This is the cover for my book ONE GODS: The Mystic Pagan’s Guide to the Bible. From my book: ONE GODS: The Mystic Pagan’s Guide to the Bible is a shamanic exploration of the Bible’s great journeys, struggles, quests, heroes, and heroines. Janet Rudolph’s ground-breaking book is an extra-ordinary look at …
As the days renew and begin to bring new light into our daily lives, I am posting some photos to inspire meditations and thoughts on the cycles of life. This year the solstice lands during a new moon increasing its power of timing and beginnings. May your life be filled …
Jerusalem, focal point of the world’s three major patriarchal religions was named for a Goddess. It is a city dedicated to Venus in Her aspect as the evening star. As viewed from Earth, the planet Venus is special in the heavens because she exists in her twin aspects – morning …
I found this great quote in the book Urban Shaman by Serge Kahili King, Phd. (A book I highly recommend – it is subtitled A Handbook for Personal and Planetary Transformation based on the Hawaiian Way of the Adventurer). The quote is from CW Leadbeater: “It is the commonest of …
The world tree always has a bird in the branches and a serpent at the roots. Look at these two images. The serpent goddess above from the 2nd century CE, perhaps an early image of a mermaid, shows the goddess and the serpent as one. The familiar image of Isis …
This post is a partial review of my last several posts: It is a passage from my book ONE GODS: The Mystic Pagan’s Guide to the Bible Now that we’ve seen goddesses inhabiting trees in the two cultures closest to ancient Israel, wouldn’t it make sense for there to be a …
Now that we’ve seen goddesses living in trees in two cultures that surrounded Israel (Sumeria, Egypt), shouldn’t we be able to find a goddess in a tree in Israel. Yes, we should! Here is how we find Her. To find our goddess in a tree, we have to look into …
Inanna in Sumerian, from a seal ca 2334-2154 BCE. Artist rendition: Samantha Rudolph In the last post, I discussed the images of the Egyptian Isis in the tree. Egypt was south of the land of Israel. The land north of Israel also had a goddess who lived in a tree. …
What are the mysteries that Moses and Aaron perform “in the sight of the people?” According to Exodus Chapter 4, they are three bits of magic; throwing his staff on the ground which turns into a serpent and then back again to a staff, turning his hand leprous and healing …
There are clues in the Bible that Moses had knowledge of mystery school teachings: The first clue comes from Delphi at Apollo’s temple (photo above). Inscribed at the temple were the words “know thyself.” This is a hallmark of mystery school teachings. A crucial part of “knowing thyself” is recognizing …
