey of the Sacred Feminine connection and the Goddess.

Hope Socha has been a licensed nurse for over 30 years. She is a certified Past Life Regression Hypnotist in both Dolores Cannon’s QHHT method and Peter Woodbury’s Soul Contact method. Hope is also trained in Shamanic hypnosis, Soul Retrieval, and Advanced Ho'oponopono. She has worked closely with and been mentored by Lorna Wilson, and Hope wrote the foreword to her book, Quantum Shift: Healing the Fragmented Soul. Hope is also a certified Holistic Life Coach.

FOLLOW/SUPPORT: To find Hope online or to book a session with her, she’s on Facebook @ Hopes Quantum Healing Hypnosis & Past Life Regression or you can contact her at: soulsvoicehypnosis@gmail.com

NOTES: These are the multiple books and articles that Hope referenced during this interview:

· Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More by Joe Vitale

· Quantum Shift: Healing the Fragmented Soul by Lorna Wilson

· Ihaleakala Hew Len PhD. And Ho`Oponopono: Dr. Len's Amazing Success with Ho`oponopono bluebottlelove.com

· Hoʻoponopono and Aunty Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona hoikaha.org

· Your Souls Voice, Quantum Journeys & Regression Hypnosis Facebook Group facebook.com

An impromptu post from The Girlfriend God creator.

Monette Chilson is an excavator of our sacred feminine lineage, and she founded WomanSpirit Reclamation to support women in navigating their awakening from patriarchal indoctrination through online courses and community.

She has written and spoken about the divine feminine for the past decade, authoring Sophia Rising: Awakening Your Sacred Wisdom Through Yoga and My Name is Lilith, in addition to editing Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves and developing its companion curriculum.

Monette’s work has been featured in national magazines including Yoga Journal and Integral Yoga Magazine and in the anthologies Yoga Wisdom and Whatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak.

She is passionate about travel as a spiritual portal. You can connect to Monette’s work at www.jointhereclamation.com and www.monettechilson.com

SUPPORT: Support Monette’s work by purchasing her books on Amazon, My Name is Lilith @ amazon.com/MyNameIsLilith and Sophia Rising @ amazon.com/SophiaRising or support the WomanSpirit Reclamation community by taking a course, becoming a sustaining member of the sisterhood, or purchasing from the marketplace.

FOLLOW: You can find Monette online at jointhereclamation.com and @monettechilson and #womanspiritreclamation on Instagram, Linktr.ee, and Facebook.

I’m happy to welcome Abigail Mensah-Bonsu to the show today! Abigail is the founder of Moon Goddess Publishing and Moon Goddess Academy. She is an Intuitive, a Feminine Leadership Mentor, Goddess Activator, Multidimensional Healer. She’s also a bestselling author and the host of the podcast Sovereign Goddess. She works with influential women creating conscious heart-centered impact in the world to support them with spiritual tools to align, protect and amplify their light, purpose, and legacy in the world. She takes women on an initiatory journey of coming home to themselves. In this episode, we talk about what can sometimes be a desperate longing for the Goddess, with a need a small child feels for their Mother when they are hurt or afraid. We both confess to our own periods of sadness when we were just disenchanted by the chaos of the world around us. But as Abigail took the time to explain to me “It is not our time, it is time for us to carry her love with us out into the world.”

SUPPORT:  Enroll in an upcoming class or hire Abigail for one-on-one mentorship at moongoddessacademy.com

FOLLOW:  You can subscribe to Abigail’s YouTube channel for the Weekly Goddess Energy Forecast and more at youtube.com/@abigailmensabonsu, or follow her on Facebook @abigail.mensahbonsu.7, and Instagram @intuitivegoddesscoach

LISTEN:  to The Sovereign Goddess Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and most other popular podcast streaming platforms.

Today I’m happy to welcome Nicole Pemberton to the Girlfriend God. Nicole is a Womb Priestess, Alchemical Movement/Ritual facilitator, mentor, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, educator and Sacred Activist. She  holds a degree/BA in dance, choreography, and performance. She is a Temple Body Arts  Artist/Mentor/Priestess, Reiki/Crystal/Womb Wellness practitioner, Embodiment coach. Her lineage comes from the islands of Antigua/Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, and the countries of England and Canada. We talk about all things womb and what we mean when we say that; womb magic, womb energy, womb wounding, womb everything, even what it means for those of us who technically don’t have a womb (myself included).

For over 25 years Nicole has dedicated her life to the arts, wellness, and empowerment. Nicole has studied in Health and embodiment coaching, Womb Wellness, Spirituality, Divine feminine and Goddess arts, Intuitive channeling, somatic movement, energy modalities (Reiki, Crystal therapy). She has performed nationally in Canada and Internationally in places such as New York and Trinidad and Tobago; continues to hold space and has currently facilitated movement experiences with over 100,000 + humans.

Through her own journey with the removal of 10 massive fibroids; began a path of developing practices and systems that support womxn in finding liberation through their wombs. Nicole stands for the disruption of the systems that try to disempower the connection to the most intimate part of our bodies that has been built on the foundation of racism and trauma, Through this deep initiation Nicole has birthed The Goddess Moves, a sacred space for womxn and womb Carriers who say YES to Embodied Multifaceted Self Mastery.

Nicole says: This is a revolution that brings transformation from the womb to owning one's rooted power, clarity in the voice, juicy pleasure, and magnetic embodiment, devoted to ushering in a new Liberation!

SUPPORT: You can support Nicole’s work by joining the Mahogany Goddess Sanctuary for a year long program, book Nicole for an event for your spiritual group or organization, or work with her one on one as a mentor. There are plenty of other individual paths and plans available and you can read more about Nicole at thegoddessmoves.space

FOLLOW:  You can find Nicole online at her website or @thegoddessmoves on Instagram or Facebook

Jennifer Wai has been an empathic intuitive since childhood. With an acute awareness of the vibrations, inner emotions, and energies of people around her, she has made a career out of honoring the Divine Feminine and guiding people to use their intuition. She is an Intuitive Coach, an HR consultant, Akashic records reader, an Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist, Reiki practitioner, and the founder of Hathor Communications; a production company combining all of her skills and passions. She’s also the host of The Self Consciousness Podcast and the creator of Sacred Comedy and The Sacred Comedy podcast, which began as an intuitive download while studying the Akashic Records in 2019. Sacred Comedy embodies ancient practices in which ritual and ceremony were infused with laughter (laughing priestesses to be exact!) Jennifer has made the connection between spirituality and comedic performance and brought both to live show performances.

SUPPORT: To work one-on-one with Jennifer in intuitive coaching or in-person Reiki, visit jenniferwai.com/schedule. To find out about live Sacred Comedy shows, visit thesacredcomedy.com

FOLLOW: You can find Jennifer online at her website, jenniferwai.com, on youtube.com/@hathorcommunications and youtube.com/@sacredcomedy, Instagram at instagram.com/@hathorcommunications and instagram.com/@thesacredcomedy and TikTok/@sacredcomedy

Today, I’m really pleased to welcome my good friend Celeste Elliott to the show! Celeste Elliott is a Medium and a Spiritualist Minister with the Church of the Living Spirit, and the host of the Blog Talk Radio show, Wake Up to Spirit. Celeste was born and raised in Northeastern Ohio. She grew up in and around the metaphysical and Spiritualist community and studied mediumship in traditional development circles and workshops. She is a year-round resident of Lily Dale and a Registered Medium on the grounds. In the off-season she travels to serve churches, teach, and demonstrate Mediumship. (To learn more about Lily Dale, visit lilydaleassembly.org) Celeste and I get into what Lily Dale is and how to get in there, what Mediumship is and is not, my personal experience with Celeste’s mediumship, and what the term “Spiritualist” actually means.

SUPPORT:  Purchase an online mediumship reading at any time or Join Celeste any Friday evening from November-June at 7pm Eastern for an online development class at celesteelliott.com. You can also visit Celeste in person at Lily Dale, NY if you’re ever in the area.

FOLLOW: You can find Celeste online at her website celesteelliott.com, on Instagram @celestemelliott, TikTok @celestethemedium, and Facebook @celeste.elliott.338.

LISTEN: Tune in to the Wake Up to Spirit every Thursday morning at 10am Eastern blogtalkradio.com/wake-up-to-spirit-with-celeste-elliott

Today I am so pleased to bring both Dr. Carla Ionescu AND Kendal Elizabeth Parker back to the show! I wanted to do something extra special for the season finale and this is IT! Carla and Kendal tell me all about all the Goddesses that went into the icon soup that we know today in the Christian church as The Virgin Mary. But, oh, she is so much more! Tune in for this very special episode and hear what they have to say about one of the most well-known icons of feminine divinity in the world. But first I make them say nice things about me and the show. 😊

Carla is a Doctor of Ancient History and Civilizations, part time professor, full time adventurer & storyteller AND one of the world’s leading experts on Artemis. She’s the Founder and CEO of The Artemis Research Centre, the author of She Who Hunts: Artemis: the Goddess Who Changed the World, and the creator of The Goddess Project Podcast. You can find her on social media both as The Goddess Project Podcast and Artemis Expert. Look for her on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. You can support Dr. Ionescu’s work and research by subscribing to her channel at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/goddessproject

Kendal is a Classicist and Historian conducting research for her final year of undergraduate school, earning A Bachelor’s in Arts and Humanities, specializing in Classical Studies and History. She’s also an author for Pen and Sword Books writing Ancient and Women's history. Her debut book “Rebellious Women of the Tudor Period” will be released in 2024.She is also conducting research about the material religion of Ancient Rome in preparation for her Master’s program. She resides in what she calls Jane Austen country” in England.

Today we have CG Dahlin in the hot seat! CG is the former Director of Religious Education at the Cascade Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, a frequent presenter at the Pagan Sanctuary at Our Lady of the Earth and Sky, a palmist and tarot reader in Central Washington, and an academic with specializations in etymology, history, theology, philosophy, and language. You can also find him on YouTube where he has an extensive catalog of informative talks and a complete spiritual studies course.

Today I talk to you about one of the books that brought me closer to my personal Goddess. I also call out some guy online who thinks he knows everything.

Today I welcome Robyn Watt, a new guest on The Girlfriend God Podcast! We discuss the value of ancestor healing work, how to do it, and what we, or at least I, am looking for, since I too have that longing for my homeland.

Robyn Watt is an animist teacher and practitioner in the traditions of Britain & Ireland. She offers programs for somatic nature connection, and soul and ancestor-tending in the field of the animist healing arts. After moving to Canada from the UK, Robyn navigated the experience of grieving for her homeland by reclaiming the ancient animist cosmologies of her ancestry. Through this, she came into the work of guiding others who also long to reconnect to their ancestral wisdom traditions from far away. You can find Robyn on Instagram @sacred.earth.grove, and you can learn more about the work she does, how to support her work through a subscription, and how to contact her for private sessions and classes at https://www.sacredearthgrove.com/