issue21 | Goddess Pages

Be Your Own Herbal Expert: Part 2

by Susun S. Weed | 24 Jul, 2012 | issue21

In your first lesson, you learned how to “listen” to the messages of plant’s tastes. And you discovered that using plants in water bases (teas, infusions, vinegars, soups) – and as simples – allows you to experiment with and explore herbal medicine safely.
In this lesson, we will learn how to make effective water-based herbal remedies and talk more about using simples.

Lifting the Veil

by Annelinde Metzner | 13 Jun, 2012 | issue21

This Sunday,
at my dear Grandmother Mountain’s side,
She is enshrouded in fog and rain.
She shows me her veiled Self.

Madonna

by Dora Wright | 16 Jul, 2012 | issue21

They told me
I was the chosen one
Soon I would be blessed
I was to be a Mother

Finding New Goddesses

by Barbara Ardinger | 15 Jul, 2012 | issue21

We’re delighted to have these extracts from Barbara’s Finding New Goddesses and hope to have more in coming issues, but if you can’t wait, there’s a link below so you can buy the book right away!

Two Poems

by Judith Laura | 13 Aug, 2012 | issue21

There once was a card in a Tarot
Whose maker had cut it too narrow
“Some symbol,” she said

In Praise of Tanit

by Rohase Piercy | 15 Jul, 2012 | issue21

Tanit, chief deity of the Phoenician colony of Carthage, is a Goddess surrounded by speculation and controversy. For one thing, there are widely differing theories as to the meaning of her name: is it of Berber or Semitic origin? If the latter, does it arise from the root for ‘serpent’, ‘lament’, or ‘count/assign’? Is it merely co-incidental that Ta-nit means ‘Land of Neith’ in Egyptian?

Rape, Murder and Misogyny – The Real Revelations of the Kama Sutra

by André Zsigmond | 26 Jul, 2012 | issue21

Looking at the latest illustrated colour edition of the Kama Sutra one could be forgiven for thinking that that this book is one of the greatest erotic masterpieces ever written. The title of another edition, “Kama Sutra: Aphorisms of Love”, suggests that the Kama Sutra is meant to educate, enhance and expand the sex life of men and women, implying that its philosophy combines sexuality and intimacy with the quest for fulfilment of mind, body and soul.

When the Azaleas bloom

by Annelinde Metzner | 14 Jul, 2012 | issue21

When the Azaleas bloom,
don’t they grab you, reach deep into you,
say, “Slow down, stop here,
stay with me, look at me,

The Chronicles of Baubo Biggins: I am waiting

by Katara Moon | 13 Aug, 2012 | issue21

Back in the sixties, in my High School days, the first book I ever bought with my hard-earned allowance ($5) was a book of poetry by the wonderful and morose Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (You can bet spell check couldn’t find his name.) My favorite poem was his “I Am Waiting”.

The Story of the Vestal Virgins

by Tara L Reynolds | 16 Jul, 2012 | issue21

Fire was seen as a sacred element in primitive and ancient times; it gave warmth and was a necessity for survival. In ancient Rome, the sacredness of fire was symbolized in the form of a goddess, Vesta.