The Hard Side of Aphrodite
Following up on last week’s post, Aphrodite and the Myrtle Tree, I have another post up at Return to Mago, The Hard Side of Aphrodite.
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Frigga and the Birch
The birch was discussed a few months ago in the series on the witch’s broom, but a whole book could be written about this magical tree. This week we turn to the relationship between the birch tree and the Germanic … Continue reading →
It’s all in how you see it
The internets have been in a titter for a week, and no doubt every Blue Moon café, restaurant and tavern is in high celebratory mode. Really, the significance of the Blue Moon is that it is hard to categorize. Solar … Continue reading →
Another Post at the Mago Blog
I have another guest post at “Return to Mago.” The article describes my meeting with the Sumerian death goddess Ereshkigal.
Continue reading →The Woman Who Walks With the Wolves
This week’s tree post will be about Athena and the Olive. I’m working on it now–it’ll be up later today or tomorrow. Instead of writing blogs today, I got a chance to play with some real wolves. This is Cree. … Continue reading →
The Linden Prophesy
The tree goddess this week is the Latvian Laima (pronounced like the first word in “lima bean”). Her Lithuanian name is Laime. Be careful not to get her confused with the fairy goddess Lauma or the Greek Lamia.Laima is associated … Continue reading →
Check out the Mago Blog
Helen Hwang’s blog focusing on cross-cultural goddess studies is up now. I have a guest post there this week on the bear goddess Mielikki.
Continue reading →On the Non-existence of Woman Hatred
I’ve been reading a long excerpt from the Malleus Maleficarum this past month. If the name sounds familiar to you, but you can’t quite place it, this was the prime resource manual used during the European witch persecutions. Written by … Continue reading →
And What About The God?
Sorry to be late in posting. Something came up that I had to attend to.Many years ago the god Shiva appeared to me in a startling vision. This was not a fleeting glimpse of the deity, which I have frequently, … Continue reading →
Review: She Is Everywhere!
She Is Everywhere! Volume 3: An Anthology of Writings in Womanist/Feminist SpiritualityEdited by Mary Saracino and Mary Beth Moser.I had a chance to examine the pdf version of this volume and would recommend it to Goddess worshipers as well worth … Continue reading →