In Hinduism, the Divine Feminine is a primordial cosmic force called Shakti. Shakti can manifest and personify Herself into the form of a Devi (the Sanskrit word for Goddess). Kali Ma is one of many Devis in Hindu culture, and thereby a manifestation of Shakti. Kali Ma, the “Dark Mother of Time” is the Goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. She […]
Feminist Spirituality
Artemis Ritual Meditation Circle – Free Temple Event for May 2019
Let me sing of the maiden of contradictions, Goddess of the wild chase and the busy spindle. An archer, a hunter, she races through the mountain shadows and the windy hills, drawing her bow and loosing her arrows of sadness. The mountains tremble, and the forest resounds with the agony of animals. Earth and sea […]
The Emergence of Feminist Theology: Remembering our Roots by Judith Plaskow and Carol P. Christ
This blog is an excerpt from our book Goddess and God in the World published by Fortress Press. We remember the critical works that started us on a journey of discovery that continues to unfold. In a jointly written chapter, we describe the beginnings of feminist theology. Feminism was welling up from under during [the late 1960s]. […]
Is This How Patriarchy Began? by Carol P. Christ
In my widely read blog and academic essay offering a new definition of patriarchy, I argued that patriarchy is a system of male dominance that arose at the intersection of the control of female sexuality, private property, and war. In it, bracketed the question of how patriarchy began. Today I want to share some thoughts provoked by a short […]
Great Goddess, Mother Goddess, Creatrix, Source of Life by Carol P. Christ
The symbol of the Goddess is as old as human history. The most ancient images of the Goddesses from the Paleolithic era are neither pregnant nor holding a child. In Neolithic Old Europe the Goddess was most commonly linked with birds or snakes and only rarely portrayed as mother. Yet we tend to equate the […]
The Beauty Way by Carol P. Christ
When I learned about the Navajo Beauty Way, I understood it to be a path in which human beings respect all beings in the web of life and live in harmony with them. But I didn’t understand why this path was called the “Beauty Way.” As a young woman, I knew that my worth was […]
Woman and Nature – Our Bodies are Ourselves by Carol P. Christ
This earth is my sister; I love her daily grace, her silent daring, and how loved I am how we admire the strength in each other, all that we have suffered, all that we have lost, all that we know. We are stunned by this beauty, and I do not forget: what she is to me, […]
Book Review by Molly Remer on The Other Side of the River: Stories of Women, Water and the World by Eila Carrico
“Braids, tapestries, and currents in the river show us the way again and again–it cannot be one clear way or another, it has got to be both ways and together.” ~ Eila Carrico, The Other Side of the River It took me many months to review this book and as I sit down to write about […]
Countdown to the Feast of Mary Magdalene – Resurrecting the Magdalene Part III
This continues our countdown to the Feast of Mary Magdalene which is celebrated on July 22nd. Here we work together to resurrect the Magdalene from 2000 years of dismissal. Together we invite Mary Magdalene to rise from the dead – the death that was accomplished at the hands of a patriarchal and hierarchical world that could […]
Maiden, Mother, Crone: Ancient Tradition or New Creative Synthesis? by Carol P. Christ
The image of the Goddess as Maiden, Mother, Crone is widespread in contemporary Goddess Spirituality. The Triple Goddess honors three ages of women, in contrast to the wider culture that: affirms young women as sex objects while shaming them as sluts; celebrates mothers on Mother’s Day, while providing few legal and economic protections for mothers; […]
