The Crone
Ann writes: “It was in 2001 that Tyna Redpath first invited me to photograph the Glastonbury Goddess Conference, co-founded with Kathy Jones in 1996.
Read Moreby Editor | 12 Oct, 2018 | Issue 12 Cover Image
Ann writes: “It was in 2001 that Tyna Redpath first invited me to photograph the Glastonbury Goddess Conference, co-founded with Kathy Jones in 1996.
Read Moreby Dr Rev Karen Tate | 28 Nov, 2009 | Issue12, Reviews
Watching Roberta Cantow’s Bloodtime Moontime Dreamtime was so satisfying and filled me with such bittersweet joy. As a woman whose mother referred to my sacred blood as “being sick,” I related. I cried. I shouted in agreement. It gave me hope. I believe this trilogy is MUST VIEWING for women and men everywhere.
Read Moreby Judith Laura | 22 Nov, 2009 | Issue12
By the end of 8th grade, Beth was in Confirmation class at Rodof Shalom. At the Conservative synagogue, B’nai, boys were Bar Mitzvahed and now some girls were beginning to have something like it called a Bat Mitzvah except that the girls’ was on Friday night instead of Saturday morning. But at Rodof Shalom, a Reform Temple, they just had Confirmation, which was for both girls and boys. The place where the Services were held, called the sanctuary, was completely different from either of the other two synagogues Beth had been to. It had stained glass windows, dark red upholstered seats, and an organ. The Ark was white with the Shema written in gold above the doors, which parted to reveal the Torahs when the rabbi pressed a button.
Read Moreby Geraldine Charles | 20 Dec, 2009 | Issue12, Reviews
Nearly two hours of Goddess and mystical art – sounds like a treat, and much of the DVD is just that. I do, however, have some concerns about the text that prefaces and follows the images and also with a number of the images themselves, but in a show of this length I would have been surprised (and worried) if I had loved everything.
Read Moreby Susun S. Weed | 27 Sep, 2009 | Issue12
Deep within you, whether you are aware of it or not, is your primal need for breast. It is part of you; it was born with you. It has been with you for millions of years.
Read Moreby Michele Darnell-Roberts | 15 Nov, 2009 | Issue12
I hear the call of the wild,
the northern lands of ice and snow
where I’ll stay in a wooden chalet
by a frozen lake.
by Rachael Clyne | 15 Nov, 2009 | Issue12
This April I turned sixty thus achieving cronehood, but I felt my journey began two years before in the summer of 2007, when what is known as my second Saturn return (Crone’s male counterpart) really kicked in; and boy did it kick in! Saturn returns are slow, grinding and thorough re-evaluations of our values and structures, often restrictive and lasting around two years.
Read Moreby Alex Chaloner | 30 Sep, 2009 | Issue12, Reviews
On the morning of Wednesday 29th July I purposefully set off from my home in West Yorkshire at sunrise to mark the beginning of my journey to Somerset to celebrate the many aspects of the Sunfire Goddess, the theme for this year’s Glastonbury Goddess Conference.
Read Moreby Deborah Garrett | 1 Dec, 2009 | Issue12, Reviews
The night sky is bright with stars and the air is sweet with the smell of the sea. The procession of women makes its way across the land bridge to the temple. The sun rises to greet the Yucatan on the left and Mother Moon says her morning good-byes on the right.
We each make our own private dedications as we step through the portal into the actual temple. As I close my eyes I can see the ancient Mayan women getting off their boats at what appears to be the ruins of a dock below. I am drawn to what’s left of a lunar observatory or altar. One of the women in our group dances at an outcropping, chanting, her beautiful scarves blowing in the wild sea breeze.
by Sheila Rose Bright | 1 Nov, 2009 | Issue12
When we are mourning the recent loss of a beloved person, animal, object or situation, we often feel like hell. Frequently we feel that life isn’t worth living any more, that there is no point to life, that we’d rather die, that we’ll never stop feeling as miserable as we currently do, and that we’ll never get over the loss or feel happy again.
Read Moreby Melissa C. Reardon | 27 Sep, 2009 | Issue12
She laid a fire below me,
a cauldron made of the stuff of the earth,
then she hung me on a heavy hook.
A ladle with a heron’s head
hung nearby.
by Elizabeth A Kaufman | 21 Nov, 2009 | Issue12
As a Pagan, Goddess-worshipping witch and priestess, I have over the past thirty years celebrated the Winter Solstice in a variety of ways. As my path evolved, I made appropriate changes and adjustments, but never quite found that which truly felt right. In 2007 however, I came across a rite for Helios on one of the Hellenistic reconstructionist groups I belong to which provided the inspiration I needed.
Read Moreby Rose Flint | 27 Sep, 2009 | Issue12
The year is closing down; days die on their feet,
nights are cold and distant with scathing winds
that knife our warmth of certainties, our small
candlepowers of love. In this deep hour
I am maiden
Gem and jewel laden
Between my legs
Lay the secrets
by Alison Leonard | 27 Sep, 2009 | Issue12
Hardly time to tune up among
the tussocks, thrift and tormentil
above the giant’s basalt hexagons
by Doreen Hopwood | 13 Dec, 2009 | Issue12
Walking by the burn,
I saw the stone.
The rushing, tumbling
water had forced it to turn
on its side.
by Doreen Hopwood | 13 Dec, 2009 | Issue12
The Well of Despair is dark and deep,
its twisting steps are worn and steep,
polished by the ceaseless tread
of those for whom all hope has fled.
by Anne Baker | 20 Dec, 2009 | Issue12
Come winter woman dance
In the birthday season fully shine
Ask the year for another colour
Dream and spin every month
by Michele Darnell-Roberts | 20 Dec, 2009 | Issue12
This woman,
her eyes spiting tears,
teeth clenched with anger,
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