Commemoration of Marija Gimbutas on her centenary in 2021 Author: Joan Marler Many people wonder if there is evidence for the existence of matriarchal cultures. In this case Gimbutas’ scholarly research provides the evidence. This article provides an overview of the great archaeologist, who also celebrates her centenary this year. In her pioneering work, she …
The Amazons
Free women – an ancient and modern theme at the crossroads of science and mythology Author: Eire Rautenberg In ancient times, the existence of female societies was undisputed. They lived mainly around the Black Sea, which is why it got its name: the Amazon Sea – at that time. And back then the dominion of …
Stealing Fire
Prometheus as a dubious hero of the Silicon Valley elite Author: Johanna Schacht Mankind considers Prometheus from the Greek myth actually a hero. They even admire him. Here now he appears in a different light, namely as a thief of knowledge and insight that he stole from Pandora, the Great Goddess – an unjust cultural …
At the beginning there was a mother
The Matriarchal Paradigm (Part 2) Author: Dr. Heide Göttner-Abendroth In the second part of our conversation with the founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies, Dr. Heide Göttner-Abendroth, we talked about unreflective structures of domination and hierarchy in our society. How patriarchy origined, and how the matriarchal paradigm, with its view that everything is animate and interconnected, …
Awakening of the Womb
Mayonah A. Bliss GODDESSES Womb awakening implies that a woman’s womb can be dormant, that there is potential in the womb space that is not yet awakened. I believe that this is the case for most women, and that we don’t even realize it, because we don’t know it any other way. Women don’t even …
The healing knowledge of the Sangoma
The treatment of trauma and psychological crises through spiritual wisdom Author: Gogo Ekhaya Sangoma are African spiritual healers who can communicate with spirit beings. They find solutions to problems in the areas of psyche, health, relationships and everyday life in dream and trance states. Much of what Western medicine consideres mental illness is an initial …
The Goddess in us
Self-talk with the Higher Self from a female perspective Author: Antonella Zara This amazing book is a kind of “female” complement to Neal Donald Walsch’s Conversations with God. It is about a woman’s intimate and open conversation in mid-life with her soul, her Higher Self or “Goddess”. At the same time it reflects in many …