I have re-issued my book, Desperately Seeking Persephone under my own imprint, Flower Heart Productions. It has a new cover and a new subtitle – The True Story of My Shamanic Journey Through the Underworld. It is now available in both paperback and kindle on Amazon. Here are two …
Last month, I wrote about a new project I have been playing with which is to re-write biblical verses as spiritual poetry rather than follow along with stricter translations (although truth be told, my translations have never been strict). My main goal is to strip away the layers of …
As I wrote my last blog post, the Great Goddess of the Canaanites, Ashera was honored and worshipped (according to the bible) within and through groves of trees. Ashera and El, the “great bull god” were deeply connected. In fact, in Canaanite mythology, El and Ashera were married. But before …
his is the 4th in a series of blog posts about finding goddesses in the bible who had been hidden away through translation or denigration or other means. In my last blog post I discussed Lilith as a Great Goddess symbolized by both tree and bird. You can …
“Freud once asserted that mortals are not made to keep secrets; what they would like to conceal oozes from all their pores.” Psychoanalyst Theodore Reik[1] It’s remarkable how much female imagery there is in the Bible hidden within its wording. The more I delve into its passages, the more …
“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” WB Yeats I have a new definition of a shaman. It is someone who reminds us that the world is full of magic and then guides us to develop our senses so that we …
Be humble, for you are made of earth Be noble, for you are made of stars Serbian proverbs
“If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” Vincent Van Gogh
Who is she who shines like the Morning Star Beautiful as the moon, Radiant as the sun, Awe-inspiring as a cascade of starlight. Song of Songs 6:10
Janet Rudolph, One Gods, The Mystic Pagan’s Guide to the Bible Janet Rudolph’s insightful interpretation of the Tanakh, the Bible also known as the Old Testament, draws on comparative linguistics, comparative religion, cross-cultural myths, and archaeology, as well as a wholesome world view perceived in the course of her …
