by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
All religions start with a cosmogony, a myth that tells the worshippers how the world was formed. The first verses of the Hebrew Bible conform to this pattern. They seem quite straightforward and have provided the basis of belief among Jews and Christians for several... by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
The First Sophia Fellowship Feminist Theology LectureThe College of St. Mark & St. John. Plymouth. 4th December 1996 I am very happy to be here today to give the first Sophia lecture in Feminist Theology, and to have had the most interesting experience this term... by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
A rapidly growing movement in Britain and in the US, and elsewhere today, feminist spirituality has been called one of the most fascinating religious phenomena of the last twenty years. (Eller 1993:ix). For much of that time Graves’ The White Goddess was... by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
Britain and Ireland School of Feminist Theology Annual conference. Dublin July 1996 “Even the seasoned scholar is often surprised to discover the Great Goddess here and there, almost everywhere, changing from one cultural flower into another…” Panos... by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
If matriarchal feminists reread the Bible they can find it a source of fascinating information and inspiration about our powerful foremothers and the Goddesses they worshipped. It also records their put-down, Goddesses and women alike. In this it is similar to other... by Asphodel Long | Goddess Writings
Recently, scholars have shown that, far from goddess power and worship in the Middle and Near East becoming extinct some thousands of years ago, in fact it lasted well beyond the beginning of Christianity. The connection of the Virgin Mary herself with the long line...