The Goddess Freya is widely known as the Norse Goddess of sex, love, fertility, and war, riding on her chariot pulled by cats. But Freya is no Aphrodite. She rivals Odin in magickal knowledge and even chooses half his dead warriors from the battlefield to come to her eternal fields of Folkvangr. Join this Freya’s […]
In Paganism we have no Devil on which to blame the world’s ills, and yet humanity faces war, death, disease, violence, sorrow and grief, darkness/night, fear and terror, storms and destruction. We can look only to our own deities to comprehend these things. Who are the Dark Goddesses, and should we run screaming in fear, […]
Imagine walking down a forest path and discovering that the Goddess calling you is considered a child-eating hag? KareIsis will disclose her journey to her patron Goddess BabaYaga and the discovery of the power of the light of the fierce and fiery truth. The power to discern the truth of a Goddess or God calling […]
If you've been active in the Craft for more than 15 minutes, you are familiar with the myth of Demeter and Prosephone. Their story is often used as the basis for equinox rituals at Ostara and Mabon. But this ancient goddess has many other faces and indeed, Persephone was not her only child. She was […]
Join us for an exploration of Asherah, one of the oldest documented mother goddesses anywhere in the world, and at one time known as "God's wife." She was worshiped from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean and appears in the mythological texts from ancient Sumer, the Hittite and Assyrian Empires, Egypt, Israel, and Judah. Asherah is one […]
Robert Graves in The White Goddess called Cerridwen the British Moon Goddess, Goddess of Grain, and the Great White Sow who consumes the dead so they may be reborn. Keeper of the Cauldron, and Shapeshifter, Cerridwen is the Welsh Goddess of wisdom, transformation, initiation, change, rebirth, magick, poetry, creativity, and inspiration. Join us as we […]
The Goddess Brighid is one of the great Goddesses of the Celts and was so revered in Ireland that she has survived into the present as a Catholic saint. Solar Goddess – an association usually reserved for male deities - and the “Fire in the Head,” Brighid is a Goddess of inspiration and poetry, patroness […]
This year’s Goddess Retreat is open to all who hold the Goddess sacred, of whatever sex, gender or orientation. A solar eclipse is expected during the retreat. It’s back! The wildly popular Ardantane Goddess Retreat (and Eclipse Viewing) will happen, in person on campus, October 12-15.Let Spirit help you choose a goddess to be your guide […]
The ancient and powerful goddess Hekate is a goddess of liminal places. She is Hekate Enodia, goddess of the branching paths; Hekate Trioditis, lady of the crossroads; Hekate Prodomos, guardian of the threshold. She rules choices, transitions, tipping points, borderlands, portals, gateways, and the veil between the worlds. Let's explore this deep and rich concept, […]
The Morrigan is one of the most complex goddesses of the Celtic pantheon. She is the "Great Queen” or “Phantom Queen;” the shape-shifter; commonly called a Goddess of War, Fate, and Death. But she is also Goddess of Sovereignty and Queen of the Fairies, associated with crows, ravens, cattle, and horses; and patroness of warriors, […]
What are Sheela Na Gigs, when and where were they placed? Were they obscene or were they goddesses? Let’s examine the history of these fascinating figures, astronomical symbolism, their cultural and archaeological significance, and where they are now. Larissa Gibbs has been a practicing neo-pagan since she was a teenager. She did a self dedication […]