Artemis
“Artemis”, a sand sculpture photographed by Violetta, was our cover image for issue 29.
Read Moreby Editor | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue 29 cover image
“Artemis”, a sand sculpture photographed by Violetta, was our cover image for issue 29.
Read Moreby Geraldine Charles | 22 Sep, 2016 | Issue29, Reviews
“Venus” is the operative word here – the name was originally given to those figurines dating from the Palaeolithic, the vast majority of which portray women. In the early days of such finds they were, perhaps ironically, named “Venuses”, as many would be considered most unattractive by more modern Western standards. Or perhaps it was because of the often exaggerated sexual or fertility characteristics, but in either case the name tells us more about the archaeologists of the time than it does the figurines themselves, not to mention that the assumption seems to have been that the figurines were made by men, for their use and enjoyment, and certainly not by women, for their own purposes.
Read Moreby Geraldine Charles | 22 Sep, 2016 | Issue29, Reviews
Goddess Pages readers will know Anna McKerrow as a poet (see her “Aphrodite”, and “Sea Mysteries”), and she has now written this exciting and magical novel for young adults.
Set in a disturbingly not-very far-distant future, Britain is suffering the effects of a worldwide lack of resources and energy, and is at war to try and secure supplies. However, the south-west peninsula, basically Devon and Cornwall, has split off and is trying to be self-sufficient and non-polluting, in stark contrast to the rest of the country.
Read Moreby Geraldine Charles | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Until quite recently, if you wanted anything but a standard Church of England wedding in the UK, you were out of luck unless the registrar could also come along, and even then only if the building were recognised for marriages....
Read Moreby Laura Slowe | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29, Reviews
Marlaina’s style of writing is friendly and approachable, assuming no prior knowledge or experience in the sacred feminine. She uses a conversational tone, which gives an aura of having her in the room with you as you read. This is much more than just a “how-to” book, it is an introductory guide that reads like a one to one conversation with a mentor. Each chapter is laid out clearly, and every section of reading has an interactive portion – be it a meditation, recipe or visualization. This is a book that wants you to stop reading it and to involve yourself in the learning process.
Read Moreby Dr Lynne Sedgmore, CBE | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Long Meg – touching your stoney spirals
I am swirled by your towering magical
sculpture of timeless Goddess power –
Bowing to the grace of you
Flying in the space of you.
by Carolyn Lee Boyd | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
For one glorious week each year, the rose and white-showered magnolia trees lining Main Street transformed the potholed, two-lane road into a processional as elegant in its own simple way as any gracing a medieval European or an ancient city. The town did festoon the street with flags and balloons for parades with the Mayor and town council, high school band, and Boy and Girl Scouts on special occasions.
Read Moreby Carolyn Lee Boyd | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29, Reviews
Carol Christ and Judith Plaskow are foremothers of feminist theology who have shared a long friendship. Their insightful new book, Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology, begins with a history of feminist and general theology, continues with their life experiences that gave rise to their individual theologies, and ends with a conversation about their common beliefs and differences.
Read Moreby Susun S. Weed | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Herbal syrups are sweetened, condensed herbal infusions. Cough drops are concentrated syrups. Alcohol is frequently added to syrups to help prevent fermentation and stabilize the remedy. Cough drops and lozenges, having less water, keep well without the addition of alcoh
Read MoreHere’s to Tailtu, foster mother to deity Lugh
whose day Lammas is. Tailtu prepared Ireland
for cultivation, clearcut demolishing all forest
by Annelinde Metzner | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Evening at the beach,
six of us sing with delight, pouring ourselves into the surf, Aphrodite’s lacy foam blessing us.
Two turn back to home, because today, just this day, this Sunday June evening full of light, is the perfect day for wind.
Two bright rainbow kites, one short, one long, unfurl into the sky as if born there.
by Susa Silvermarie | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
The lake in early morning,
a wavy plate reflecting
an evergreen shoreline.
by Jill Smith | 19 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
In the Spring 2012 edition of Goddess Pages I wrote of my visits to the Amazon House on St Kilda, which lies at least 60 miles to the west of mainland Scotland.
This archipelago has an almost mythical hold on many people, drawing them to visit, and in the past was almost legendary, as the islands disappear and re-appear faintly on the horizon like some version of Tir nan Og, tantalising viewers in the Western Isles of Scotland. I too was ‘called’ by them over several decades before finding an affordable way to physically reach them.
by Lorraine Pickles | 16 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Clarissa the Corn Maiden
Set off on her holidays
On the Eurostar to France.
by Stuart McHardy | 16 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
In his book Egyptian Myth and Legend the great Scottish folklorist Donald Mackenzie mentioned that one of the stories of the Scottish Cailleach, or Hag, has her as the ‘chief of eight old women or witches.’ He goes on, “This group of nine suggests Ptah and his eight earth gnomes, the nine mothers of Heimdall, the Norse God, and the Ennead of Heliopolis.”
Read Moreby Maria Duncalf-Barber | 15 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
The divine feminine
speaks to me in poetry
shows me love in words
recognises my life in breath
by Susa Silvermarie | 15 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Aphrodite, Star of Venus,
from your creased and handsome face,
your eyes blaze out and dance.
You who never settled
by Annelinde Metzner | 4 Sep, 2016 | Issue29
Angry men carry guns
and everywhere they shoot.
Enraged, they shoot,
carrying away women, children,
everyday innocent people.