Podcasts about Marija Gimbutas

In this episode, I'm wrapping up my Goddess series by diving into the world of the Modern Goddess—what she meant to our Neolithic ancestors and how she still lives in us today. Inspired by my journey through Old Europe and the work of archeomythologist Marija Gimbutas, I explore goddess-worshiping cultures and the rich symbolism they left behind—like the snake, the egg, and sacred water—as guides for understanding cycles of life, death, fertility, rest, and regeneration.But this isn't just a look at ancient history. I share practical, grounded ways to embody the goddess in your daily life today—through community care, seasonal and cyclical living, everyday rituals, and even the herbal allies I keep close (sometimes literally in my pockets!). If you're longing to reconnect with the Earth, slow down, and live in a more regenerative rhythm, this episode is an invitation to awaken the goddess within and bring her spirit into the heart of your modern life.

In this episode, I explore ancient perspectives on death through the lens of the Goddess—especially as she was honored in Neolithic cultures. We'll journey into the cave as a sacred womb and tomb, examine burial practices, and consider the powerful symbolism of figurines, bees, butterflies, and the 'stiff white lady'—all expressions of transformation and regeneration. These stories remind us that death was once seen not as an end, but as part of a cycle of renewal. I also share the herbal wisdom of lemon balm, a plant long associated with the Goddess and healing rituals, and how we can use it today as an ally in our own times of transition and rebirth.———— MY ONLINE COURSES

In this video, I explore the ancient presence of the Snake Goddess in Old Europe, drawing from the work of Maria Gimbutas and her groundbreaking book The Language of the Goddess. I share images of Neolithic goddess figurines—dating from around the 10th to 8th century BC—and point out the hidden or stylized snake forms that appear on these sacred sculptures. Together, we look at how these images symbolized regeneration, rebirth, and deep ancestral connection, linking the snake to the underworld and to the living earth beneath our feet.I also talk about the beautiful relationship between the snake and the bird—how one connects to the sky above and the other to the depths below—and how this polarity shows up in ancient iconography. We travel from the deep past into the folk traditions of Romania, where the house snake is seen as a guardian spirit, a bringer of happiness, and a vital force that keeps the energy of a home flowing.To anchor these symbols into everyday life, I share how mint and mint family plants can be used to connect with this sacred serpent energy. From their growth along stream banks—where snakes often dwell—to their uplifting, clarifying presence in the home, mint helps us reconnect with the snake's wisdom and keep our inner and outer spaces fresh, alive, and protected.————2025 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

Join us for a wonderful, foundational episode: we're making matriarchy great again! Laura Hirch is a filmmaker, writer, artist and a scholar of matriarchal studies.  Her six-part documentary, From The Goddess, explores the concept of the Great Goddess and how matriarchal societies, centered around Goddess worship, thrived in peaceful coexistence for millennia until the emergence of Patriarchy 6,000 years ago.  We discuss her series and other aspects of matriarchal herstory along with our own matriarchal scholar and inspiration, Vicki Noble. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.Support the MMGA podcast on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/34Circe

In this video, I dive into the groundbreaking work of Marija Gimbutas, an incredible archaeologist and anthropologist who dedicated her life to studying goddess imagery in the archaeological sites of Old Europe. Through her research, she uncovered over 20,000 representations of the goddess and documented a matriarchal culture that thrived between 10,000 BCE and 2,000 BCE—one deeply rooted in the worship of the earth goddess and the female form as the central spiritual figure.This episode lays the foundation for a new series where I'll explore the ancient symbols found on architecture, vases, pottery, and art—many of which Gimbutas identified in her studies. In this first installment, we'll focus on the egg as a symbol of creation, fertility, and the generative power of the goddess. I'll share ways you can work with this symbol to tap into your own creative potential, including artistic practices and gardening rituals.I hope this series inspires you and offers meaningful ways to connect with the wisdom of the ancestors and the sacred symbols of the old world.To listen to more about the work of Marija Gimbutas from my episode "Plants, Politics & Power: How to Take Action & Create Change click here: https://youtu.be/qPqpfeLfa2k?feature=shared————2025 HERBAL FOUNDATIONS APPRENTICESHIP

In this video, I explore the true meaning of “politics” and how understanding its roots can help us move beyond overwhelm and into action. We'll look at history for guidance—where systems fail us, where they offer hope, and how we can take small yet meaningful steps toward change.One of the voices that inspires me is Marija Gimbutas, a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist who uncovered evidence of matriarchal societies in "Old Europe"—cultures rooted in peace, equality, and cooperation. Her work reminds me that another way is possible, and that we have the power to shape it.I'll share what I see as the two essential pillars for reclaiming our power: the path of prayer and the path of action. These together form a stable foundation for meaningful work in the world. Along the way, I'll provide links to resources—books, films, and organizations—that can help you connect with movements for change, including plant-protecting initiatives across the country.We are not powerless. Small steps matter. I'll show you how to start.————MY ONLINE COURSES

Glen Rogers is a painter, printmaker, sculptor whose work is inspired by the Sacred Feminine and archetypal symbols. Her work is mystical and meditative, transcending into the spiritual realm with a defined feminine perspective.• Glen tells of her ongoing visits to Sacred Feminine Sites in France, Mexico, Greece, Ireland, Austria, and the impact on her art.Glen and Dale discuss:• The power of ancient sacred feminine symbols • Using Oracle Decks like Glen's beautiful decks, to connect us to our intuitive guidance.• Allowing guidance to light our way, rather than pushing to proceed.• Glen's experience in calling sacred circle and conducting ceremony and ritual.• Beyond Her presence in the sacred sites, the sacred feminine is all around us.• Releasing the old energy grids of patriarchy and freeing healing feminine energy.https://www.glenrogersart.com/~~~~~Dale Allen In Our Right Minds Award-Winning Film • Bestselling Book • Events • Book Clubshttps://www.inourrightminds.net/Support the show

Caryn MacGrandle is the creator behind the Divine Feminine App: an online community since 2016 that has been connecting women (all genders) in Circles, events and resources.In this podcast, Caryn MacGrandle talks about the roots of the divine feminine app and her vision of Version 3.0 including a Goddess library:  a repository to protect and support the work of the many women (and a few men) who have worked decades to preserve and discover ‘herstory' as the Goddess and more matriarchal balanced societies reemerge to balance the world. #TheNinthWave #thewomenarecomingSuch as Max Dashu  who has spent decades compiling thousands of slides from all over the world.  Caryn discusses mainstream presentations of topics such as Snake Goddess returning words such as ‘difficult', ‘problematic' and focusing on the man who discovered a Goddess artifact. Instead the divine feminine app offers resources of the ‘non-problematic' Snake Goddess.  Being able to go and find the many resources of forerunners like Marija Gimbutas or Mary B. Kelly who spent more than 20 years researching Goddess figures on Eastern European textiles. Or contemporary nomad scholar Carla Ionescu  whose TikTok channel vicariously takes us on tours of Goddess sites.As Dale Allen says: Revealing this to women is a restoration process to our soul.The podcast discusses the blend between technology and our mind: the importance for us to keep talking about things that are noble, good, uplifting, positive, healing and loving. That not only will these be the things that keep showing up in our lives, but this is how we create a better world.  This is a responsibility. It matters. It matters what we read.  It matters what we do.  It matters what we think.“The Women are activated, and their love cannot be stopped.” Dale Allen.   InOurRightMinds.Net Dale Allen • In Our Right Minds: On the Sacred Feminine, the Right Brain and Restoring Humanity's Natural BalanceBestselling Book:Color:  https://a.co/d/e8MZm8CBlack & White: https://a.co/d/imfeMKqAward-Winning Film:https://www.inourrightminds.net/watch-the-film.htmlSupport the show

In this episode I share some of my findings on the mythology of matriarchies. I share some insights from late activist Russell Means (Lakota tribe) and some work from late Lithuanian Archeologist and anthropologist Marija Gimbutas. people throw around the words matriarchy and patriarchy these days without really defining what their intention is and how they ‘should' function. I think it's interesting to dive into what these really mean. True matriarchies as in societies ‘ruled by mothers' have been written about by numerous scholars and writers and they all revolve around similar themes and attributes. While there's a deeply beautiful reverence for motherhood within the mythology and literature, it leaves out men in a big way that is harmful.Listen for insights about how ‘mother' tribes are described? What were the politics and social structures in those tribes? What was missing? How do we honor and appreciate the father? Are men innately driven towards warrior-ship? And more.Timestamps:Intro 00:00 - 01:49Questions about Men 01:49 - 05:43Tribes ruled by mothers 05:43 - 09:40Scholars and Authors on mother tribes 09:40 - 12:15Why men and women are built for each other 12:15 - 14:37What are men's true roles 14:37 - 17:03 - Outro 17:03 - 18:59____________________________________________If you found some value today then help me spread the word! Share this episode with a friend or leave a review. This helps the podcast grow.You can also watch the episodes on youtube hereFollow me on Instagram @anyashakh

Radical Feminist Retrospective revisits some of the earliest episodes of Radical Feminist Perspectives, now available on Spotify for the first time. Episode 26 - 'Anatomy of a Backlash: Concerning the Work of Marija Gimbutas' by Charlene Spretnak, discussed by Kathleen Lowrey and Sheila Jeffreys. First broadcast on 9th January 2022. Part of our webinar series Radical Feminist Perspectives, offering a chance to hear leading feminists discuss radical feminist theory and politics. Register at https://bit.ly/registerRFP.

Davvero in età preistorica sono esistite società matriarcali, dalle quali la gerarchia, e la violenza erano bandite? A proporre una rivoluzione che ha suscitato enorme clamore e che ha fecondato gli studi sulla condizione femminile sono stati i lavori dell'archeologa e linguista Marija Gimbutas e dell'antropologa Riane Eisler. Marija Gimbutas, che era lituana naturalizzata statunitense, morì a Los Angeles nel 1994. Studiò l'Europa preistorica e sostenne l'idea che la patria originaria del mondo indoeuropeo fossero le rive del Mar Caspio e le montagne del Caucaso. A lei si deve la cosiddetta ipotesi kurganica, la teoria delle steppe, secondo cui la più antica lingua indoeuropea sarebbe quella parlata dai popoli Kurgan, così chiamati dai loro particolari tumuli funerari.Riane Eisler è invece una sociologa viennese, che vive negli Stati Uniti, e si è occupata dei modelli evolutivi umani. È considerata la miglior erede di Marija Gimbutas. Ha ipotizzato il succedersi di fasi storiche, in cui il modello della dominanza fondato sull'ordine distruttivo maschile del controllo dall'alto, della gerarchia e della violenza si sarebbe alternato al modello mutuale della partnership, ispirato al rispetto reciproco e alla collaborazione tra i sessi. Di queste suggestive ipotesi discuteremo con due studiose, che stanno sviluppando nelle battaglie femminili le ipotesi formulate da Riane Eisler e Marija Gimbutas.

In this episode, we delve into the matriarchal reinterpretation of the Medusa myth, contrasting it with the traditional patriarchal narrative of Ancient Greece. Starr Goode, Miriam Robbins Dexter and Joan Marler each bring their unique insights and years of scholarship to our understanding of this famous legend.Starr Goode is a noted writer and teacher as well as a scholar of matriarchal history with a particular emphasis on the Sheela na gig symbols.Miriam Robbins Dexter, Ph.D., holds a B.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies (comparative linguistics, archaeology and mythology), from the University of California, Los Angeles. Joan Marler is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology.  She worked closely with Marija Gimbutas as her personal editor from 1987-1994 and lectures internationally on Prof. Gimbutas' life and work.  We will explore how Medusa's image as a monstrous figure has been transformed into a symbol of female empowerment and resistance. Drawing from feminist theory and historical analysis, we discuss the evolution of her story from a cautionary tale of male dominance to a rallying cry for women's autonomy and strength. Join us as we unravel the layers of Medusa's legacy and its significance in modern feminist discourse.Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe co-host.

"I'd done a lot of clay-making...you can spend a lifetime and only get good at one technique!" Jennifer Lucy Allan joins me to talk about her second book, CLAY: A HUMAN HISTORY (White Rabbit Books). After Jennifer's exploration and writing about sound in The Foghorn's Lament (White Rabbit Books), Jennifer has, quite literally, turned her hand to a more physical and enduring substance in clay. From Japanese Tea Ceremonies, to humans making their own image, to life on Mars, clay is seemingly everywhere. Jennifer is also a presenter on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction.  Rippling Points 1.20 - How Jennifer's early experience with clay led to her enchantment of it and then writing this boundless history 6.04 - How the book on clay differs to Jennifer's previous book on foghorns 10.30 - Ephemerality of sound and permanence of clay - the writing challenges. 13.40 - Clay: its history compared with human history 15:15 - Who is Marija Gimbutas, and why is she important 21:15 - Language and touch 24.40 - Climate change and how it's revealing more about clay 28.00 - How clay becomes an object Reference Points Marija Gimbutas. Ladi Kwali Maria Martinez    

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib welcomes back a returning guest, J. P. Mallory, to discuss his reaction to the recent preprint The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. Mallory is the author of In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth, The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World and The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. He is also a retired professor from Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. An archaeologist who trained under Marija Gimbutas, Mallory has long used linguistics to complement his disciplinary training in archaeology to understand the origin and location of Indo-European languages. Though Mallory admires The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans, he still thinks more work needs to be done to pinpoint the original homeland of the Yamnaya or their ancestors. The fact is that the preprint remains somewhat vague in its final conclusion, and more work is needed to make sure the populace acquires the same level of community. Mallory also discusses the challenges inherent in interdisciplinary work, synthesizing archaeology, linguistics and now genetics. He believes that a key to grasping the emergence of pre/proto-Indo-European is tracing lineage groups through their Y chromosomes, as the genetics, mythology and anthropology indicate that pre/proto-Indo-Europeans were quite patriarchal and patrilineal. Though Mallory is hopeful that we are making progress on the topic of Indo-Europeans he worries that the fraught situation of disciplinary rivalries will retard synergy, where archaeogenetics engages in excessive imperialism vis-a-vis archaeology and linguistics.

Hello bbs! We're back again with a part two, explaining the indigenous connection to the earth and our ancient spiritualities, all of whom included eating animals. We discuss the actual cruelty of activists going after indigenous people instead of the capitalists who are exploiting the land and the inhabitants of the land for profits.  Hope you have a wonderful day! Grab a lychee iced tea and enjoy this episode with us! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we're trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you're not yet a patreon, join today @ ⁠patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠. Sources and what's In the episode: (herb) St. John's/Jane's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (herb) Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) (healer) Sangoma - South African Healer (healer) Martín Prechtel - Mayan Healer Farmer's Markets (cacao to purchase) Mayan Wisdom Project (anthropologist) Marija Gimbutas (article) Animal Sacrifice and Religious Racism: Afro-Brazilian Religions on Trial (people group) Makah tribe in Washington State (indigenous scholar) Tyson Yunkaporta https://cals.cornell.edu/american-indian-indigenous-studies/dr-tyson-yunkaporta Herbalism and Immigrant Communities in So. Cal. Bones Bugs and Botany Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ ________________________ Follow us on social: ⁠@pettyherbalist⁠ ⁠@bonesbugsandbotany⁠ Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ Join the bonesbugsandbotany Patreon Community to fund support all of Asia's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/bonesbugsandbotany⁠⁠ Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty ***if you read this far, send me a dm @pettyherbalist for a shoutout!*** --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/support

On the latest episode, I'm joined by the wonderfully witchy Annie (Ani) Finch, a poet, performer, artist, scholar and researcher on meter, magic, and matriarchy. In short, she is Poetry Witch. Ani is the award-winning author of seven books of poetry including Spells: New and Selected Poems; Eve; Calendar;, a verse play on abortion, Among the Goddesses; and The Poetry Witch Little Book of Spells. She is the author or editor of numerous influential books about the magic of poetic craft as well as editor of Choice Words, the first major anthology on abortion. Uniting all of Ani's work is her belief in the power of languages of the Goddess to awaken magical change in words and the world. Ani traces her lineage from Norse volurs, Celtic bards, and witches imprisoned in the Salem Witch Trials. On this episode we discuss:Ani's spiritual background, including three seminal experiences that led her to the Sacred Feminine Her provocative theory that women invented religion, based on the experience of the female orgasmThe shifts she's witnessed in the Goddess movement, and where she thinks we're headed nowAni's understanding of matriarchy, which has been shaped by the pioneering work of Heide Gottner-AbenrothWhy she feels that the muse is the Goddess, who inspires her poetry Plus Ani reads a few of her poems for us, including a brand new poem celebrating sacred sexuality! Here are a few notes related to this episode:Ani mentioned the work of Heide Gottner-Abendroth, who has studied matrilineal societies extensivelyAni also mentioned the work of linguist and archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, as well as many groundbreaking women who pioneered the Goddess movement, including Bebe Frazer, Macha NightMare, Francesca De Grandis, Patricia Monaghan (founder of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology), Mary Mackey, and Mayumi Oda. I mentioned the book Tantra Illuminated, by Christopher Wallis. And here are a few more details about this show and my work:If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/You can also visit the Coalition of Natives and Allies for more helpful educational resources about Indigenous rights and history.Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review, and thank you for supporting my work!You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoherFor more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher.To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hometoher To go deeper in your Sacred Feminine explorations, check out the course offerings via Home to Her Academy: www.hometoheracademy.com And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning book Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine (Womancraft Publishing), available wherever you buy your books!. If you've read it, your reviews on Goodreads and Amazon are greatly appreciated! Here are a few related episodes to explore:

Understanding goddess spirituality and the real history of matriarchy can deepen & unlock powerful places within ourselves & within all of our lives. In this riveting interview episode, world renown author and activist, Vicki Noble, discusses how she helped midwife modern spirituality, shamanism, feminism and multiculturalism in western spiritual circles as we know it today. Discussed in this episode:

Amy McPhee Allebest, founder and host of the podcast Breaking Down Patriarchy, joins Meg in this episode to share what she has learned about prehistoric egalitarian societies. She highlights the discovery of Venus statues discovered all across Europe, the Near East, and Asia along with other evidence that suggests the practice of goddess worship not only in the Neolithic period, but extending back to Paleolithic times. Amy and Meg discuss the presence and subsequent fading of a belief in Goddesses from various ancient peoples. Looking back through the corridors of history illuminates that though these cultural changes often happen slowly and imperceptibly over hundreds of years, others occur swiftly and intentionally. Seeing these changes in how God has been perceived across the ages gives rise to the hope that one day a female deity will be revered as all-powerful once again, or perhaps even a more insclusive conception of God could materialize. Amy cites the work of archaologist Marija Gimbutas as well as Angela Saini. We recommend looking up their books for an even deeper dive into the history of patriarchy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

I feel that this is the most important video that I have done to date. Some resources if you would like further information: Marija Gimbutas's book: "Civilization of the Goddess" Walter Cruttenden's book: "Lost Star of Myth and Time" Article about the Hindu Yuga Cycle: http://www.viewzone.com/kali22.html Heather's book: Finding Our Center: Wisdom from the Stars and Planets in Times of Change Heather's website: https://www.risingmoonhealingcenter.com/ To become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/heatherensworth/

Honore aux artistes pour ce 562ème épisode du podcast NFT Morning!En effet nous avons débuté cette room avec la sculptrice Hermine Bourdin, qui est venue partager avec passion les détails de sa première exposition solo intutliée Axis Mundi, à la Galerie Julie Caredda, au 4 rue de Miromesnil 75008 Paris, qui se déroule jusqu'au 7 octobre prochain. L'occasion rêvée pour replonger dans le parcours artistique d'Hermine, explorer ses incursions dans le monde des NFT et les univers immersifs, et aborder certaines sources d'inspiration, tels les vestiges des déesses des anciennes civilisations méditerranéennes et les travaux de l'historienne Marija Gimbutas.* Linktr.ee d'Hermine Bourdin* Site web officiel de la galerie Julie Caredda* Galerie d'Hermine Bourdin sur Objkt.com* Compilation d'interviews de l'historienne Marija GimbutasEnsuite, nous avons accueilli un visage qui vous est sûrement familier, l'artiste John Hamon qu'on a déjà reçu il y a un an dans le NFT Morning (Room #351 à écouter ici). Aujourd'hui il a partagé avec nous les détails de son 1er solo show, qui se tiendra du mercredi 27 au samedi 30 septembre à la NFT Factory, au 137 rue St-Martin, 75004. En parallèle à cet événement, John lancera un drop NFT sur foundation.app.Dans le court laps de temps qu'il nous a été donné nous avons qd même parcouru de nombreux sujets, depuis la remise en question de la pérennité de l'Art contemporain, selon John, jusqu'à ses explorations dans les métaverses, et même des considérations plus philosophiques, telles que la question de la permissivité dans les mondes immersifs.* Linktr.ee de John Hamon* Site web officiel de la NFT Factory* Le drop de John Hamon sur Fondation.appPour conclure ce space très dense, nous avons eu le grand plaisir d'accueillir des artistes participants au projet Cyber Flanerie, initié par Orion 3000 représentée par Céline Shen et Yvonne Senouf, en marge du DRP Festival. Ces créateurs ont uni leurs œuvres dans le prestigieux cadre du Jardin des Tuileries, offrant ainsi une expérience en réalité augmentée, à travers un parcours à découvrir les samedi 30 septembre et dimanche 1er octobre. Parmi ces artistes, Sophie Lavaud, Valery Grancher, et Pierre Pauze ont partagé avec nous leur passion et nous ont éclairés sur les œuvres qu'ils exposent au cours de cette fascinante déambulation artistique.* Compte Twitter de Celine Shen* Compte Twitter d'Yvonne Senouf* Site web officiel de Sophie Lavaud* Compte Twitter de Valery Grancher* Compte Twitter de Tamiko Thiel This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nftmorning.com

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According to Marija Gimbutas, "During the sixth millennium B.C., the Old Europeans developed a writing system; like many other Old European achievements, writing grew out of religious symbols and signs."  How did this writing system work and what was its function?  And why has its primacy and importance been overlooked by scholars?Join us as we discuss this topic with Miriam Robbins Dexter, Ph.D., who holds a B.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies (comparative linguistics, archaeology and mythology) from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Her friend and colleague, Vicki Noble, a regular member of the Make Matriarchy Great Again team, joins the discussion.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host

In a classic recording, Vicki Noble joins Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden to discuss the matriarchal roots of Western Civilization. "Old Europe" is the term given to a set of advanced cultures that lasted for thousands of years west of the Black Sea. The topic so controversial, mainstream scholarship often refuses to address it. Vicki's knowledge and detail of this history (or "herstory") is not to be missed.This was initially presented in five parts.  It has now been edited in long-form for your listening pleasure. 

The second part of our talk with Joan Marler about her mentor Marija Gimbutas.  Joan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology.  She is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) by Marija Gimbutas and From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas (1997). Joan lectures internationally about the work of Maria Gimbutas and she is working on a biography of Dr. Gimbutas.Vicki Noble joins us to share her experiences with Dr. Gimbutas and her work as well.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

So much of the stories we tell of who we are have been told by men who have a certain view of the inevitability of patriarchy as the only system that we know throughout the world, ascribing an inevitability about it that is inaccurate and untrue. There have been multiple theories on how the patriarchy emerged in society and ultimately, we'll never completely know as it predates written records. However, a Lithuanian archaeologist by the name of Marija Gimbutas theorized that in the Paleolithic period when the Judeo-Christian patriarchy emerged, a group of Kurgans who are warring men came down from the steps of Russia. At a time of ecological and environmental movement, these primarily warring men came and enslaved people, women, children, marking the start of patriarchy. Marija was destroyed by this theory but was proven to be correct years later. For Elise, she sees that there's a standard of perfection, especially for people like Marija. Men and women are constantly in debates about nature and culture, conflating the two and creating these ideas about what it truly means to be a man or a woman. With anthropologists, they can be either right or wrong about history but for Elise, we cannot move forward without having these conversations. Elise Loehnen is an American author, editor, and content strategist, best known for her work as the Chief Content Officer at Goop, a wellness and lifestyle brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow. Prior to joining Goop, Elise worked as a writer and editor for a variety of publications, including Glamour, Conde Nast Traveler, and Oprah.com. She has also authored several books, including The Juice Cleanse Reset Diet and The Joy of Doing Nothing. Loehnen is known for her expertise in the wellness and lifestyle space and has spoken on a variety of topics related to health, beauty, and personal development. Elise's new book, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good, is ready for pre-order and will be available by May 23, 2023. What we discuss: 01:30 – Introducing Elise02:43 – Freeing the Authentic Voice04:25 – Fuck the Patriarchy?06:48 – Has There Ever Been a Matriarchy?08:14 – Elise's Painful Initiation14:53 – A Brief History in Patriarchy22:39 – What are the Seven Deadly Sins?35:22 – Wisdom from the Seven Deadly Sins, 42:14 – How to Not Be the Good Girl in Society48:41 – Minimum Wage and Universal Basic Income53:45 – Elise's Guidance for Women1:00:38 – Elise in Behalf of the Great Mother   Learn more from Elise, visit: https://www.eliseloehnen.com/ To amplify your health with GoddessWell products, go to Goddesswell.co to and use the code SISTERHOOD at checkout to buy one and get one free! Sign up for Moon School a 29-day meditation journey beginning on the New Moon on June 17: https://www.globalsisterhood.org/moon-school   To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @Laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners

Welcome to Mythic, where we explore meaningful living through the power of myth, including topics that span ancient lore, modern popular culture, and depth psychology. I'm your host, Boston Blake. Monica Mody, PhD - Decolonizing Mythology About Monica Mody Dr. Monica Mody is a transdisciplinary poet, educator and theorist working at the intersections of embodied regenerative consciousness, earth-based wisdom, and decolonial frameworks of wholeness. She is the author of KALA PANI and a forthcoming poetry collection BRIGHT PARALLEL. She holds a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. LL.B. from the National Law School of India University. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded the Kore Award for Best Dissertation in Women and Mythology. Dr. Mody currently serves as Adjunct faculty in the Women's Spirituality Program at CIIS as well as in the Mythological Studies Program at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, and as core faculty in the Doctoral Program in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership at Southwestern College Santa Fe. She was born in Ranchi, India, and lives in San Francisco (Ramaytush Ohlone territory). Key Moments05:03 A very brief history of the Partition of India11:46 Musings on kintsugi14:05 Marija Gimbutas and goddesses of matriarchal societies15:14 Athena's role in the myth of Medusa19:02 Saraswati and her wild river origins27:43 Sita Sings the BluesLinks for further explorationTusheeta/Tushita, or, Joyous Motherlines - Dr. Monica ModyA Note on Writing “Sarasvati” - Dr. Monica ModySarasvati—a poem by Monica Mody - YouTubeWebsite of Dr. Monica Mody

On the latest episode I'm joined by Glenys Livingstone, a pioneering researcher and thought leader who's been walking the Goddess path since 1979. Glenys 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." This book was an outcome of her doctoral work in Social Ecology. Her newest book is "A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos: Celebrating Her within PaGaian Sacred Ceremony," which synthesizes much of her work over the years.On today's episode we discuss:* Glenys' spiritual background, including her conversion to Catholicism in her teens, as well as her growing disillusionment with Christianity*  The "a-ha" moment that occurred when she realized, pregnant and unmarried, that knowing a female deity would allow her to view her situation without shame* What "PaGaian cosmology" means, including how it combines pagan spirituality with scientific theory to give us a new way to recognize and honor Her (the Goddess) as creative life force* Why it's important that we recognize the inherent power in language and the naming of things and life experiences  * How honoring the equinoxes, solstice and cross-quarter days found on the pagan Wheel of the Year can bring us closer to the Sacred Feminine and provides an opportunity to consciously participate in the creative dance of the cosmosShow Notes If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/My book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is now available Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit  https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too.Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review! For the podcast, reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful, and for the book, reviews on Amazon and Goodreads are equally helpful. Thank you for supporting my work!You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoherYou can learn more about Glenys and her work at http://pagaian.org. You can also find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PagaianCosmology, and join her PaGaian Cosmology Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257877322873Glenys referenced so many excellent resources during our conversation! I've done my best to capture them all for you below: Helen Reddy's ("I Am Woman" singer) Grammy acceptance speech, in which she referred to God as "she": https://youtu.be/HWkk9rKZyZUThe work of feminist theologians Rosemary Radford Ruether and Mary DalyStarhawk, whose book "The Spiral Dance," was instrumental in launching the modern witchcraft movementWorks/groups that influenced her early on included Lux Madriana;  "Children of the Dream;" and "Immaculate Deception," by Suzanne ArmsThe works of Sonia Johnson and Miriam Robbins DexterMonique Wittig's "Les Guerilles"Caitlin Matthews is an expert in Celtic lore; Glenys referenced her work while we were discussing the triskele, or Triple Spiral seen at the entrance of Newgrange in Ireland. the work of feminist Charlene SpretnakGaia Theory, developed by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis Brian Swimme, who together with Thomas Berry, wrote "The Universe Story," which Glenys references in her most recent bookMiriam Robbins Dexter and her book, "Whence the Goddesses: A Source Book"The wonderful poet/writer Adrienne Rich, and her book "Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution"  Similar/relevant Home to Her episodes include: I referenced my discussion with poet Joy Ladin during this conversation. You can listen here: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/shekhinah-speaks-with-joy-ladinReclaiming Women's Histories with Max Dashu:  https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/reclaiming-womens-histories-with-max-dashuThe Legacy of Marija Gimbutas with Joan Marler: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-legacy-of-marija-gimbutas-with-joan-marler-v2vWO3gAMaking Matriarchy Great Again with Vicki Noble and Dawn Alden: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/making-matriarchy-great-again-with-dawn-alden-and-vicki-noble Telling the Stories of the Sacred Feminine with Trista Hendren: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/telling-the-stories-of-the-sacred-feminine-with-trista-hendren

Join us as we talk with Joan Marler about her mentor Marija Gimbutas.  Joan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology.  She is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) by Marija Gimbutas and From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas (1997). She worked closely with Marija Gimbutas as her personal editor from 1987-1994 and lectures internationally on Prof. Gimbutas' life and work.  Joan is working on a biography of Dr. Gimbutas and discusses with her legacy and continued influence.Vicki Noble joins us to share her experiences with Dr. Gimbutas and her work.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

Ever since Sylvia was a little girl, she's always read and written stories and was very drawn to old myths and ancient cultures, almost wanting to embody them through her writing as her way into them. For the longest time, she considered her writing fantasy, separated from her sense of embodied participation with the Earth and with life along with a fear to connect these two worlds. However, her writing became her intuitive channel as it opened her process and molded her 20s slowly as she studied animal tracking, wanting to reflect the land around her from a more than human perspective. Animal tracking taught her this language to listen deeply into the land that she was in. As she continued her studies, things started to weave in intuitively as it does with creative work to a place that she couldn't really articulate or speak to. Unfortunately (or rather fortunately), a painful experience called her to the island of Crete, opening her consciousness of her own relationship to her intuition, connecting something, and initiating her process of remembering.   Sylvia Linsteadt is a writer, artist, and certified animal tracker. She has authored books such as “Our Lady of the Dark Country”, the award-nominated middle grade fantasy duology “The Wild Folk” and “The Wild Folk Rising”, the novel “Tatterdemalion”, and an award-winning collection of essays entitled “Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area”. You can listen Sylvia read selections of her stories on her podcast “Kalliope's Sanctum”.   What we discuss: 01:06 – Introducing Sylvia 02:18 – What the Time of the Feminine Means to Sylvia 07:48 – Process of Remembering 14:14 – Sylvia on the Greek Island of Crete 19:59 – Returning to Crete 26:07 – The Minotaur and the Labyrinth 31:26 – The Reclamation of the Feminine and Discovering Truths 39:04 – The Venus Year 47:16 – Marija Gimbutas and the Study of the Feminine 55:13 – Sylvia in Behalf of the Divine Mother   To amplify your health with GoddessWell products, go to Goddesswell.co to and use the code SISTERHOOD at checkout to buy one and get one free!   You can find Sylvia's work and her upcoming book through her official website and Substack. Listen to her podcast “Kalliope's Sanctum” through Apple Podcast and Spotify. Sylvia is also offering a new course: Into the Motherhouse https://sylvia-linsteadt.teachable.com/p/into-the-motherhouse   To learn more about Global Sisterhood go to www.globalsisterhood.org To join a virtual circle with us, go to http://www.globalsisterhood.org/virtual-circles To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @Laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners  

Sabian symbols and their meaning: https://www.jamesburgess.com/sabian-s... Books by archeologist Marija Gimbutas:  The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe (1974)  The Language of the Goddess (1989) The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) For more info: Heather Ensworth - risingmoonhealingcenter.com To become a patron: patreon.com/heatherensworth  

Reclaiming the Divine Feminine Energy from History with Betty KovacsIn this episode we get curious about:What is Divine FeminineEvidence of the presence of the divine feminineJesus and the divine feminineMary as the divine feminineTo learn more about our guest: Website: https://kamlak.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/The-Kamlak-Center-Videos-Putting-Birth-Death-Back-Together-Again-213684922010449/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/saavedra_kimberly/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KimberlySaavedraFreebie/Offer: Sign up for newsletter on website and receive a free chapter of Merchants of Light. Books: Merchants of Light https://amzn.to/3VTcURl Other resources mentioned: Author Ann Barings https://www.annebaring.com Heart Math https://www.heartmath.com Marija Gimbutas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_GimbutasCredits:Photography & Design: https://ashamclaughlin.wixsite.com/tejartMusic: Where the Light Is by Lemon Music StudioTo learn more about Laurin Wittig and her work: https://HeartLightJoy.comCopyright 2022 Laurin Wittig Transcript Here

Maëva Morin aurait pu continuer à bâtir sa carrière au Parlement européen ou enchaîner les missions dans des ONG de défense de l'environnement ou du droit au logement.  Mais épuisée par ce rythme effréné et l'ampleur des combats à mener, elle a choisi de mettre un terme à cette vie autour dans le milieu institutionnel.  Aujourd'hui, elle exerce dans le milieu du bien-être où elle continue d'exercer sa militance. Enseignante de yoga, facilitatrice de cercle et praticienne en massage rebozo, Maëva se définit comme une tisseuse de liens, à soi, à l'autre et au Vivant.    C'est avec une grande douceur qu'elle nous raconte son histoire et qu'elle nous parle de son ouvrage Sagesse Sauvage, cheminer au rythme de la Terre.  Dans cet épisode, on explore les questions de l'éco-féminisme et du féminin sacré, avec cette question de fond, la sagesse sauvage pourrait-elle adoucir nos combats actuels ?   Références de l'épisode :  Sagesse Sauvage, cheminer au rythme de la Terre  (éd. Solar, 2022), Maëva Morin. Illustratrice : Marius Heureux @mariusheureux Mon cahier Féminin Sacré (éd. Solar, 2020), Maëva Morin  Le langage de la déesse, Marija Gimbutas  Rêver l'obscur, Starhawk  Lune rouge, Miranda  Gray Femmes qui courent avec les loups, Clarissa Pinkola Estès Pour retrouver Maëva Morin :  Sur le web :  https://www.maevayoga.com/ Sur Instagram : @maevamorinyoga 

If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/My new book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” will be available beginning October 14 from Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit www.womancraftpublishing.com.   You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6xtUV6K7ayV30iz1ECigwYou can listen to all past episodes of the “Make Matriarchy Great Again” podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/34-circe-salon-make-matriarchy-great-again-disrupting/id1515852327You can also become a supporter of their work via Patreon: http://patreon.com/34CirceAnd, you can learn more about Vicki, including her upcoming online course exploring the work of Marija Gimbutas, here: https://www.vickinoble.com/.We discussed a number of books and resources during this episode! Here are a few you can explore on your own:“The First Sex,” by Elizabeth Gould Davis, was brought up here, and has also been mentioned by other guests in the pastOctavia Butler was a fantastic science fiction writer whose books were extremely prescient and relevant to the times we're living in. You can learn more about her and work here: https://www.octaviabutler.com/Dawn also mentioned the books “Sexual Politics”, by Kate Millett, and “Drawing Down the Moon”, by Margot AdlerWe also discussed the classic book “When God Was a Woman”, by Merlin StoneKaitlin Shetler is a fantastic ex-evangelical poet who shares her work on social media. You can read her poems here: https://www.facebook.com/kaitlinhardyshetler/https://www.hagia.de/home/ is the home of the Hagia, International Academy for Modern Matriarchal Studies, founded by Heide Goettner-AbendrothDawn also discussed her experience with the teachings of Eagle Man (Ed McGaa), a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe.The following prior podcast episodes are also relevant to this conversation:The Legacy of Marija Gimbutas with Joan Marler:   https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-legacy-of-marija-gimbutas-with-joan-marlerReclaiming Women's Histories with Max Dashu: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/reclaiming-womens-histories-with-max-dashuThe Maternal Gift Economy with Genevieve Vaughan: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-maternal-gift-economy-with-genevieve-vaughan

We present an encore presentation of Vicki Noble's discussion of the Marija Gimbutas Symposium from 2021.  As our following has grown, we'd like to acquaint our new listeners with some of the foundational topics of this podcast.  Without question, the matriarchal scholarship of Marija Gimbutas is a guiding force of Make Matriarchy Great Again-- as is the matriarchal scholarship of Vicki Noble! In fact, Vicki is teaching a course on the matriarchal origins of civilization.  You can find out more here:https://www.yogaandthemoon.fr/vicki-waitlistCelebrating the centennial of Marija Gimbtutas' birth, the Association for the Study of Women & Mythology held a symposium on her life and works.  "Make Matriarchy Great Again" inspiration and charter member, Vicki Noble, chaired one of the discussions and joins us to talk about the symposium and the celebration of the life of Marija Gimbutas.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

Howchi Kilburn is a long-term practitioner of meditation, Tai-Chi, yoga, psychotherapy, immersion in nature, and playing with his grandkids. A Northern California denizen, inspired by the non-fiction writings of Marija Gimbutas, The Living Goddess, and Riane Eisler, Sacred Pleasure, he has been writing stories based on their descriptions of human life in ancient times. He is the author of Monking Around and Another Butterfly.Another ButterflyAtmosphere Press, 2022A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you podcast.Past Forward is a public podcast service and book initiative. As a nonprofit organization, our creative media is designed to amplify the voices of community leaders by providing a platform to share stories about civic engagement and cultural enrichment. For further learning, our Re-Mind initiative focuses on educational accessibility. We collaborate with experts and curate book collections inspired by topics from our podcast. This program creates a path for curiosity and provides access to millions of books at a discount price.

What does community mean to you?Is it wonderful? Complicated? Community is the container for storytelling, and for so much of what we do. It exists in healthy and broken forms, in motion, in transition. It's critical to our survival, and our flowering. Did I mention it's complicated and frustrating too? Community is infuriatingly, thankfully, necessary. It is a vast landscape, and today we venture out to explore a wee bit. Featuring interviews with John Wolfstone, Jessie White, and Chaitanya Beriault.The supplementing voices of Jessie, Blair, Boots, Sophie and Maggie.To support the podcast, and receive additional artwork and stories related to its theme, go on over to Patreon.The podcast Instragram is here.Jessie's beautiful art is here.John Wolfstone's site, about rites of passage, is here. To be notified about upcoming creative writing and art workshops, sign up for the Story Paths mailing list here. There were many songs and sound effects in this episode. Thanks especialy to all who offered these up freely on Freesound.org and dig.ccmixter.org.I couldn't put them all in the show notes here, but you'll find them in the transcript.

A BENCH IN EAST RIVER PARK — Solstice-eve sitdown with legendary poet and novelist Eileen Myles (b. 1949), author of Chelsea Girls (1994), Cool For You (2000), Inferno (2010), Afterglow (2017), Evolution (2018), For Now (2020), and other books. Pod contents: 4 min - Marija Gimbutas. 9 min - Egyptian book of the dead / Afterglow (2017) / reincarnation. 11 min - Nonverbal communication. 15 min - Zola / writing about work. 19 min - “pathetic literature" / loser narrators. 24 min - readings. 30 min - the proletariat v. bourgeoisie now 34 min - east river park. 39 min - mistrust of “fiction.” 40 min - male v. Female lust. 46 min - orality / the beats / Kerouac. 49 min - Henry Miller. 54 min - rocks / grounding. 58 min - Transparent. 1 hr 7 min - the quiet place. 1 hr 9 min - the Northman. 1 hr 10 min - “the show about the show.” 1 hr 12 min- Valleyesque Fernando Flores. 1 hr 15 min - writing about the dead. 1 hr 18 min - Gerard de Nerval / ghosts. http://1storyhaus.com/pod/69-eileen-myles

It is a tragic echo of earliest civilizations that an army would sweep out of the Crimean to attack a people in Ukraine.  As when the Indo-European warriors stormed the towns along the shores and rivers of Old Europe, so we watch a conflict between two countries take place eerily  in the footsteps of this millennia earlier clash that transformed the world. Join Vicki Noble as she contextualizes this conflict within the history and current debate over the story of the matriarchal people of Old Europe.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host. 

La Biblioteca di Cetona ospita un vasto patrimonio librario dedicato all'archeologia e connesso al Museo per la Preistoria del Monte Cetona. In questo episodio, Alessia e Ludovico parlano assieme a Margherita delle scoperte dell'archeologa Marija Gimbutas e del suo ultimo libro, 'Le dee viventi'.

Mary Mackey is a beloved novelist and poet whose work centers on matriarchal and ecological subjects.  Her historical novels take place in the matriarchal, goddess-centered cultures of Old Europe.  Join us as we discuss with her about her matriarchal writings, her relationship with Marija Gimbutas and her current work. 

Hade kvinnor makten på stenåldern, eller var de bara sexobjekt redan då? Liv har varit i Litauen och dissikerat arkeologen Marija Gimbutas arv. Caroline har följt Kanyes breakdown på Instagram men även läst Johan Heltnes nya bok Sympati för djavulen, vilket tar oss fram till frågan: Hur hade Caroline det själv på Biskops Arnös skrivarskola?

One midrash tradition attributed the universal flood to the polygyny and patriarchy of the ancient world, which was first documented in the Hebrew scriptures with Lemekh's wives, Adah and Zillah (Gen. 4:19). In this episode, Father Jayme transports listeners back in time, to our worship of the Great Mother Goddess of fertility and sustenance for some 35,000 years. The nascent patriarchy of the Agricultural Revolution then marginalized the “hidden” and “absent” women in scriptures. Drawing on the works of Diarmuid Ó Murchú and Marija Gimbutas, Father Jayme notes how new notions of warfare and conquest led to the creation of a new god in human image: the conquering LORD God of hosts! Father Jayme shares: “Like Cain, the Kurgan warrior spirituality conquered, putting other spiritualities to the sword and casting the long shadow of patriarchy over the land.” Thus, the quick transition in Genesis 6 from the “sons of God” dominating the “daughters of humanity,” to God's regret that God had created humankind. Ideas of polygyny persisted, and men in the ancient world felt the right to possess sex-object wives in addition to their childbearing wives. The situation was compounded by societal structures that valued sons over daughters, viewing sons as gain and daughters as loss. Father Jayme concludes that continued sexism and patriarchy, expressed in our domination of others and of Mother Earth, have set in motion forces that may be no less destructive than the universal flood in the days of Naamah & Noach.Have you seen the latest issue of Extraordinary Catholics magazine?Check out other podcasts by and for Inclusive Catholics!Support Extraordinary Catholics podcast!

Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Give her a salamander and a stone and she'll write you a love story. Sophie was raised by house cats, puff balls, possums, raccoons, and an opinionated, crippled goose. In every neighborhood she's ever lived in she has been known as “the walker”. She believes strongly that all thinking happens interstitially – between beings, ideas, differences, mythical gradients.Her first book of essays, The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine, is forthcoming in 2022 from Inner Traditions. Her books of poetry include Love Song to a Blue God, Those Other Flowers to Come and The Approach (The Swan). She has recently finished a work of historical fiction, The Madonna Secret, that offers an eco-feminist revision of the gospels.  You can read Sophie's work on her website, facebook and instagram.To be notified about upcoming creative writing and art workshops, sign up for the Story Paths mailing list here.Music by Keli MarksArtwork from Noun Project by Icon Producer, 

The cycle of material and psychic life is often encapsulated as life, death, and rebirth. This cycle is the mythological context of the solstice.But in her formulation of the ancient triple goddess, Marija Gimbutas writes of life, death and regeneration.Rebirth and regeneration are not quite the same, are they? This is the starting point of this episode, which includes the fairy tale  "The Handless Maiden" and reflections on the importance of a regeneration mindset as 2021 comes to an end.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mythmatterspodcast)

Celebrating the centennial of Marija Gimbtutas' birth, the Association for the Study of Women & Mythology held a symposium on her life and works.  "Make Matriarchy Great Again" inspiration and charter member, Vicki Noble, chaired one of the discussions and joins us to talk about the symposium and the celebration of the life of Marija Gimbutas.

The Ellison Center presents the panel "Feminist Anthropology of Old Europe: Celebrating the Centennial of Marija Gimbutas" on April 30, 2021. This panel was part of the virtual 2021 REECAS Northwest Conference. Find more information about the conference here: jsis.washington.edu/ellisoncenter/reecas-nw/ Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994), Professor of European Archaeology and Indo-European Studies at UCLA, wrote numerous popular and controversial books about the prehistoric gods and goddesses of Old Europe. Her research was a source of inspiration for environmentalist, feminist, neo-pagan, and other social movements on both sides of and transgressing the “Iron Curtain.” Born in Lithuania, educated at the Universities of Vilnius, Tübingen and München, Gimbutas immigrated to the United States to teach at Harvard University before moving to the West Coast. This roundtable celebrates the Centennial of her birth. Moderator & Organizer: - Guntis Šmidchens, Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington-Seattle. Panelists: - Rasa Navickaitė, Visiting Lecturer, Central European University; Navickaitė's 2020 dissertation examines the transnational reception of Gimbutas's work and persona in diverse feminist and women's activist contexts on both sides of the “Iron Curtain.” Among her other publications are “Postcolonial Queer Critique in Post-Communist Europe -Stuck in the Western Progress Narrative?” Tijdschrift Voor Genderstudies (2014); “Under the Western Gaze: Sexuality and Postsocialist ‘Transition' in East Europe,” in Postcolonial Transitions in Europe (2015), and numerous articles and essays in Lithuanian scholarly publications. - Ernestine Elster, Associated Researcher, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archeology; Elster was a graduate student of Marija Gimbutas and participated in four of her archeological expeditions. She has authored numerous publications on Italy and Greece in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, among them Excavations at Sitagroi, a prehistoric village in northeast Greece (1986), coauthored with Marija Gimbutas and this panel's discussant Colin Renfrew. - Colin Renfrew, Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge; Renfrew was a friend and colleague of Marija Gimbutas. He is author of many articles and books, among them Before Civilisation: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe (1973); Transformations: Mathematical Approaches to Culture Change (1979); Archeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins (1990); Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archeology (2000); and Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (2008). This panel is cosponsored by the Lithuanian Culture Institute, the University of Washington Baltic Studies Program and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. The 2021 REECAS Northwest Conference, an ASEEES Regional Conference, is organized by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Image courtesy of Ernestine Elster. From left to right, Ernestine Elster, Colin Renfrew, and Marija Gimbutas in 1986 at the publication celebration for the first volume of the Sitagroi excavations.

Join Vicki Noble as she chats with us about the legacy of her friend, Marija Gimbutas, a woman whose theories on the role of women in the neolithic period and in the creation of civilization are starting to be confirmed by modern DNA and archaeological research.  Marija would've been 100 years old this year.Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they chat with Vicki Noble about the scope of Gimbutas' scholarship in the worlds of archaeology, history and mythology, how she revolutionized the view of women in the Ancient World and why her work is under attack in academia today. 

Just a quick pause to let you know about some updates and upcoming events this weekend.  We have a new account for donations for the podcast.  If you like what you've been hearing, please support the cause.  https://www.patreon.com/34Circe  Thanks! Also, Vicki Noble tells us about some events that she thinks you all might find interesting.  Check out the listings here as well:https://womenandmyth.org/https://www.opusarchives.org/More fun things coming!

James P. Mallory received in Ph.D. in Indo-European studies from UCLA in 1975 under the supervision of Marija Gimbutas. He is the author of In Search of Indo-Europeans, The Origins of the Irish, and The Tarim Mummies, and an emeritus professor at Queen's University Belfast. Mallory devoted much of his career to understanding the origins of the Indo-Europeans. Over the first 30 minutes of he gives a magisterial overview of the question, the field, and where we are now. Mallory begins in the 18th century, proceeds through the 19th and 20th centuries, before finally arriving in 2015 when he was asked to review Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe by Nature. The arrival of ancient DNA transformed the whole field within just a few years, vindicating some of Mallory's conjectures and commitments, but leaving others even more clouded. We discuss whether the Hittites and Tocharians remain “mysterious,” and how surprising it was that the Corded Ware were basically Yamnaya despite striking differences in their material culture. Mallory also discusses the nature of data analysis in a field like archaeology, where material culture can transform overnight, and richness (the last Neolithic societies of Europe) can give way to the poverty of remains (the Corded Ware). It turns out most of what we know about the Yamnaya and Corded Ware are from their burials because that's all they left. It's a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation.

Joan and I discussed lots of resources today! Here are several links for additional exploration:You can learn more about Joan and the Institute of Archaeomythology at https://www.archaeomythology.org/. The OPUS Archives and Research Center at Pacifica Graduate Institute is home to the official libraries of both Marija Gimbutas and Joseph Campbell. You can learn more about both, and explore a virtual exhibit of Marija's work in honor of the 100th anniversary of her birth here: https://www.opusarchives.org/.You can learn more about the hero's journey, which was outlined in detail by Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero with A Thousand Faces. Valarie Kaur's Watch Night speech from 2017 is worth watching, over and over again. Her “darkness of the womb” analogy is transformational and electrifying. https://valariekaur.com/2017/01/watch-night-speech-breathe-push/This is a good description of how daughter redwood trees rise up around the body of the mother trees:http://www.flowersociety.org/redwood-profile.htmThe Association for the Study of Women in Mythology is hosting a symposium from July 16-18, 2021 to celebrate the life and work of Marija Gimbutas. You can learn more and register here: https://womenandmyth.org/events/symposium/

A preview of upcoming shows on the 34 Circe Salon Make Matriarchy Great Again for the end of March and month of April in 2021.

"The Goddess refuses to die... She will only fade away for good when we devise an alternative grand history that accounts for large-scale coherences." -- Prof. Richard Lesure, UCLA With those words began an attack on the very truth of matriarchal history. From the halls of American and British academia has come a call to arms to CONSPIRE to deny the archaeological facts that indicate a long period of matriarchal civilization and to eliminate the very discussion of matriarchal existence once and for all. Join us as Vicki Noble sheds light on this important and dangerous development in scholarship and culture and its potential to distort and destroy both the past achievements of women and their future hopes. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.

Join Nancy and Crystal as they travel back to the ancient world and discuss Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic female figurines and how scholars have interpreted these curvaceous ladies through time. They talk specifically about the male gaze and how this has influenced the way we see these figurines and statues today. They talk specifically about the Venus of Willendorf, the Venus of Malta, Maltese Temples, the Goddess Movement of the 1970s and 1980s, archaeologist Marija Gimbutas and her influence and research, and the backlash to the Goddess movement.   To learn more,   https://stratigraffiti.com/2019/03/23/the-venus-myth/

In episode 133 of the Shaman’s Way podcast, Kriket continues her discussion around her journey into the drum. In early March, we’ll also be launching a new course called Daily Tools for Shamanism. Registration will open soon. Sign up here to be amongst the first to know about more! To ask a question or request a topic for […] The post My Journey into the Drum: Part 2 appeared first on Shaman's Way.

Ancestral Eyes E21 w/ Dr. Patricia Robin Woodruff, Lemko Bosorka! Dr. Patricia “Robin” Woodruff is a polymath, author, artist and Priestess of Stone Circle Wicca (USA). She is known in Pagan circles as Robin and in Slavic lands as Paraska. Her Lemko heritage from the remote Carpathian mountains started her on a path of intense study of Slavic magic, resulting in her becoming a spirit-initiated Lemko Bosorka (a sort of shamanic witch.) Woodruff has been immersed for four years writing the Roots of Slavic Magic series, while also obtaining her Ph.D. Having read over 4,000 sources on the subject, Woodruff can provide new insights into this ancient religion based on recent archeological discoveries, newly-revealed rituals, word origins and analysis of petroglyphs. Woodruff has found her work aligning with the work of Marija Gimbutas in her cross-cultural studies of Old Europe. The Roots of Slavic Magic series will be starting with a large scholarly tome on the Goddesses and Gods of the Slavs, but because of the size of the work, it will take a bit longer to be released. In the meantime, Woodruff has recently released an easily understandable “shorter" version, Woodruff's Guide to the Slavic Deities. Coming in at 300 pages along with illustrations, it will still give you a thorough understanding of the various titles of Slavic Deities free from the taint of White Supremacy and nationalistic agendas. If you've never heard of Perun, Veles, Mokosh or Zhiva, this is the best place to start. And if you think you know about them, be prepared for a whole new world of understanding to open before you! https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Robin-Woodruff/e/B077J3L12K?fbclid=IwAR37y3JKJDzUccSolw3uhPARvvOgu9dbINAcCzJtSuDyq-GOFqGi8Aag6AE If you would like to be a future guest on our show, please write to us at jjbaudry@ancestraleyes.ca! Remember to tune-in every Friday @ 8 pm EST for our live show!

What if I told you that a form of writing had been invented long before hieroglyphics and that it conveyed the divine feminine language of matriarchy? Scholars have long known of the script used by female-centric civilizations millennia before the rise of Egypt, Phoenicia and Sumer, but they've dismissed it along with the concept of "matriarchy." In part 1 of our series, we discuss the basic premise of this "sacred" script of Old Europe and how Marija Gimbutas uncovered it. Special guest: Vicki Noble Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe Dawn "Sam" Alden

In part four, we look at the possible tantalizing connections between the sacred script of Old Europe and the Linear A of Crete-- as well as the linguistic connection to Lemnos and maybe-- yes, even mabye-- the Amazons!. Special guest: Vicki Noble Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe Dawn "Sam" Alden

Scholars often throw roses at the feet of the Indo-European conquerors known as "Yamnaya." Even questioning their brutality is considered deceitful and offensive by some. Still these men destroyed the beautiful matriarchies of Old Europe and did so unsparingly: crushing the men and abducting the women. Was this invasion the beginning of war or are the Yamnaya unfairly blamed for behavior that was already common and normal? Join us as we explore the end of matriarchy and the conquest of the patriarchs.

In what is sure to be a classic set of recordings, Vicki Noble joins Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden to discuss the matriarchal roots of Western Civilization. "Old Europe" is the term given to a set of advanced cultures that lasted for thousands of years west of the Black Sea. The topic so controversial, mainstream scholarship often refuses to address it. Vicki's knowledge and detail of this history (or "herstory") is not to be missed.

What was the culture like of the Old Europe matriarchies? Exquisite artwork and beautiful textiles, these were advanced civilizations-- belying the old tropes of "primitive" matriarchies. Yes, it is possible to have peace and advancement. We've had it before, but forgotten it. These civilizations provide a model of hope for what our culture can become again.

What is the true relationship between the development of agriculture and the development of matriarchy? Often, the development of agriculture is seen as the "end of eden" for human existence-- but is this the case? Join us as we discuss how matriarchy and agriculture went hand-in-hand and how these same cultures also developed touching ancestor rituals around the preservation of skulls.

¡Hola a todas y a todos!. Ya estamos aquí de nuevo, una semana más. En el programa monográfico de este mes contextualizamos históricamente los últimas aportaciones genéticas sobre el neolítico europeo, que han revalidado las teorías de Marija Gimbutas. Analizaremos las características de la "Vieja Europa" neolítica y como la violenta aparición de los pueblos indoeuropeos supuso un cambio radicaln en el universo simbólico, que llega hasta nuestros días. Esperemos que lo disfrutéis, que comentéis lo que os gusta, y os disgusta, a través de Ivoox, de iTunes, de Google Podcast, de Spotify, de La Radio de la Historia (lunes de 15-17h y martes de 20-22h) y de las redes sociales, ya sea twitter, facebook, nuestro grupo en Telegram ("Historiados Podcast") o nuestro blog https://historiadospodcast.wordpress.com/.

¡Hola a todas y a todos!. Ya estamos aquí de nuevo, una semana más. En el programa monográfico de este mes contextualizamos históricamente los últimas aportaciones genéticas sobre el neolítico europeo, que han revalidado las teorías de Marija Gimbutas. Analizaremos las características de la "Vieja Europa" neolítica y como la violenta aparición de los pueblos indoeuropeos supuso un cambio radicaln en el universo simbólico, que llega hasta nuestros días. Esperemos que lo disfrutéis, que comentéis lo que os gusta, y os disgusta, a través de Ivoox, de iTunes, de Google Podcast, de Spotify, de La Radio de la Historia (lunes de 15-17h y martes de 20-22h) y de las redes sociales, ya sea twitter, facebook, nuestro grupo en Telegram ("Historiados Podcast") o nuestro blog https://historiadospodcast.wordpress.com/.

Join Robert and Edgar the Raven as they welcome Brian Murphy, author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword and Sorcery to the Dream Tower, for a long in depth discussion of Sword and Sorcery literature, the idea of genre, mythology and the imagination, and the importance of the frontier of unexplored vistas of both the mind and nature. Also, Robert agonizes over what genre his Rogues of Merth series might be while Edgar endures. Click here to listen: http://www.dreamtowermedia.com/podcast Click here to listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntHiT7ovDCWNK7K5DDJAfQ/videos Show Notes: importance of fantasy literature, heroic fantasy, sword and sorcery, Weird Tales, Robert E. Howard, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Vance, Fritz Leiber, C. L. Moore, Michael Moorcock, genres, frontier, city, savagery, barbarians, barbarism, civilization, H. P. Lovecraft, Frank Frazetta, mythology, the mythological field, collective unconscious, C. J. Jung, Joseph Campbell, William Blake, pulps, pulp literature, literary, imagination, commerce versus art, Tolkien, high fantasy, working class heroes, royalty, lifestyles of the medieval rich and famous, Rogues of Merth, Dream Tower Media, nature, wilderness, Neolithic Old Europe, the Goddess, Aryan people, Minoan culture, Marija Gimbutas, agriculture, patriarchy, matriarchy, history, education, industrial revolution.

Welcome to this seventh episode of Dior Talks. This podcast series will explore the connections between Creative Director of Women’s collections Maria Grazia Chiuri and contemporary women artists and curators.  In this episode, series host Katy Hessel, a London-based curator, writer and art historian, speaks to Vicki Noble, the iconic and trailblazing proponent of shamanic feminism, the Goddess Movement and the second-wave feminism of the 1970s. For the Dior Cruise 2018 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri was inspired to collaborate with Noble on an exquisite and mystical series of clothing, accessories and jewelry based on the groundbreaking Motherpeace Tarot cards which she created with Karen Vogel in Berkeley, California in the 1970s. The captivating results were subsequently debuted in a selection of dedicated pop-up stores around the world that had been specially decorated with paintings and hangings featuring arcana from the deck such as ‘The Wheel of Fortune’, ‘The High Priestess’ and ‘The Sun’. Vicki Noble was born in Iowa in 1947 but moved to Berkeley, then the epicenter of the hippy and feminist movements, in 1976, where she met her future collaborator Vogel. Together they created the Motherpeace Tarot deck of cards after being inspired by the contemporary Goddess Movement and the vibrant, radical feminism of the era. In this critical period of feminist development, visual art was extremely important and Noble was a crucial figure in the drive to weave links between the new progressive politics, the occult, mysticism and creativity. In this new episode of Dior Talks we speak to Noble about her extraordinary, surprising and avant-garde career, and about the famous deck of cards which has never been out of production since it was created over four decades ago and which has inspired generations of feminists worldwide. Discover a selection of works: Vicki Noble, Karen Vogel, The Motherpeace Tarot, 1978https://books.google.fr/books?id=UWsKAAAACAAJ&dq=vicki+noble&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOx7zYl-3oAhWQ4IUKHR7wBwsQ6AEIZzAG https://fr-fr.facebook.com/Dior/videos/the-motherpeace-tarot-by-vicki-noble-and-karen-vogel/1606501142737878/ Vicki Noble, Shakti Woman : Feeling our Fire, Healing our World, 1991https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062281470/shakti-woman/ An interview with Vicki Noble, Dior Resort Show, 2017 https://fr-fr.facebook.com/Dior/videos/1356667151054613/ Marija Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess : Unearthing the Hidden Symbols of Western Civilization, 1989 ttps://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Language_of_the_Goddess.html?id=WTmVQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Welcome to an enchanted reading of Creator Mothers by Angelika Bauer with contributions from The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas & The Heart of the Goddess by Hallie Iglehart Austen. (4th Edition, Printed at Print Studio, S.A. Guatemala City) Maeden found and purchased this book while traveling in Guatemala. Each message contains powerful codes to activate the Divine Feminine within. The artwork that accompanies the text is stunning and brings the words to life. Although you cannot see images, feel them. Allow the hypnotizing frequencies of the flute to speak to your soul while you let the messages wash over you. Music: Mayan Fire Flute by Xavier Quijas Yxayotl (Maeden does not own any rights to this song.) Stay connected! Find Maeden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divinelymaed/ & Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seedsofthedivine444/ If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review or rating! May many miracles bless you today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seedsofthedivine/support

The Marija Gimbutas Memorial Lecture Anatolians on the Move: From Kurgans to Kanesh Petra Goedegebuure Associate Professor of Hittitology Last year Sir Colin Renfrew opened the Marija Gimbutas lecture series acknowledging that she was essentially right when she said that the Proto-Indo-Europeans came from north of the Black Sea and then dispersed east and west. And you may recall that Colin Renfrew originally said that Indo-Europeans came out of Anatolia. So what he did was, acknowledging that she was correct, and he used very recent ancient DNA research that really show that Proto-Indo-Europeans are from the north of the Black Sea, but he left open what happened in Anatolia. So what I want to talk about is the Hittites who are from Anatolia. They are kind of an outlier. We do not know how and when they arrived from north of the Black Sea. And this is what I want to explore. So I want to look at what do the Hittites say themselves about their origins, what legends do they have, what do models—linguistic models of language contact—tell us about what happened in prehistory in Anatolia. And finally I want to incorporate some very very recent ancient DNA research basically published in 2020, so this month, and see if that can bring this a little bit closer to understand how the Hittites arrived in Kanesh. This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on Feruary 5, 2020. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Pe4jnBdVxjw Our lectures are free and available to the public thanks to the generous support of our members. To become a member, please visit: bit.ly/2AWGgF7

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The origins of patriarchy Part 1 Chris Sitka discusses the history of the people on our planet, how and why patriarchy established itself, and Marija Gimbutas book, The language of the goddess.

Join our host Marie-Claire Gould (@mariecgould), featuring our guests Lindsey Romain (@LindseyRomain) Staff writer @nerdist & Natasha Fox (@ashesforfoxes) to Discuss Joseph Cambell’s book Goddesses and the work that inspired it and how it relates to the Sequel Trilogy. Additional Information: Joseph Campbell Goddesses: https://www.amazon.com/Goddesses-Mysteries-Feminine-Collected-Campbell/dp/1608681823 The Goddess and Marija Gimbutas by Maureen Murdock: http://www.jungatlanta.com/articles/spring16-marija-gimbutas.pdf http://www.maureenmurdock.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Gimbutas_marija-1.pdf … Continue reading "Discussion on Goddesses with Lindsey Romain & Natasha Fox"

En este programa de El Libro Rojo descubrimos, junto a la historiadora Laura Lleonart, la vida de la arqueóloga estadounidense de origen lituano Marija Gimbutas. Conocemos su hipótesis sobre la civilización de la Vieja Europa, la llamada Teoría de los Kurganes, y analizamos sus obras para aprender sobre la visión que se tenía de la Diosa en aquel contexto, así como la influencia que este trabajo ha tenido en movimientos posteriores como el neopaganismo, el ecologismo o el feminismo.

Many of us, along with Marija Gimbutas, believed her work would eventually be vindicated.  We ARE the cognitive minority, waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to many ideals of the Sacred Feminine, including the work of scholar, Marija Gimbutas.  Tune in tonight as I discuss this wonderful and long awaited development with elders and scholars, Carol Christ and Miriam Robbins Dexter. In the words of Carol, "The disdain with which the work of archaeologist Marija Gimbutas has been held in the field of classics and archaeology was shown to me when I started quietly at a cocktail party at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens that I was interested in her work.  This comment, tentatively offerred, onleashed a tirade from a  young female archaeologist who began shouting at me:  "Her work unscholarly and because it is, it is harder for me and other women scholars in the field to be taken seriously."   (From the Feminism and Religion blog) If you're new to this subject, we'll start at the beginning, briefly discussing Marija's findings and why male dominated academia for so long discredited her work, followed by this new revelation by Lord Colin Renfrew, allied with the British Conservative Party.  We'll discuss the politics of this situation as well as other peripheral areas in which this new revelation will no doubt have a domino effect. You won't want to miss this.  Be sure to tell your friends!  Thanks to Carol Christ for taking to the airwaves for this important discussion.  Certainly a bright spot for us all in a very dark year!

In this week's episode Max Dashu speaks with Joanna about: Cailleach, the Old Woman; her aspect as megalith builder; the bones of the Earth; drinking from the pool of regeneration; the Cow Mother from Ireland to India; the temple, astronomical observatory and ancestral sanctuary at Newgrange; recent genetic evidence supporting the work of Marija Gimbutas; an ancestral mother to many people; the mythical degradation of women following the political and economic shifts to patriarchy; the Germanic Blessing Goddess of winter nights. The post The Ancestral Mother appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

Mary Mackey is an American novelist, poet, and academic. She is the author of seven collections of poetry and fourteen novels. Her Earthsong Series covers 30 years in the lives of the people of Neolithic Europe and about 26 years in Mary's writing life. She's the author of The Year the Horses Came (Harper Collins 1993), The Horses at the Gate (Amazon Digital Services 2011), The Fires of Spring (Amazon Digital Services 2011), The Village of Bones: Sabalah's Tale (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016)Tags: Mary Mackey, Neolithic history, prehistoric times, imagination, visualize, researching a novel, Basque language, Marija Gimbutas, Goddess cultures, goddess artifacts, Writing, History, Women's Studies

In her prequel to the Earthsong series of novels that take place in Neolithic times, Mary Mackey envisions when the matristic and patriarchal cultures clashed. One culture lived in collaborative partnerships with a communal way of governing. The other was a more warlike and aggressive culture. She shares the research on which she bases her stories.Tags: Mary Mackey, Neolithic history, matristic, matriarchy, matriarchal, goddess worshiping, Marija Gimbutas, empathy, compassion, Neolithic graves, Neanderthal, fairytales, Beowulf, Grendel, oral cultures, troubadours, Linear B, Cumaean Sybil, Leonard Shlain, oral tradition, email, conquistadors, Neolithic ceramics and pottery, Kurgan nomads, publishing, Writing, History, Women’s Studies

In her prequel to the Earthsong series of novels that take place in Neolithic times, Mary Mackey envisions when the matristic and patriarchal cultures clashed. One culture lived in collaborative partnerships with a communal way of governing. The other was a more warlike and aggressive culture. She shares the research on which she bases her stories.Tags: Mary Mackey, Neolithic history, matristic, matriarchy, matriarchal, goddess worshiping, Marija Gimbutas, empathy, compassion, Neolithic graves, Neanderthal, fairytales, Beowulf, Grendel, oral cultures, troubadours, Linear B, Cumaean Sybil, Leonard Shlain, oral tradition, email, conquistadors, Neolithic ceramics and pottery, Kurgan nomads, publishing, Writing, History, Women’s Studies

Double Feature Tonight:  First up is Laura Magdalene Eisenhower discussing Awakening Galactic & Unity Consciousness.....explaining the Ascension window period, our DNA potential, higher dimensional beings, Guardian races and Gaia-Sophia.  We'll talk about Chakras, our connection to Earth Grids, multi-dimensions, 13th Gate and the Galactic Zodiac.  Phew - it's going to be a jam-packed hour! Followed by Laura Shannon sharing with listeners how Women's Ritual Dances are the Secret Language of Goddess!  We'll talk about the therapeutic quality of women's ritual dances as a healing modality, how they're associated with Goddess cultures of Old Europe as researched by Marija Gimbutas and why she calls them the "secret language of Goddess" -- very exciting stuff!  Don't miss this - as these dances are very relevant for women today in all parts of the world.  

To learn more about Butterflies of Wisdom visit http://butterfliesofwisdom.weebly.com/ Be sure to FOLLOW this program https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wins-women-of-wisdom/id1060801905. To find out how Win walk and about Ekso go to http://www.bridgingbionics.org/, or email Amanda Boxtel atamanda@bridgingbionics.org.   On Butterflies of Wisdom today, Best-Selling Author, Win Kelly Charles and Juan Carlos Gill welcomes Starhawk. Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality.  She is the author or coauthor of twelve books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, long considered the essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement, and the now-classic ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, now in development for film and television.  http://www.thefifthsacredthing.com/ Starhawk’s most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications. Forthcoming in winter of 2015 is City of Refuge, the long-awaited sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing. Her works have been translated into Spanish, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Greek, Japanese, and Burmese. The Spiral Dance has been continuously in print for thirty years and revised twice; in 1999 HarperSanFrancisco published the Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery won the Media Alliance Meritorious Achievement Award for nonfiction in 1988. Starhawk’s first novel, The Fifth Sacred Thing, won the Lambda award for best Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction in 1994. Many of Starhawk’s political essays were collected into her book Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising, which won a 2003 Nautilus Award from the trade association NAPRA. Her first picture book for children, The Last Wild Witch, earned a silver Nautilus from NAPRA in 2010. Starhawk is one of the prominent leaders in the revival of earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion. She is a cofounder of Reclaiming, an activist branch of modern Pagan religion, and continues to work in close collaboration with the Reclaiming community. Her archives are maintained at the Graduate Theological Union Library in Berkeley, California. In the late ’80s, she consulted on and co-wrote the popular trio of films known as the Women’s Spirituality Series, directed by Donna Read Cooper for the National Film Board of Canada: Goddess Remembered, The Burning Times, and Full Circle. The trilogy was in the top ten of sales and rentals for the Film Board for over a decade.Starhawk and Donna Read Cooper formed their film company, Belili Productions, to make documentaries on women and the earth. Their first release was Signs Out of Time (2004), a documentary on the life of archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, the scholar who made major discoveries about the Goddess cultures of Old Europe. Starhawk and Donna’s second documentary, Permaculture: The Growing Edge, was released in 2010. Starhawk has also made several short documentaries which can be found on YouTube: The Spiral Dance Ritual, Reclaiming’s Spiral Dance: Three Decades of Magic,  and Permaculture Principles at Work, with nearly 200,000 views. Starhawk is a veteran of progressive movements, from anti-war to anti-nukes, and is deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism. She is a founder of Earth Activist Trainings (EAT), teaching permaculture design grounded in spirit and with a focus on organizing and activism.  Together with Charles Williams and others, she co-teaches EAT courses in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. She also champions ‘social permaculture’: the application of permaculture principles to social organizations, policy, and strategy. Since its first course in May of 2001, Earth Activist Trainings has graduated over 1000 students who now shepherd projects that range from community power-down strategies in Iowa City to water catchment programs in Bolivia, from inner city gardens in San Francisco to programs in the West Bank of Palestine. Starhawk’s tapes and CDs include “Wicca for Beginners” (2002), “Wiccan Rituals and Blessings” (2003), and a four-CD set “Earth Magic” (2006), all produced by Sounds True. She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from U.C.L.A. In 1973, as a graduate student in Film at U.C.L.A, Starhawk won the prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Award. She received an M.A. in Psychology with a concentration in Feminist Therapy from Antioch University West in 1982. She has taught in many Bay Area colleges and universities, including John F. Kennedy University, Antioch West, the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality at Holy Names College, and Wisdom University. She is presently adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies.Starhawk travels internationally, lecturing and teaching permaculture, earth-based spirituality and ritual, and the skills of activism. She lives part-time in San Francisco, in a collective house with her partner and friends.  But much of her time is spent on Golden Rabbit Ranch in Western Sonoma County, where together with land manager Charles Williams she is developing a model of carbon-sequestering ranching, incorporating holistic management rotational grazing with sheep and goats, restorative forestry, food forests and perennial systems. To learn more aboutStarhawk visit http://www.starhawk.org/. To find out more about Win Kelly Charles visit https://wincharles.wix.com/win-charles. Please send feedback to Win by email her at winwwow@gmail.com, or go to http://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom andhttp://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly. To be on the show, please fill out the intake athttp://bit.ly/1MLJSLG. To look at our sponsorship go to https://ssekodesigns.com/buttfly?acc=537d9b6c927223c796cac288cced29df. 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A new era can began when a critical number of people change their perceptions and behavior.  Jean Shinoda Bolen and I will talk about the power of woman’s circles and how the sacred circle can bring strength and energy to feed activism and fuel change.  If you can’t make the live show this Wed then you can get the MP3 published a few days after by subscribing to the show or following the Fire it UP with CJ page on Facebook   SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Link to Segment 1 The Goddess in Everywomen: What is the inner Goddess that you most resonate with? Jean Shinoda Bolen discusses how knowing your Goddess archetype can help keep you on your life path and open up personal growth areas. Link to Segment 2 Energizing the Women movement: Is the women’s movement dead?  What are the successes we’ve had to-date? How could women circles energize the women’s movement? BLOG POST FROM OUR GUEST Never doubt that small groups of committed women can change the world: we did before, we can do it again! — Jean Shinoda Bolen  CREATIVE ACTS OF EXPRESSION—CATALYZED IN CIRCLES BY JEAN SHINODA BOLEN, M.D. I know, as so many of us who are fortunate to be in one know, how supportive a sacred circle can be–as an incubator-womb space in which the courage to be authentically ourselves leads to creative acts of expression. This may include what is usually meant by expressive arts—writing, painting, sculpture, dance, theater, films—or political and personal activism, transforming relationships to others, or changing institutions. Inevitably, perhaps because experiences of the sacred are so deep and deeply personal, creative acts of expression are expressions of awakening that begin with trusting our own feelings and perceptions, of realizing it is up to us to be real and act on the premise that what matters to us, really matters. This is soul knowledge that becomes soul work when we take steps to bring what we know into our personal world and into the world.  At times of crisis, what we do — or not, can tilt a situation in either direction. In the silence of undirected inner reflection, prayer, or meditation, which is an element in this kind of a circle, we tap into a center in ourselves that is also at the center of the circle. In Jung’s psychology, this is the archetype of meaning, the Self.  By meeting as a circle of women, we invite the sacred feminine to come into our midst. This form is archetypal. It connects us to suppressed sources of women’s spiritual power, much as an aquifer lies below the surface until it is tapped into, bubbles up and flows. We tap into an awareness that goes back in time to when divinity was worshipped in many forms, as female, as the Great Mother, Gaia. In the last third of the twentieth century, Merlin Stone’s When God was a Woman got archeological support from Marija Gimbutas and other archeologists who literally dug up evidence.   Scrolls that had been hidden and preserved by the dryness in Egyptian caves near Nag Hammadi, were found in this same period. These became known as the Gnostic Gospels through Elaine Pagels. These early Christian writings were rich in metaphor and included Sophia, the Sacred Feminine.  Gnostic churches were egalitarian rather than hierarchal in form, leadership was shared: who did what—the sermon, communion, greeting newcomers, could be chosen by lot. Everyone was welcome. Women served in all roles. Once the Church at Rome had the power to condemn heresy, the Gnostic Christians were persecuted, its gospels destroyed. Our only knowledge of them came from the church fathers, which systematically had destroyed all previous copies of these gospels. This time, it was different. Circumstances had changed. Through the influence of feminism and the women’s movement, there now were women scholars in all fields including theology. In the United States before the women’s movement, women did not define themselves; men did–using religion as authority. “Women’s spirituality” emerged after women spoke for themselves and about themselves. Only then, did we speak of what we experienced as sacred and what we knew to be spiritual information.  This is gnosis, intuitively felt soul knowledge, it is what we recognize in the marrow of our bones, what our heart recognizes as true for us—and from this insight, true for other humans and for the planet.  Sacred circles support trust in our own perceptions of divinity which can be felt as transcendent spirit or felt in embodied holy moments. This is empowering, especially for women who have been told that God is male, demands obedience, and that women since Eve are the source of evil, when her choice was knowledge of the difference between good and evil. Re-imaging God as other than and more than a male authority, will shake the foundation of patriarchy, which is historically based upon theology and hierarchy to justify having and using power over others. Monotheism has brought us fratricidal wars of religion in Europe during the Middle Ages as well as the current conflicts in the Middle East. Jew, Muslim, Christian — all descend from Abraham, and thus are brothers. Women’s spirituality is in conflict with monotheistic, Abrahamic beliefs based on words attributed to what prophetic men in ages past said God said. Five women friends sitting around a round table began the women’s suffrage movement in 1848, an effort that took seven decades for women to achieve, until women got the right to vote in 1920. Once accomplished, it became a non-issue. Of course women vote! This is what success looks like. This same pattern is seen in the economic and social gains for women by women in the late 1960s and 70s. In consciousness-raising groups, women learned about being stereotyped and stifled. Speaking truth to power emerged as a ringing intention, done through demonstrations, conferences, marches, legal suits, and personal confrontations. The idea of equal rights spread.  Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique was a starting point. Others wrote articles and essays, many were published in Ms. Magazine or in anthologies of women’s writings. Women challenged the invisible assumptions of women’s inferiority and the right of men and male institutions to limit access to education, professions and occupations. The consequences of sexism and the idea of equality brought about a huge cultural change in the United States and influenced the world. That gains are taken for granted is a measure of success. Young women now assume that they have opportunities and rights that women never have had as a gender before, and still do not in many parts of the world. Just like the right to vote, once the perceptions and voices of a critical number of empowered women are heard, what was radical and opposed becomes the new normal. When I wrote The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World as a guide to women’s circles in 1999, the mechanism through which women’s circles with a spiritual center could bring about an end to patriarchy was based upon theoretical biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s work on morphic fields and morphogenesis. The millionth circle like the allegorical hundredth monkey that inspired my title, was a metaphoric number. It was the final one to tip the scales, the one that added to all the rest formed a critical mass, after which a new idea or attitude or behavior becomes accepted. A recent example would be Global Warming, an idea that was resisted and even ridiculed, until almost overnight, a critical number of people accepted it. I was aware that it happened between the hardcover publication of Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World in 2005 and the paperback edition in 2008. Also pivotal for me, was Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point based on geometrical progression, another way of explaining how evolutionary ideas spread. It’s how a virus spreads or a YouTube video goes viral. It’s like how a snowball starts as the size of a baseball, gathers snow and momentum and as it rolls downhill could become an avalanche. It is what I sense is happening:  there is momentum, circles form easier and easier, and the more there are, the easier it is and the less time it takes for more to form. A circle with a spiritual center provides support for authentic acts of expression, to discern and commit to what I call your “assignment.” Mine is about writing and speaking and spreading the word about circles and assignments. The current vehicle for my message is  Like a Tree: How Women, Trees, and Tree People Can Save the Planet. I call upon mystical activists and Sacred Feminine feminists, the men and women I call “tree people” who feel deep connections to trees and the sacred world. If you find yourself wanting to give back or make a difference and are drawn to the possibility, I suggest that you will recognize an assignment that is yours by three characteristics, by your answers to three questions that only you can answer: One: Is it meaningful — to you?  Two: Will it be fun? If it draws upon your skills and experience, calls on your creativity and if you are in the company of people who share your values and commitment –it will be fun. And three: Is it motivated by love?  In the first half of adult life, parenting can fit this description as can developing an innate talent that will require years of perseverance and discipline, or following a calling into a helping profession. Like Joseph Campbell’s “Follow your bliss.” it does not mean that this will be easy, or that you will be successful or that others will understand. It is however, living your personal myth, which we do through the choices we make. Heed the Goethe quote that begins, “Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it now!” Once you make a heart commitment to take up an assignment or sacred mission, a trustworthy circle provides spiritual and emotional support. In circle, what is meaningful is important. Prayers are requested. Gratitude expressed. Often a candle is placed in the center. With or without awareness, the sacred feminine is represented by it. For this is a symbol of Hestia the Greek Goddess of the Hearth and Temple, who was present in the fire at the center of a round hearth; her fire was the source of light, warmth and nourishment.  In women’s circles such as these, we are catalysts, witnesses, and midwives for each other’s growth and path of individuation. Meanwhile, the world is now in crisis—danger and opportunity exist side by side.  There are more than 6.7 billion of us on the planet, doubling since 1960, adding about 78 million every year. For all the concern about sustainability and global warming, left out of the solution is the need for reproductive rights for all women, and universal education that includes girls. Conflicts that could escalate into nuclear warfare continue, while political leaders posture and threaten each other. Conflict resolution knowledge and women are notably not brought to the table, at a time when growing numbers of us and weapons of mass destruction could make this beautiful planet uninhabitable. Demonstrations for democracy and social justice, a resurgence of feminism, research support that humans are born good and that meditation changes brain patterns, and at the quantum physics level, we are all one suggest the potential for evolutionary change. It depends upon what we do. It would be fair to say that whether matters will get better or much worse will be decided in our lifetime. I take to heart, the Dalai Lama’s words at the Vancouver Peace conference in 2009, when he said that it is up to Western women to save the world. I’d expand “western” to mean everywoman anywhere who has been liberated by the women’s movement to define herself by the choices she makes. Western women are the beneficiaries of education, responsibilities, authority, opportunities, democracy, medical advances, and reproductive choice that women have never had in history. As members of the female gender, women respond to stress differently than men, and have empathic, collaborative and communication abilities that to contribute to decision making and conflict resolution. When women’s maternal concerns for their children extend to all children, when women have an equal say with men in making decisions at every level, when women’s ability to look after others and budget limited resources is valued, then peace and a sustainable world will be possible. Never doubt that small groups of committed women can change the world:  we did before, we can do it again! With love and hope, Jean Shinoda Bolen (1943 words)   Article written for Women of Spirit and Faith anthology: Women, Spirituality and Transformative Leadership: Where Grace Meets Power. Edited by Kay Lindahl. Kathe Schaaf, Kathleen Hurty, Rev. Guo Cheen, publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing, a division of Longhill Partners, Inc.Woodstock, VT. Pubdate in 2011-2012. Copyright Jean Shinoda Bolen, 2011, jeanbolen@gmail.com (www.jeanbolen.com) Permission granted to share this with others.   http://fireitupwithcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jean-shinoda-bolen.jpg   About our Guest Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don’t Whine, Urgent Message from Mother, and Like a Tree with over eighty foreign translations. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women and the International Transpersonal Association. She was a recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing’s “Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award”, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was in two acclaimed documentaries, the Academy-Award winning anti-nuclear proliferation film Women—For America, For the World, and the Canadian Film Board’s Goddess Remembered. The Millionth Circle Initiative (www.millionthcircle.org) was inspired by her book and led to her involvement at the UN. She is the initiator and the leading advocate for a UN 5th World Conference on Women (www.5wcw.org), which was supported by the Secretary General and the President of the General Assembly on March 8, 2012. Jean Shinoda Bolen shares the power of woman’s circles & how the sacred circle can feed activism & fuel change.  Environmental | Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspiration | Motivation For More Info Visit: www.FireItUpWithCJ.com  

Signs Out Of Time (Spanish audio) The story of the archeologist Marija Gimbutas Signs out of time (Spanish audio) (EE.UU, 2004, 60 min) Donna Read y Starhawk Documental sobre la arqueóloga de la universidad de california Marija Gimbutas, quién tras estudiar más de 3.000 yacimientos neolíticos llegó a la conclusión que los orígenes de Europa estaban en una cultura cooperativa y pacifica que tenía como figura central de su universo mítico, a la Diosa madre-naturaleza. Sus teorías desafiaron la arqueología convencional, la teología y la antropología. El documental es un recorrido a través de vida y su trabajo y recoge numerosas entrevistas, incluyendo tanto a partidarios como a detractores. Así mismo, muestra el arte simbólico neolítico a través de un detallado y elaborado trabajo infográfico, que permite al espectador reconectarse con la cosmovisión originaria de los primeros habitantes de nuestro continente. Influencia en el neopaganismo Las teorías de Marija Gimbutas han sido reproducidas y usadas por un gran número de autores dentro del movimiento neopagano, por lo que sus conclusiones son especulativas para muchos estudiosos. Gimbutas identificó la diversa y compleja estructura de representaciones de figuras femeninas en el Paleolítico y el Neolítico como una representación única y universal de la " Diosa Madre", pero también manifestando la existencia de un surtido de deidades femeninas (aunque no eran necesariamente ubicuas a través de Europa): Diosa serpiente Diosa abeja Diosa pájaro Diosa montaña Señora de los animales, etc. En una grabación sonora titulada "The age of the great goddess", ella discutía sobre las diversas manifestaciones de la Diosa y su comparación con la Tierra como elemento femenino. En 2004, la directora de cine Donna Read y la autora neopagana y activista conocida como "Starhawk" realizaron un documental en estrecha colaboración sobre la vida y el trabajo de Marija Gimbutas, titulado Signs out of time.

Signs Out Of Time (Spanish audio) The story of the archeologist Marija Gimbutas Signs out of time (Spanish audio) (EE.UU, 2004, 60 min) Donna Read y Starhawk Documental sobre la arqueóloga de la universidad de california Marija Gimbutas, quién tras estudiar más de 3.000 yacimientos neolíticos llegó a la conclusión que los orígenes de Europa estaban en una cultura cooperativa y pacifica que tenía como figura central de su universo mítico, a la Diosa madre-naturaleza. Sus teorías desafiaron la arqueología convencional, la teología y la antropología. El documental es un recorrido a través de vida y su trabajo y recoge numerosas entrevistas, incluyendo tanto a partidarios como a detractores. Así mismo, muestra el arte simbólico neolítico a través de un detallado y elaborado trabajo infográfico, que permite al espectador reconectarse con la cosmovisión originaria de los primeros habitantes de nuestro continente. Influencia en el neopaganismo Las teorías de Marija Gimbutas han sido reproducidas y usadas por un gran número de autores dentro del movimiento neopagano, por lo que sus conclusiones son especulativas para muchos estudiosos. Gimbutas identificó la diversa y compleja estructura de representaciones de figuras femeninas en el Paleolítico y el Neolítico como una representación única y universal de la " Diosa Madre", pero también manifestando la existencia de un surtido de deidades femeninas (aunque no eran necesariamente ubicuas a través de Europa): Diosa serpiente Diosa abeja Diosa pájaro Diosa montaña Señora de los animales, etc. En una grabación sonora titulada "The age of the great goddess", ella discutía sobre las diversas manifestaciones de la Diosa y su comparación con la Tierra como elemento femenino. En 2004, la directora de cine Donna Read y la autora neopagana y activista conocida como "Starhawk" realizaron un documental en estrecha colaboración sobre la vida y el trabajo de Marija Gimbutas, titulado Signs out of time.

Signs Out Of Time (Spanish audio) The story of the archeologist Marija Gimbutas Signs out of time (Spanish audio) (EE.UU, 2004, 60 min) Donna Read y Starhawk Documental sobre la arqueóloga de la universidad de california Marija Gimbutas, quién tras estudiar más de 3.000 yacimientos neolíticos llegó a la conclusión que los orígenes de Europa estaban en una cultura cooperativa y pacifica que tenía como figura central de su universo mítico, a la Diosa madre-naturaleza. Sus teorías desafiaron la arqueología convencional, la teología y la antropología. El documental es un recorrido a través de vida y su trabajo y recoge numerosas entrevistas, incluyendo tanto a partidarios como a detractores. Así mismo, muestra el arte simbólico neolítico a través de un detallado y elaborado trabajo infográfico, que permite al espectador reconectarse con la cosmovisión originaria de los primeros habitantes de nuestro continente. Influencia en el neopaganismo Las teorías de Marija Gimbutas han sido reproducidas y usadas por un gran número de autores dentro del movimiento neopagano, por lo que sus conclusiones son especulativas para muchos estudiosos. Gimbutas identificó la diversa y compleja estructura de representaciones de figuras femeninas en el Paleolítico y el Neolítico como una representación única y universal de la " Diosa Madre", pero también manifestando la existencia de un surtido de deidades femeninas (aunque no eran necesariamente ubicuas a través de Europa): Diosa serpiente Diosa abeja Diosa pájaro Diosa montaña Señora de los animales, etc. En una grabación sonora titulada "The age of the great goddess", ella discutía sobre las diversas manifestaciones de la Diosa y su comparación con la Tierra como elemento femenino. En 2004, la directora de cine Donna Read y la autora neopagana y activista conocida como "Starhawk" realizaron un documental en estrecha colaboración sobre la vida y el trabajo de Marija Gimbutas, titulado Signs out of time.

With us today is Alexis Martin, Ph.D. student in Women's Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies.  Alexis has been dedicated to Goddess Herstory for over a decade and helps us examine the artifacts and figurines of Malta, where the oldest standing stones on Mother Earth exist.  We'll be discussing discoveries on the small islands off the coast of Sicily, the cloud of male bias in Academia, Marija Gimbutas, and symbology of the artifacts found in the temples and Hypogeum.  Be sure to check out the slide show!

Przed cywilizacją sumeryjską i minojską w południowo-wschodniej Europie rozkwitała zapomniana kultura Vinča - z rozwiniętym rolnictwem, osadnictwem, a nawet własną formą pisma. Niektórzy archeolodzy sugerowali, mając na uwadze pewne zbieżności z Sumerami, że założyli ją przybysze z Mezopotamii. Tyle, że kultura "Starej Europy" - jak nazwała ją znana archeolog, Marija Gimbutas - była dużo starsza od tych, które uznaje się za "kolebkę cywilizacji". Co więcej, lud Vinča nie zniknął...

Tim Ward, author of The Savage Breast discusses One Man's Search for Goddess.  Tim relates his own dysfunctional relationships with women and how it relates to Goddess as deity, archetype and ideal.  Tim let's us in on his most angst-filled and sublime moments as he confronts Hecate, Aphrodite and what it ultimately meant to his love relationship.  Tim will discuss patriarchy as a historical cultural process rather than a biological fact and his view on how patriarchy has changed.  We'll discuss Maria Gimbutas and some of the archaeologists who knew her as well as the Goddeas as Anima for men.

First up tonight is Amy Logan, author of the new book, The Seven Perfumes of Sacrifice, a thriller about the search for the origins of honor killing and the Divine Feminine in the Arab world.  In doing research for this fiction book, Amy discovers a lot about women's issues and Goddess within Arab culture she shares with listeners. Next is William Kennedy discussing The White Goddess, Robert Graves, Maria Gimbutas, the Aryan invasion and the Goddess worship of the Celts.  We get a little side-tracked with politics, but it's all fun and interesting!

At the top of the hour, join us as Mary Mackey discusses Recreating the Rituals of the Goddess....inspired by the research and writings of Marija Gimbutas, Mackey wrote three novels that make the Goddess-worshiping cultures of Old Europe come to life.  In the absence of written records, Mackey imagined the songs, prayers and rituals of Goddess worship - as all of us must trust ourselves to do as we rebirth the Great She in our time.  Mary made these recreations as accurate as possible using ritual objects found at sacred sites and drawing on the best scholarship and theories available. In part two of the show, elder priestess, Foundress of the Goddess Temple in Oregon,  VajraMa discusses the Fourth Wave of Feminism - Embodied Spirituality giving rise to "More than a Grassroots Revolution: A Womb-Roots Evolution"   Vajra says the fourth wave of feminism is a call for a fusion of political and spiritual values, but believes this is just too safe and tries not to rock the boat.  Vajra Ma maintains that the spiritual story or religious myth of a culture determines its politics, law, social fabric and instutitions and that spirituality trumps politics and most of all:  that humanity's original spirituality is based in the female body.  Vajra Ma believes the Fourth Wave of Feminism is fully embodied spirituality giving rise to a newly restored societal fabric and that is our only hope.

PARTE DE LA CONFERENCIA DE CHRISTIAN ORTIZ LAS DIOSAS INTERIORES - notas sobre Jean Shinoda Bolen y Marija Gimbutas

PARTE DE LA CONFERENCIA DE CHRISTIAN ORTIZ LAS DIOSAS INTERIORES - notas sobre Jean Shinoda Bolen y Marija Gimbutas

PARTE DE LA CONFERENCIA DE CHRISTIAN ORTIZ LAS DIOSAS INTERIORES - notas sobre Jean Shinoda Bolen y Marija Gimbutas

Foremother and internationally acclaimed author, Carol Christ, will discuss the work of Marija Gimbutas, the sacred locales of Eleusis, Lesbos and Crete as well as the ancient female poet Sappho.

Archaeomythology - Marija Gimbutas