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A
Tapestryof
Voices
By Hayley Arrington Artwork copy2013 shutterstockcom
created by karakotsya
Wisdom Keepers of the Goddess Spirituality Movement
The genesis o this article was a number o ldquoTop Pagan Leadersrdquo articles
that recently appeared in the Pagan blogosphere notably Jason Mankeyrsquos
piece at TheWildHuntorg Many such lists omit important gures in the
womenrsquos spirituality movement This piece is intended to remedy that lack
For clarity I have categorized this list chronologically It is not my intention
to bracket any person exclusively into a specic time rame Many o thoselisted herein are deceased and their infuence remains while others remain
with us but are known primarily or past work Within this list you will see
scholars authors artists and women (and a ew men) o all walks o lie
chosen specically or their infuence on Womenrsquos Spirituality Many are
Pagan but not all as the Goddess movement crosses many thealogical and
ideological boundaries This collection is but the tip o the Goddessrsquo iceberg
It has been quite an experience writing this list Having to make cuts (simply
or space) was hard so i you think wersquove missed someone please drop us a
note with your recommendation so we can update this story in uture issues
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Johann Jakob Bachoen (1815-1887) Swiss antiquarian and anthropologist
Bachoenrsquos great work is Das Mutterrecht Mother Right An Investigation of
the Religious and Juridical Character of Matriarchy in the Ancient World He is
essentially the rst proponent o matriarchy his work posits that society came
into being because o the many roles o motherhood Essentially a cultural
evolutionist he is the wordsmith behind the Golden Age o Matriarchy
Robert Briault (1876-1948) New Zealander surgeon later anthropologist
and author Penned the infuential The Mothers considered a germinal work in
matriarchy studies
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) American suragist
and author Gage co-wrote (with Elizabeth Cady Stanton)the three volume The History of Woman Suffrage and
contributed to The Womanrsquos Bible She spoke out or
revisions to rape laws treatment o women prisoners
and equal pay or equal work was also a member
o the Underground Railroad and rallied or Native rights Additionally it is
believed that she was the rst to write about the Witch Craze as a patriarchal
construct put in place to persecute women (A theory included in her 1893
work Woman Church and the State) Gage was the mother-in-law o L Frank
Baum amous or his childrenrsquos Oz novels which include many empowered
emale protagonists Check out the websiteo the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation at
httpwwwmatildajoslyngageorggage-
home
Karl Kerenyi (1897-1973) Hungarian Classics
scholar and philologist Kerenyi is considered one
o the athers o modern Greek mythology studies
His contributions include works in anthropology
philology psychology and Classics He wrote extensively
on Goddesses their myths and worship including Athene Virgin and
Mother in Greek Religion (English trans in 1978) Eleusis Archetypal Image of
Mother and Daughter (English trans 1967) and Goddesses of Sun and Moon
(English trans 1979)
Erich Neumann (1905-1960) German psychologist Neumann was a student
o Carl Jung and lectured requently at the CG Jung Institute in Switzerland
Neumannrsquos psychological contributions include a deep look at eminine
archetypes Best known or The Great Mother (English trans in 1972)
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) An English suragette Harrison was a
classics scholar and archaeologist Her works on women in ancient Greek
religion include some o the rst descriptions o the Thesmophoria and other
womenrsquos rituals Her books include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religionand Themis A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion among others
Robert Graves (1895-1985) An English poet and novelist
Graves wrote The White Goddess which popularized the
Triple Goddess moti o ldquoMaiden Mother and Cronerdquo One
o the most ubiquitous symbols in Goddess culture this
metaphor mirrors the Christian trinity but characterizes
deity mdash and ways o knowing mdash through womenrsquos lie cycles
and embodied experience wwwrobertgravesorg
Pioneers 19th to mid-20th Century The mid-to-late 19th and early 20th
centuries were a time o social erment
First Wave eminism contributed greatly
to the Spiritualist movement o the 19th
century new Protestant Christian sects
oered women opportunities in the pulpit
and church leadership while on the western rontier new states and territories
predominantly gave women the right to vote
earlier than their eastern cousins With the
ratication o the 19th amendment in 1920
American women could vote and the sky
seemed the limit to their aspirations
It was within this social climate amidst a
strong yearning or better rights or women
that scholarship on womenrsquos places in
society rst really began Studies o history
and religion prior to the turn o the 20th
century mostly refected the viewpoints o
men since ew women were members o theacademy The seven people I have chosen or
this rst section were scholars in their own
right who wrote about womenrsquos positions
in religion and the ormation o culture and
in particular popularized the new eld o
matriarchy studies mdash which became a major
infuence on the Goddess Movement in the
decades to ollow
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Carol Christ (b 1945) Author o the classic essay ldquoWhy
Women Need the Goddessrdquo Christ co-edited the anthology
Womanspirit Rising (1979) and has written ve books on
Goddess thealogy Christ has lived in Greece since 1987 and
leads womenrsquos goddess-oriented pilgrimages there
wwwgoddessariadneorg
Mary Daly (1928-2010) Radical lesbian eco-eminist educator and scholar
Mary Daly was the author o numerous eminist works and critiques o
patriarchal religion most notably Beyond God the Father (1973) and Gyn
Ecology (1978) She wrote non-apologetically about patriarchal subjugation o
women and was amous or her rejection o all orms o patriarchal religion
Max Dashuacute (b 1950) Dashu ounded the Suppressed Histor ies Archives in
1970 in the our decades since its inception she has collected over 30000
images Dashursquos themes include shamanism womenrsquos power the European
witchcraze and ancient (and modern) matr iarchies and global womenrsquos
histories and heritages wwwsuppressedhistoriesnet
Riane Eisler (b 1937) Best-known in the Goddess community or herinternational best-seller The Chalice and the Blade Eisler is a scholar writer
and social activist Her work draws substantially on matr iarchy studies though
she notably advocates or what she terms a ldquopartnershiprdquo ramework which
moves beyond gender essentialism wwwrianeeislercom
Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) A Lithuanian-born
archaeologist and scholar Gimbutas created an
evolutionary methodology she termed archaeo-mythology
that combined mythology archaeology anthropology
philology religious studies and history Gimbutasrsquo work
on what she dubbed Old Europe included extensive research on matrilineal
prehistoric societies Her most well-known books The Goddesses and Gods of
Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) and The Civilization
of the Goddess (1991) remain immensely popular in the Goddess spirituality
community wwwopusarchivesorggimbutas_overviewshtml
Naomi R Goldenberg PhD Dr Goldenberg specializes in religions and
gender religion and pop culture and religion and psychoanalysis and is best
known in Goddess circles or her book Changing of the Gods Feminism and the
End of Traditional Religions (1979) naomigoldenbergcom
Judy Grahn (b 1940) Poet playwright and social theorist Grahn helped to
ound lesbian eminist presses in the 1960s Her most signicant work in theeld o womenrsquos spirituality is her 1993 book Blood Bread and Roses which
posited that menstruation created human culture wwwjudygrahnorg
Judith Laura (b 1942) is a ritualist author and thealogian A proliic author
her irst rituals were published in the journal WomanSpirit in 1978 Her ar-
ticles have also appeared in The Beltane Papers Matrifocus SageWoman and
Voices of Women Laura champions the evolution o Goddess spirituality into a
legitimate religion with a concern or inclusiveness in language and practice
Her most recent noniction book is Goddess Matters wwwjudithlauracom
DeAnna Alba (1952-2012) was an organizer writer and goddess spirituality
leader Alba helped ound Circle Sanctuary in the late 1970s and was a
columnist on solitary practice or twenty-two years at SageWoman magazine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a science ction novelist best
known or her highly infuential novel The Mists of Avalon Published in 1983
this New York Times bestselling eminist re-envisioning o the Arthurian cycle
has introduced concepts o the Goddess and Celtic spirituality to countless
women and men A website in her honor can be ound at wwwmzbworkscom
Z Budapest (b 1940) Hungarian-born feminist Witch
ritualist and activist Budapest coined the term ldquoDianicrdquo to
describe female-only Goddess worship Zrsquos creation of the
Susan B Anthony Coven No 1 in 1978 and writing of The
Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows (1975) and The Holy
Book of Womenrsquos Mysteries (1989) are among her notable
contributions to the Goddess movement Her position on trans-gender persons in
Dianic culture has brought controversy in recent years wwwzbudapestcom
The Beltane Papers (1984-2011) Founded by Helen Farias during the 1980s
In 1991 Waverly Fitzgerald Joanna Powell Colbert and a collective o women
joined with Helen to publish the title Ater Helenrsquos death in 1994 TBP was ledby Marione Thompson-Helland and Lise Quinn httpthebeltanepapersnet
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997) Brazilian-born artist Bouletrsquos paintings
have been iconic in goddess-oriented visual culture since the early 1970s
Judy Chicago (b 1939) is a eminist artist known or her large collaborative
art installations examining the role o women in history and culture Chicagorsquos
most well-known work is The Dinner Party (1974) her later installations have
reinorced her preeminent position as a eminist artist wwwjudychicagocom
Popularizers 1970s and 1980sThe end o the 1960s was a time o great
social change the womenrsquos liberation
movement brought awareness to historically
suppressed inormation and paved the way
or Goddess-centered spiritualities With the
ounding o discussion groups magazines and
books that looked at womenrsquos contributions toreligion myth liturgy and worship the idea
that women had specic spiritual needs (as
opposed to those o normative males) moved
rom the raried atmosphere o the academy
into popular culture
By the 1980s what had only been hinted at
in the 1970s had ully bloomed This decade saw
a huge expansion in the popularity o concepts
ranging rom matriarchy to Dianic Wicca The
Goddess was back and magick was denitely
aoot
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
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Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
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A
Tapestryof
Voices
By Hayley Arrington Artwork copy2013 shutterstockcom
created by karakotsya
Wisdom Keepers of the Goddess Spirituality Movement
The genesis o this article was a number o ldquoTop Pagan Leadersrdquo articles
that recently appeared in the Pagan blogosphere notably Jason Mankeyrsquos
piece at TheWildHuntorg Many such lists omit important gures in the
womenrsquos spirituality movement This piece is intended to remedy that lack
For clarity I have categorized this list chronologically It is not my intention
to bracket any person exclusively into a specic time rame Many o thoselisted herein are deceased and their infuence remains while others remain
with us but are known primarily or past work Within this list you will see
scholars authors artists and women (and a ew men) o all walks o lie
chosen specically or their infuence on Womenrsquos Spirituality Many are
Pagan but not all as the Goddess movement crosses many thealogical and
ideological boundaries This collection is but the tip o the Goddessrsquo iceberg
It has been quite an experience writing this list Having to make cuts (simply
or space) was hard so i you think wersquove missed someone please drop us a
note with your recommendation so we can update this story in uture issues
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Johann Jakob Bachoen (1815-1887) Swiss antiquarian and anthropologist
Bachoenrsquos great work is Das Mutterrecht Mother Right An Investigation of
the Religious and Juridical Character of Matriarchy in the Ancient World He is
essentially the rst proponent o matriarchy his work posits that society came
into being because o the many roles o motherhood Essentially a cultural
evolutionist he is the wordsmith behind the Golden Age o Matriarchy
Robert Briault (1876-1948) New Zealander surgeon later anthropologist
and author Penned the infuential The Mothers considered a germinal work in
matriarchy studies
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) American suragist
and author Gage co-wrote (with Elizabeth Cady Stanton)the three volume The History of Woman Suffrage and
contributed to The Womanrsquos Bible She spoke out or
revisions to rape laws treatment o women prisoners
and equal pay or equal work was also a member
o the Underground Railroad and rallied or Native rights Additionally it is
believed that she was the rst to write about the Witch Craze as a patriarchal
construct put in place to persecute women (A theory included in her 1893
work Woman Church and the State) Gage was the mother-in-law o L Frank
Baum amous or his childrenrsquos Oz novels which include many empowered
emale protagonists Check out the websiteo the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation at
httpwwwmatildajoslyngageorggage-
home
Karl Kerenyi (1897-1973) Hungarian Classics
scholar and philologist Kerenyi is considered one
o the athers o modern Greek mythology studies
His contributions include works in anthropology
philology psychology and Classics He wrote extensively
on Goddesses their myths and worship including Athene Virgin and
Mother in Greek Religion (English trans in 1978) Eleusis Archetypal Image of
Mother and Daughter (English trans 1967) and Goddesses of Sun and Moon
(English trans 1979)
Erich Neumann (1905-1960) German psychologist Neumann was a student
o Carl Jung and lectured requently at the CG Jung Institute in Switzerland
Neumannrsquos psychological contributions include a deep look at eminine
archetypes Best known or The Great Mother (English trans in 1972)
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) An English suragette Harrison was a
classics scholar and archaeologist Her works on women in ancient Greek
religion include some o the rst descriptions o the Thesmophoria and other
womenrsquos rituals Her books include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religionand Themis A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion among others
Robert Graves (1895-1985) An English poet and novelist
Graves wrote The White Goddess which popularized the
Triple Goddess moti o ldquoMaiden Mother and Cronerdquo One
o the most ubiquitous symbols in Goddess culture this
metaphor mirrors the Christian trinity but characterizes
deity mdash and ways o knowing mdash through womenrsquos lie cycles
and embodied experience wwwrobertgravesorg
Pioneers 19th to mid-20th Century The mid-to-late 19th and early 20th
centuries were a time o social erment
First Wave eminism contributed greatly
to the Spiritualist movement o the 19th
century new Protestant Christian sects
oered women opportunities in the pulpit
and church leadership while on the western rontier new states and territories
predominantly gave women the right to vote
earlier than their eastern cousins With the
ratication o the 19th amendment in 1920
American women could vote and the sky
seemed the limit to their aspirations
It was within this social climate amidst a
strong yearning or better rights or women
that scholarship on womenrsquos places in
society rst really began Studies o history
and religion prior to the turn o the 20th
century mostly refected the viewpoints o
men since ew women were members o theacademy The seven people I have chosen or
this rst section were scholars in their own
right who wrote about womenrsquos positions
in religion and the ormation o culture and
in particular popularized the new eld o
matriarchy studies mdash which became a major
infuence on the Goddess Movement in the
decades to ollow
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Carol Christ (b 1945) Author o the classic essay ldquoWhy
Women Need the Goddessrdquo Christ co-edited the anthology
Womanspirit Rising (1979) and has written ve books on
Goddess thealogy Christ has lived in Greece since 1987 and
leads womenrsquos goddess-oriented pilgrimages there
wwwgoddessariadneorg
Mary Daly (1928-2010) Radical lesbian eco-eminist educator and scholar
Mary Daly was the author o numerous eminist works and critiques o
patriarchal religion most notably Beyond God the Father (1973) and Gyn
Ecology (1978) She wrote non-apologetically about patriarchal subjugation o
women and was amous or her rejection o all orms o patriarchal religion
Max Dashuacute (b 1950) Dashu ounded the Suppressed Histor ies Archives in
1970 in the our decades since its inception she has collected over 30000
images Dashursquos themes include shamanism womenrsquos power the European
witchcraze and ancient (and modern) matr iarchies and global womenrsquos
histories and heritages wwwsuppressedhistoriesnet
Riane Eisler (b 1937) Best-known in the Goddess community or herinternational best-seller The Chalice and the Blade Eisler is a scholar writer
and social activist Her work draws substantially on matr iarchy studies though
she notably advocates or what she terms a ldquopartnershiprdquo ramework which
moves beyond gender essentialism wwwrianeeislercom
Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) A Lithuanian-born
archaeologist and scholar Gimbutas created an
evolutionary methodology she termed archaeo-mythology
that combined mythology archaeology anthropology
philology religious studies and history Gimbutasrsquo work
on what she dubbed Old Europe included extensive research on matrilineal
prehistoric societies Her most well-known books The Goddesses and Gods of
Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) and The Civilization
of the Goddess (1991) remain immensely popular in the Goddess spirituality
community wwwopusarchivesorggimbutas_overviewshtml
Naomi R Goldenberg PhD Dr Goldenberg specializes in religions and
gender religion and pop culture and religion and psychoanalysis and is best
known in Goddess circles or her book Changing of the Gods Feminism and the
End of Traditional Religions (1979) naomigoldenbergcom
Judy Grahn (b 1940) Poet playwright and social theorist Grahn helped to
ound lesbian eminist presses in the 1960s Her most signicant work in theeld o womenrsquos spirituality is her 1993 book Blood Bread and Roses which
posited that menstruation created human culture wwwjudygrahnorg
Judith Laura (b 1942) is a ritualist author and thealogian A proliic author
her irst rituals were published in the journal WomanSpirit in 1978 Her ar-
ticles have also appeared in The Beltane Papers Matrifocus SageWoman and
Voices of Women Laura champions the evolution o Goddess spirituality into a
legitimate religion with a concern or inclusiveness in language and practice
Her most recent noniction book is Goddess Matters wwwjudithlauracom
DeAnna Alba (1952-2012) was an organizer writer and goddess spirituality
leader Alba helped ound Circle Sanctuary in the late 1970s and was a
columnist on solitary practice or twenty-two years at SageWoman magazine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a science ction novelist best
known or her highly infuential novel The Mists of Avalon Published in 1983
this New York Times bestselling eminist re-envisioning o the Arthurian cycle
has introduced concepts o the Goddess and Celtic spirituality to countless
women and men A website in her honor can be ound at wwwmzbworkscom
Z Budapest (b 1940) Hungarian-born feminist Witch
ritualist and activist Budapest coined the term ldquoDianicrdquo to
describe female-only Goddess worship Zrsquos creation of the
Susan B Anthony Coven No 1 in 1978 and writing of The
Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows (1975) and The Holy
Book of Womenrsquos Mysteries (1989) are among her notable
contributions to the Goddess movement Her position on trans-gender persons in
Dianic culture has brought controversy in recent years wwwzbudapestcom
The Beltane Papers (1984-2011) Founded by Helen Farias during the 1980s
In 1991 Waverly Fitzgerald Joanna Powell Colbert and a collective o women
joined with Helen to publish the title Ater Helenrsquos death in 1994 TBP was ledby Marione Thompson-Helland and Lise Quinn httpthebeltanepapersnet
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997) Brazilian-born artist Bouletrsquos paintings
have been iconic in goddess-oriented visual culture since the early 1970s
Judy Chicago (b 1939) is a eminist artist known or her large collaborative
art installations examining the role o women in history and culture Chicagorsquos
most well-known work is The Dinner Party (1974) her later installations have
reinorced her preeminent position as a eminist artist wwwjudychicagocom
Popularizers 1970s and 1980sThe end o the 1960s was a time o great
social change the womenrsquos liberation
movement brought awareness to historically
suppressed inormation and paved the way
or Goddess-centered spiritualities With the
ounding o discussion groups magazines and
books that looked at womenrsquos contributions toreligion myth liturgy and worship the idea
that women had specic spiritual needs (as
opposed to those o normative males) moved
rom the raried atmosphere o the academy
into popular culture
By the 1980s what had only been hinted at
in the 1970s had ully bloomed This decade saw
a huge expansion in the popularity o concepts
ranging rom matriarchy to Dianic Wicca The
Goddess was back and magick was denitely
aoot
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
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Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
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A
Tapestryof
Voices
By Hayley Arrington Artwork copy2013 shutterstockcom
created by karakotsya
Wisdom Keepers of the Goddess Spirituality Movement
The genesis o this article was a number o ldquoTop Pagan Leadersrdquo articles
that recently appeared in the Pagan blogosphere notably Jason Mankeyrsquos
piece at TheWildHuntorg Many such lists omit important gures in the
womenrsquos spirituality movement This piece is intended to remedy that lack
For clarity I have categorized this list chronologically It is not my intention
to bracket any person exclusively into a specic time rame Many o thoselisted herein are deceased and their infuence remains while others remain
with us but are known primarily or past work Within this list you will see
scholars authors artists and women (and a ew men) o all walks o lie
chosen specically or their infuence on Womenrsquos Spirituality Many are
Pagan but not all as the Goddess movement crosses many thealogical and
ideological boundaries This collection is but the tip o the Goddessrsquo iceberg
It has been quite an experience writing this list Having to make cuts (simply
or space) was hard so i you think wersquove missed someone please drop us a
note with your recommendation so we can update this story in uture issues
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Johann Jakob Bachoen (1815-1887) Swiss antiquarian and anthropologist
Bachoenrsquos great work is Das Mutterrecht Mother Right An Investigation of
the Religious and Juridical Character of Matriarchy in the Ancient World He is
essentially the rst proponent o matriarchy his work posits that society came
into being because o the many roles o motherhood Essentially a cultural
evolutionist he is the wordsmith behind the Golden Age o Matriarchy
Robert Briault (1876-1948) New Zealander surgeon later anthropologist
and author Penned the infuential The Mothers considered a germinal work in
matriarchy studies
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) American suragist
and author Gage co-wrote (with Elizabeth Cady Stanton)the three volume The History of Woman Suffrage and
contributed to The Womanrsquos Bible She spoke out or
revisions to rape laws treatment o women prisoners
and equal pay or equal work was also a member
o the Underground Railroad and rallied or Native rights Additionally it is
believed that she was the rst to write about the Witch Craze as a patriarchal
construct put in place to persecute women (A theory included in her 1893
work Woman Church and the State) Gage was the mother-in-law o L Frank
Baum amous or his childrenrsquos Oz novels which include many empowered
emale protagonists Check out the websiteo the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation at
httpwwwmatildajoslyngageorggage-
home
Karl Kerenyi (1897-1973) Hungarian Classics
scholar and philologist Kerenyi is considered one
o the athers o modern Greek mythology studies
His contributions include works in anthropology
philology psychology and Classics He wrote extensively
on Goddesses their myths and worship including Athene Virgin and
Mother in Greek Religion (English trans in 1978) Eleusis Archetypal Image of
Mother and Daughter (English trans 1967) and Goddesses of Sun and Moon
(English trans 1979)
Erich Neumann (1905-1960) German psychologist Neumann was a student
o Carl Jung and lectured requently at the CG Jung Institute in Switzerland
Neumannrsquos psychological contributions include a deep look at eminine
archetypes Best known or The Great Mother (English trans in 1972)
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) An English suragette Harrison was a
classics scholar and archaeologist Her works on women in ancient Greek
religion include some o the rst descriptions o the Thesmophoria and other
womenrsquos rituals Her books include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religionand Themis A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion among others
Robert Graves (1895-1985) An English poet and novelist
Graves wrote The White Goddess which popularized the
Triple Goddess moti o ldquoMaiden Mother and Cronerdquo One
o the most ubiquitous symbols in Goddess culture this
metaphor mirrors the Christian trinity but characterizes
deity mdash and ways o knowing mdash through womenrsquos lie cycles
and embodied experience wwwrobertgravesorg
Pioneers 19th to mid-20th Century The mid-to-late 19th and early 20th
centuries were a time o social erment
First Wave eminism contributed greatly
to the Spiritualist movement o the 19th
century new Protestant Christian sects
oered women opportunities in the pulpit
and church leadership while on the western rontier new states and territories
predominantly gave women the right to vote
earlier than their eastern cousins With the
ratication o the 19th amendment in 1920
American women could vote and the sky
seemed the limit to their aspirations
It was within this social climate amidst a
strong yearning or better rights or women
that scholarship on womenrsquos places in
society rst really began Studies o history
and religion prior to the turn o the 20th
century mostly refected the viewpoints o
men since ew women were members o theacademy The seven people I have chosen or
this rst section were scholars in their own
right who wrote about womenrsquos positions
in religion and the ormation o culture and
in particular popularized the new eld o
matriarchy studies mdash which became a major
infuence on the Goddess Movement in the
decades to ollow
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Carol Christ (b 1945) Author o the classic essay ldquoWhy
Women Need the Goddessrdquo Christ co-edited the anthology
Womanspirit Rising (1979) and has written ve books on
Goddess thealogy Christ has lived in Greece since 1987 and
leads womenrsquos goddess-oriented pilgrimages there
wwwgoddessariadneorg
Mary Daly (1928-2010) Radical lesbian eco-eminist educator and scholar
Mary Daly was the author o numerous eminist works and critiques o
patriarchal religion most notably Beyond God the Father (1973) and Gyn
Ecology (1978) She wrote non-apologetically about patriarchal subjugation o
women and was amous or her rejection o all orms o patriarchal religion
Max Dashuacute (b 1950) Dashu ounded the Suppressed Histor ies Archives in
1970 in the our decades since its inception she has collected over 30000
images Dashursquos themes include shamanism womenrsquos power the European
witchcraze and ancient (and modern) matr iarchies and global womenrsquos
histories and heritages wwwsuppressedhistoriesnet
Riane Eisler (b 1937) Best-known in the Goddess community or herinternational best-seller The Chalice and the Blade Eisler is a scholar writer
and social activist Her work draws substantially on matr iarchy studies though
she notably advocates or what she terms a ldquopartnershiprdquo ramework which
moves beyond gender essentialism wwwrianeeislercom
Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) A Lithuanian-born
archaeologist and scholar Gimbutas created an
evolutionary methodology she termed archaeo-mythology
that combined mythology archaeology anthropology
philology religious studies and history Gimbutasrsquo work
on what she dubbed Old Europe included extensive research on matrilineal
prehistoric societies Her most well-known books The Goddesses and Gods of
Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) and The Civilization
of the Goddess (1991) remain immensely popular in the Goddess spirituality
community wwwopusarchivesorggimbutas_overviewshtml
Naomi R Goldenberg PhD Dr Goldenberg specializes in religions and
gender religion and pop culture and religion and psychoanalysis and is best
known in Goddess circles or her book Changing of the Gods Feminism and the
End of Traditional Religions (1979) naomigoldenbergcom
Judy Grahn (b 1940) Poet playwright and social theorist Grahn helped to
ound lesbian eminist presses in the 1960s Her most signicant work in theeld o womenrsquos spirituality is her 1993 book Blood Bread and Roses which
posited that menstruation created human culture wwwjudygrahnorg
Judith Laura (b 1942) is a ritualist author and thealogian A proliic author
her irst rituals were published in the journal WomanSpirit in 1978 Her ar-
ticles have also appeared in The Beltane Papers Matrifocus SageWoman and
Voices of Women Laura champions the evolution o Goddess spirituality into a
legitimate religion with a concern or inclusiveness in language and practice
Her most recent noniction book is Goddess Matters wwwjudithlauracom
DeAnna Alba (1952-2012) was an organizer writer and goddess spirituality
leader Alba helped ound Circle Sanctuary in the late 1970s and was a
columnist on solitary practice or twenty-two years at SageWoman magazine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a science ction novelist best
known or her highly infuential novel The Mists of Avalon Published in 1983
this New York Times bestselling eminist re-envisioning o the Arthurian cycle
has introduced concepts o the Goddess and Celtic spirituality to countless
women and men A website in her honor can be ound at wwwmzbworkscom
Z Budapest (b 1940) Hungarian-born feminist Witch
ritualist and activist Budapest coined the term ldquoDianicrdquo to
describe female-only Goddess worship Zrsquos creation of the
Susan B Anthony Coven No 1 in 1978 and writing of The
Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows (1975) and The Holy
Book of Womenrsquos Mysteries (1989) are among her notable
contributions to the Goddess movement Her position on trans-gender persons in
Dianic culture has brought controversy in recent years wwwzbudapestcom
The Beltane Papers (1984-2011) Founded by Helen Farias during the 1980s
In 1991 Waverly Fitzgerald Joanna Powell Colbert and a collective o women
joined with Helen to publish the title Ater Helenrsquos death in 1994 TBP was ledby Marione Thompson-Helland and Lise Quinn httpthebeltanepapersnet
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997) Brazilian-born artist Bouletrsquos paintings
have been iconic in goddess-oriented visual culture since the early 1970s
Judy Chicago (b 1939) is a eminist artist known or her large collaborative
art installations examining the role o women in history and culture Chicagorsquos
most well-known work is The Dinner Party (1974) her later installations have
reinorced her preeminent position as a eminist artist wwwjudychicagocom
Popularizers 1970s and 1980sThe end o the 1960s was a time o great
social change the womenrsquos liberation
movement brought awareness to historically
suppressed inormation and paved the way
or Goddess-centered spiritualities With the
ounding o discussion groups magazines and
books that looked at womenrsquos contributions toreligion myth liturgy and worship the idea
that women had specic spiritual needs (as
opposed to those o normative males) moved
rom the raried atmosphere o the academy
into popular culture
By the 1980s what had only been hinted at
in the 1970s had ully bloomed This decade saw
a huge expansion in the popularity o concepts
ranging rom matriarchy to Dianic Wicca The
Goddess was back and magick was denitely
aoot
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
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Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
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Johann Jakob Bachoen (1815-1887) Swiss antiquarian and anthropologist
Bachoenrsquos great work is Das Mutterrecht Mother Right An Investigation of
the Religious and Juridical Character of Matriarchy in the Ancient World He is
essentially the rst proponent o matriarchy his work posits that society came
into being because o the many roles o motherhood Essentially a cultural
evolutionist he is the wordsmith behind the Golden Age o Matriarchy
Robert Briault (1876-1948) New Zealander surgeon later anthropologist
and author Penned the infuential The Mothers considered a germinal work in
matriarchy studies
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) American suragist
and author Gage co-wrote (with Elizabeth Cady Stanton)the three volume The History of Woman Suffrage and
contributed to The Womanrsquos Bible She spoke out or
revisions to rape laws treatment o women prisoners
and equal pay or equal work was also a member
o the Underground Railroad and rallied or Native rights Additionally it is
believed that she was the rst to write about the Witch Craze as a patriarchal
construct put in place to persecute women (A theory included in her 1893
work Woman Church and the State) Gage was the mother-in-law o L Frank
Baum amous or his childrenrsquos Oz novels which include many empowered
emale protagonists Check out the websiteo the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation at
httpwwwmatildajoslyngageorggage-
home
Karl Kerenyi (1897-1973) Hungarian Classics
scholar and philologist Kerenyi is considered one
o the athers o modern Greek mythology studies
His contributions include works in anthropology
philology psychology and Classics He wrote extensively
on Goddesses their myths and worship including Athene Virgin and
Mother in Greek Religion (English trans in 1978) Eleusis Archetypal Image of
Mother and Daughter (English trans 1967) and Goddesses of Sun and Moon
(English trans 1979)
Erich Neumann (1905-1960) German psychologist Neumann was a student
o Carl Jung and lectured requently at the CG Jung Institute in Switzerland
Neumannrsquos psychological contributions include a deep look at eminine
archetypes Best known or The Great Mother (English trans in 1972)
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) An English suragette Harrison was a
classics scholar and archaeologist Her works on women in ancient Greek
religion include some o the rst descriptions o the Thesmophoria and other
womenrsquos rituals Her books include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religionand Themis A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion among others
Robert Graves (1895-1985) An English poet and novelist
Graves wrote The White Goddess which popularized the
Triple Goddess moti o ldquoMaiden Mother and Cronerdquo One
o the most ubiquitous symbols in Goddess culture this
metaphor mirrors the Christian trinity but characterizes
deity mdash and ways o knowing mdash through womenrsquos lie cycles
and embodied experience wwwrobertgravesorg
Pioneers 19th to mid-20th Century The mid-to-late 19th and early 20th
centuries were a time o social erment
First Wave eminism contributed greatly
to the Spiritualist movement o the 19th
century new Protestant Christian sects
oered women opportunities in the pulpit
and church leadership while on the western rontier new states and territories
predominantly gave women the right to vote
earlier than their eastern cousins With the
ratication o the 19th amendment in 1920
American women could vote and the sky
seemed the limit to their aspirations
It was within this social climate amidst a
strong yearning or better rights or women
that scholarship on womenrsquos places in
society rst really began Studies o history
and religion prior to the turn o the 20th
century mostly refected the viewpoints o
men since ew women were members o theacademy The seven people I have chosen or
this rst section were scholars in their own
right who wrote about womenrsquos positions
in religion and the ormation o culture and
in particular popularized the new eld o
matriarchy studies mdash which became a major
infuence on the Goddess Movement in the
decades to ollow
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Carol Christ (b 1945) Author o the classic essay ldquoWhy
Women Need the Goddessrdquo Christ co-edited the anthology
Womanspirit Rising (1979) and has written ve books on
Goddess thealogy Christ has lived in Greece since 1987 and
leads womenrsquos goddess-oriented pilgrimages there
wwwgoddessariadneorg
Mary Daly (1928-2010) Radical lesbian eco-eminist educator and scholar
Mary Daly was the author o numerous eminist works and critiques o
patriarchal religion most notably Beyond God the Father (1973) and Gyn
Ecology (1978) She wrote non-apologetically about patriarchal subjugation o
women and was amous or her rejection o all orms o patriarchal religion
Max Dashuacute (b 1950) Dashu ounded the Suppressed Histor ies Archives in
1970 in the our decades since its inception she has collected over 30000
images Dashursquos themes include shamanism womenrsquos power the European
witchcraze and ancient (and modern) matr iarchies and global womenrsquos
histories and heritages wwwsuppressedhistoriesnet
Riane Eisler (b 1937) Best-known in the Goddess community or herinternational best-seller The Chalice and the Blade Eisler is a scholar writer
and social activist Her work draws substantially on matr iarchy studies though
she notably advocates or what she terms a ldquopartnershiprdquo ramework which
moves beyond gender essentialism wwwrianeeislercom
Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) A Lithuanian-born
archaeologist and scholar Gimbutas created an
evolutionary methodology she termed archaeo-mythology
that combined mythology archaeology anthropology
philology religious studies and history Gimbutasrsquo work
on what she dubbed Old Europe included extensive research on matrilineal
prehistoric societies Her most well-known books The Goddesses and Gods of
Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) and The Civilization
of the Goddess (1991) remain immensely popular in the Goddess spirituality
community wwwopusarchivesorggimbutas_overviewshtml
Naomi R Goldenberg PhD Dr Goldenberg specializes in religions and
gender religion and pop culture and religion and psychoanalysis and is best
known in Goddess circles or her book Changing of the Gods Feminism and the
End of Traditional Religions (1979) naomigoldenbergcom
Judy Grahn (b 1940) Poet playwright and social theorist Grahn helped to
ound lesbian eminist presses in the 1960s Her most signicant work in theeld o womenrsquos spirituality is her 1993 book Blood Bread and Roses which
posited that menstruation created human culture wwwjudygrahnorg
Judith Laura (b 1942) is a ritualist author and thealogian A proliic author
her irst rituals were published in the journal WomanSpirit in 1978 Her ar-
ticles have also appeared in The Beltane Papers Matrifocus SageWoman and
Voices of Women Laura champions the evolution o Goddess spirituality into a
legitimate religion with a concern or inclusiveness in language and practice
Her most recent noniction book is Goddess Matters wwwjudithlauracom
DeAnna Alba (1952-2012) was an organizer writer and goddess spirituality
leader Alba helped ound Circle Sanctuary in the late 1970s and was a
columnist on solitary practice or twenty-two years at SageWoman magazine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a science ction novelist best
known or her highly infuential novel The Mists of Avalon Published in 1983
this New York Times bestselling eminist re-envisioning o the Arthurian cycle
has introduced concepts o the Goddess and Celtic spirituality to countless
women and men A website in her honor can be ound at wwwmzbworkscom
Z Budapest (b 1940) Hungarian-born feminist Witch
ritualist and activist Budapest coined the term ldquoDianicrdquo to
describe female-only Goddess worship Zrsquos creation of the
Susan B Anthony Coven No 1 in 1978 and writing of The
Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows (1975) and The Holy
Book of Womenrsquos Mysteries (1989) are among her notable
contributions to the Goddess movement Her position on trans-gender persons in
Dianic culture has brought controversy in recent years wwwzbudapestcom
The Beltane Papers (1984-2011) Founded by Helen Farias during the 1980s
In 1991 Waverly Fitzgerald Joanna Powell Colbert and a collective o women
joined with Helen to publish the title Ater Helenrsquos death in 1994 TBP was ledby Marione Thompson-Helland and Lise Quinn httpthebeltanepapersnet
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997) Brazilian-born artist Bouletrsquos paintings
have been iconic in goddess-oriented visual culture since the early 1970s
Judy Chicago (b 1939) is a eminist artist known or her large collaborative
art installations examining the role o women in history and culture Chicagorsquos
most well-known work is The Dinner Party (1974) her later installations have
reinorced her preeminent position as a eminist artist wwwjudychicagocom
Popularizers 1970s and 1980sThe end o the 1960s was a time o great
social change the womenrsquos liberation
movement brought awareness to historically
suppressed inormation and paved the way
or Goddess-centered spiritualities With the
ounding o discussion groups magazines and
books that looked at womenrsquos contributions toreligion myth liturgy and worship the idea
that women had specic spiritual needs (as
opposed to those o normative males) moved
rom the raried atmosphere o the academy
into popular culture
By the 1980s what had only been hinted at
in the 1970s had ully bloomed This decade saw
a huge expansion in the popularity o concepts
ranging rom matriarchy to Dianic Wicca The
Goddess was back and magick was denitely
aoot
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
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Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
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Carol Christ (b 1945) Author o the classic essay ldquoWhy
Women Need the Goddessrdquo Christ co-edited the anthology
Womanspirit Rising (1979) and has written ve books on
Goddess thealogy Christ has lived in Greece since 1987 and
leads womenrsquos goddess-oriented pilgrimages there
wwwgoddessariadneorg
Mary Daly (1928-2010) Radical lesbian eco-eminist educator and scholar
Mary Daly was the author o numerous eminist works and critiques o
patriarchal religion most notably Beyond God the Father (1973) and Gyn
Ecology (1978) She wrote non-apologetically about patriarchal subjugation o
women and was amous or her rejection o all orms o patriarchal religion
Max Dashuacute (b 1950) Dashu ounded the Suppressed Histor ies Archives in
1970 in the our decades since its inception she has collected over 30000
images Dashursquos themes include shamanism womenrsquos power the European
witchcraze and ancient (and modern) matr iarchies and global womenrsquos
histories and heritages wwwsuppressedhistoriesnet
Riane Eisler (b 1937) Best-known in the Goddess community or herinternational best-seller The Chalice and the Blade Eisler is a scholar writer
and social activist Her work draws substantially on matr iarchy studies though
she notably advocates or what she terms a ldquopartnershiprdquo ramework which
moves beyond gender essentialism wwwrianeeislercom
Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994) A Lithuanian-born
archaeologist and scholar Gimbutas created an
evolutionary methodology she termed archaeo-mythology
that combined mythology archaeology anthropology
philology religious studies and history Gimbutasrsquo work
on what she dubbed Old Europe included extensive research on matrilineal
prehistoric societies Her most well-known books The Goddesses and Gods of
Old Europe (1974) The Language of the Goddess (1989) and The Civilization
of the Goddess (1991) remain immensely popular in the Goddess spirituality
community wwwopusarchivesorggimbutas_overviewshtml
Naomi R Goldenberg PhD Dr Goldenberg specializes in religions and
gender religion and pop culture and religion and psychoanalysis and is best
known in Goddess circles or her book Changing of the Gods Feminism and the
End of Traditional Religions (1979) naomigoldenbergcom
Judy Grahn (b 1940) Poet playwright and social theorist Grahn helped to
ound lesbian eminist presses in the 1960s Her most signicant work in theeld o womenrsquos spirituality is her 1993 book Blood Bread and Roses which
posited that menstruation created human culture wwwjudygrahnorg
Judith Laura (b 1942) is a ritualist author and thealogian A proliic author
her irst rituals were published in the journal WomanSpirit in 1978 Her ar-
ticles have also appeared in The Beltane Papers Matrifocus SageWoman and
Voices of Women Laura champions the evolution o Goddess spirituality into a
legitimate religion with a concern or inclusiveness in language and practice
Her most recent noniction book is Goddess Matters wwwjudithlauracom
DeAnna Alba (1952-2012) was an organizer writer and goddess spirituality
leader Alba helped ound Circle Sanctuary in the late 1970s and was a
columnist on solitary practice or twenty-two years at SageWoman magazine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was a science ction novelist best
known or her highly infuential novel The Mists of Avalon Published in 1983
this New York Times bestselling eminist re-envisioning o the Arthurian cycle
has introduced concepts o the Goddess and Celtic spirituality to countless
women and men A website in her honor can be ound at wwwmzbworkscom
Z Budapest (b 1940) Hungarian-born feminist Witch
ritualist and activist Budapest coined the term ldquoDianicrdquo to
describe female-only Goddess worship Zrsquos creation of the
Susan B Anthony Coven No 1 in 1978 and writing of The
Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows (1975) and The Holy
Book of Womenrsquos Mysteries (1989) are among her notable
contributions to the Goddess movement Her position on trans-gender persons in
Dianic culture has brought controversy in recent years wwwzbudapestcom
The Beltane Papers (1984-2011) Founded by Helen Farias during the 1980s
In 1991 Waverly Fitzgerald Joanna Powell Colbert and a collective o women
joined with Helen to publish the title Ater Helenrsquos death in 1994 TBP was ledby Marione Thompson-Helland and Lise Quinn httpthebeltanepapersnet
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941-1997) Brazilian-born artist Bouletrsquos paintings
have been iconic in goddess-oriented visual culture since the early 1970s
Judy Chicago (b 1939) is a eminist artist known or her large collaborative
art installations examining the role o women in history and culture Chicagorsquos
most well-known work is The Dinner Party (1974) her later installations have
reinorced her preeminent position as a eminist artist wwwjudychicagocom
Popularizers 1970s and 1980sThe end o the 1960s was a time o great
social change the womenrsquos liberation
movement brought awareness to historically
suppressed inormation and paved the way
or Goddess-centered spiritualities With the
ounding o discussion groups magazines and
books that looked at womenrsquos contributions toreligion myth liturgy and worship the idea
that women had specic spiritual needs (as
opposed to those o normative males) moved
rom the raried atmosphere o the academy
into popular culture
By the 1980s what had only been hinted at
in the 1970s had ully bloomed This decade saw
a huge expansion in the popularity o concepts
ranging rom matriarchy to Dianic Wicca The
Goddess was back and magick was denitely
aoot
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
S age W oman N o
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsagewoman-84-pages-31-36-bbimedia 88
Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
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Asphodel Long (1921-2005) was a British writer activist and academic a
ounding member o several groups dedicated to matriarchy studies Long was
known primarily in UK Goddess circles or her work in re-discovering Wisdom
Goddesses in Hebrew and Near Eastern traditions wwwasphodel-longcom
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Acclaimed Arican-American poet Audre Lorde was
a eminist lesbian and Arican American woman She published ten volumes o
poetry ve o prose and helped to popularize the orisha in particular Yemanjaacute
among eminist circles She received many awards during her lietime and at
the time o her death was the New York State Poet wwwalporg
Shekhinah Mountainwater (1939-2007) Priestess
o Aphrodite Dianic musician tarotist and author
Shekhinah Mountainwater was a mother o the early
Goddess Movement Her 1991 book Ariadnersquos Thread is
her best-known work wwwshekhinahnet
Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove (b 1923 and 1925 respectively) published
WomanSpirit Magazine mdash one o the rst and most infuential lesbian
eminist goddess magazines mdash rom 1974 to 1984 (SageWomanrsquos originalpublisher Carol SheBear credits WomanSpirit as her inspiration) httpnwda
orbiscascadeorgark80444xv51562
Ffona Morgan (b 1943) Creator o the popular women-based tarot deck
Daughters of the Moon Tarot Morgan is also a ritualist astrologer and
author wwwdaughtersothemooncom
Vicki Noble (b 1947) co-creatrix with Karen Vogel o The Motherpeace
Tarot a ground-breaking deck which brought imagery o women and
goddesses to a wide audience Vicki has written many books about the
Motherpeace tarot the shamanic powers o women and Goddess studies
wwwmotherpeacecom
O a Like Mind Magazine (1983-) Jade River and Lynnie Levy co-ounded
this widely-distributed magazine o Dianic and goddess culture as the voice o
the Reormed Congregation o the Goddess a legally-recognized Dianic church
RCGI continues its work today httpwwwrcgiorg
Judith Plaskow (b 1947) co-ounded the Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion in 1985 authored the rst book on eminist Judaism and has
contributed immensely to eminist religious studies manhattaneduaculty
Rise Up and Call Her Name (by Elizabeth Fisher 1995) and Cakes or theQueen o Heaven (Shirley Ranck 2006) authored these ground-breaking
Unitarian Universalist religious education curriculums ocusing on eminist
spirituality and woman-honoring traditions wwwuuwrorg
Charlene Spretnak (b 1946) Author eco-eminist and activist Spretnak is
best-known in the goddess movement or her 1978 book Lost Goddesses of
Early Greece A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths (1978) as well as or editing
The Politics of Womenrsquos Spirituality Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power
within the Feminist Movement (1982) wwwcharlenespretnakcom
Monica Sjoumlouml (1938-2005) Acclaimed Swedish painter eco-eminist and
author Sjoumlouml painted the Goddess in Her many orms Her most amous
painting ldquoGod Giving Birthrdquo was a sensation (and a scandal) when it was
unveiled in 1968 She is also known or her book The Great Cosmic Mother
co-written by Barbara Mor wwwmonicasjoocom
Starhawk (b 1951) A prolic writer and ervent activist her
best-selling The Spiral Dance A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1989) combined eminist thought
and Wicca and was instrumental in creating modern popular
witchcrat She co-ounded the Reclaiming tradition and is
known or combining witchcrat with political action wwwstarhawkorg
Diane Stein (b 1948) is a prolic author writing many o the early classics
o womenrsquos spirituality including The Womenrsquos Spirituality Book (1986) The
Kwan Yin Book of Changes (aka The Womanrsquos I Ching ) (1986) and Casting the
Circle (1990) and concentrating on womenrsquos health spiritual healing and
reiki wwwdianesteinnet
Merlin Stone (1931-2011) Merlin Stone was an artist and proessor oart history best known or her book When God was a Woman (1978) Stone
believed there was a prehistoric matriarchal religion that was destroyed by
patriarchal Indo-Europeans She was also widely known or Ancient Mirrors of
Womanhood (1990 wwwmerlinstoneorg
Genevieve Vaughn (b 1939) pioneered the concept o the git economy
(a acet o matr iarchal studies) when she ounded The Foundation or a
Compassionate Society in 1987 In 1993 she ounded The Temple o Goddess
Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet in Nevada wwwgit-economycom
Alice Walker (b 1944) is an internationally celebrated author
poet and activist whose books include seven novels our
collections o short stories our childrenrsquos books and volumes
o essays and poetry Shersquos best known or The Color Purple
her 1983 novel or which she won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award httpalicewalkersgardencom
Susun Weed (b 1946) is an American herbalist author and
director o the Wise Woman Center Known or her writing
and teaching o the ldquoWise Woman Wayrdquo o herbalism her
teachings emphasize womenrsquos intuitive knowledge as a source
o spiritual wisdom and healthy living and have infuenced
generations o women to experience the Goddess wwwsusunweedcom
Lunaea Weatherstone (b 1955) is a priestess tarotist author and
cratswoman and the ounding publisher and editor o SageWoman rom
1987-1993 She runs an online Goddess mystery school wwwlunaeacom
Marion Woodman (b 1928) Canadian author poet and Jungian analyst
Woodmanrsquos best known or her books on womenrsquos psychology Her
organization the Marion Woodman Foundation strives to reawaken body
consciousness mwoodmanoundationorg
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsagewoman-84-pages-31-36-bbimedia 78
Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
S age W oman N o
84
bull
Women amp Men 35
7272019 SageWoman-84 Pages 31-36 Bbimedia
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsagewoman-84-pages-31-36-bbimedia 88
Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
S age W oman N o
84
bull
Women amp Men 36
7272019 SageWoman-84 Pages 31-36 Bbimedia
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsagewoman-84-pages-31-36-bbimedia 78
Geraldine Charles (b 1952) is the ounder and editor o Goddess Pages
magazine She is also a Priestess o the Goddess and a ounding member o
the Glastonbury Goddess Temple httpwwwgoddess-pagescouk
Joanna Powell Colbert (b 1952) is an artist author teacher and mentor
best known as the creatrix o the Gaian tarot wwwgaiansoulcom
Mary Condren ThD Irish academic Condren has published widely on issues of
feminism and religion She is the author of The Serpent and the Goddess Women
Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland httpwwwtcdiecgwsstaffmcondrenphp
Elizabeth Cunningham (b 1953) is the author o The Maeve Chronicles a
series o novels eaturing the eisty Celtic Magdalen Cunninghamrsquos novels
bring a eminist and goddess-inspired point o view to the ldquoJesus had a wierdquo
genre elizabethcunninghamwritescom
Sorita drsquoEste (b 1974) is an author olklorist and prominent Priestess o
Wicca and owner o a goddess-oriented publishing company Avalonia She is
the ounder o the Covenant o Hekate an international organization dedicated
to the Goddess Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul httpsoritacouk
Waverly Fitzgerald (b 1959) is a writer and teacher best-known in Goddess
circles or her book Slow Time Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life and
her online course ldquoLiving in Seasonrdquo wwwwaverlytzgeraldcom
Elinor Gadon (b 1925) American cultural historian and proessor Elinor
Gadon studies the intersection amongst myth gender and image Her best
known work is The Once and Future Goddess A Symbol for Our Time (1989)
Francesca De Grandis (b 1949) a long-time teacher o Goddess spirituality
and ounder o her own Faerie spirituality tradition the Third Road She is best
known or her book Be a Goddess A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for
Self-Healing Prosperity and Great Sex (1998) wwwstardrenchedcom
Heide Goettner-Abendroth (b 1941) Feminist and matriarchal scholar
Goettner-Abendroth ounded HAGIA International Academy or Matriarchal
Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality in 1986 and organized the First World
Congress on Matriarchal Studies in 2003 httpwwwgoettner-abendrothde
Donna Henes (b 1945) Mama Donna is a eminist activist r itualist and
spiritual teacher specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations She is also
known or promoting the Queen aspect o the Goddess httpdonnahenesnet
Ubaka Hill is a nationally-recognized musician drummer
and poet ounder o the Million Women Drummers Gathering
2013 the Drumsong Institute Museum Archives and
music director o the National Drumsong Orchestra and the
ShapeShiters wwwubakahilldrumsongcom
International Council o Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (convened
2004) This Council meets every year to support world peace and the end o
the destruction o Mother Earth httpgrandmotherscouncilorg
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) Laguna PuebloMetis
American author proessor and lesbian activist The main
ocus o her writing was on the Divine Feminine including
the assertion beore the coming o Europeans all Native
tribes had been matriarchal wwwpaulagunnallennet
Lynn V Andrews (b 1940) New Age author Andrewsrsquo popular Medicine Woman series has brought many into an awareness o eminine spiritual
authority httplynnandrewscom
Chandra Alexandre PhD (b 1967) is a priestess dedicated to Kali and the
ounder o SHARANYA a spiritual community dedicated to engaged spirituality
or social justice and transormation wwwsharanyaorg
Barbara Ardinger PhD (b 1941) is the prolic author
o many books on Goddess spirituality and Pagan subjects
Barbara is best known or her snarky humorous yet ever-
so-true creation o new archetypes Found Goddesses www
barbaraardingercom
Ruth Barrett (b 1954) A Dianic High Priestess and musician Barrett co-
ounded the Circle o Aradia and (with Falcon River) the Temple o Diana a
national Dianic organization Her position on transgender persons in Dianic culture
has brought controversy in recent years wwwdancingtreemusiccom
Crystal Blanton is a popular blogger Wiccan priestess journalist and author
specializing in bringing forth the voices of people of color working in magical
communities and their spiritual practices httpcrystalblantoncom
Remodelers and Renewers1990 - Present
The last quarter-century has seen many
triumphs or the Goddess movement We are
reer than ever to proclaim ourselves ldquoPaganrdquo
or Witches and we have Goddess airs and
temples all around the world
Political eminism has also made great
strides which has led some to wonder i gender-
specic spiritual paths are still necessary in a
(supposedly) post-gender world Foundational
ideas o womenrsquos spirituality including
gender essentialism (the belie that women
are spiritually dierent than men) are being
increasingly questioned Will the Goddess
movement ade into the past a victim o
generational die-o or will new voices arise
and bring us into an increasingly complex
world Whether our communities will have
the wisdom to honor the past while nding thefexibility to adapt to an uncertain uture is a
question only the Goddess o Time can answer
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Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
S age W oman N o
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7272019 SageWoman-84 Pages 31-36 Bbimedia
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsagewoman-84-pages-31-36-bbimedia 88
Kathy Jones (b 1947) is a Priestess o Avalon teacher o priestesses
co-ounder o the Glastonbury Goddess Temple and organiser o the
abulous Glastonbury Goddess Conerence wwwkathyjonescouk
Candace Kant PhD (b 1945) teaches courses in Goddess
Spirituality at the Temple o Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to
Sekhmet and is co-ounder (with Anne Key) o Goddess Ink
wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Anne Key PhD is a ceremonialist and priestess at the Temple
o Goddess Spirituality dedicated to Sekhmet located in Nevada
rom 2004-2007 wwwgoddessinstituteorg
Sue Monk Kidd (b 1948) An American writer Kiddrsquos best-
selling book The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (2006)
chronicles her spiritual awakening to the Divine Feminine
wwwsuemonkkiddcom
Karen L King PhD (b 1954) A Harvard academic
Kingrsquos work is popular in goddess circles or heremphasis on Mary Magdalene httpwwwhds
harvardedupeopleacultykaren-l-king
Ann Kreilkamp PhD (b 1946) Visionary
activist and writer Ann is known or her
work in reactivating the Crone archetype
httpexopermaculturecom
Yeshe Rabbit Matthews Pan-Dianic priestess and oundress o CAYA (Come
As You Are Coven) Rabbit is best-known or her break with other Dianics on
transgender participation in emale-only rituals httpcayacovenorg
Patricia Monaghan (1946-2012) Irish-American poet and
scholar Patricia Monaghan was a beloved leader in the Goddess
community and wrote over a dozen books in Goddess studies
wwwpatricia-monaghancom
Anne Newkirk Niven (b 1959) has been an editor and publisher (with her
husband Alan) o Pagan and Goddess media since 1990 including SageWoman
WitchesampPagans Crone and the blog portal PaganSquare wwwbbimediacom
Ava Park priestess and ounder o Goddess Temple o Orange County in 2002
It was one o the rst contemporary Goddess temples and still continues itswork today wwwgoddesstempleoorangecountycom
Nancy Passmore (b1950) has been the publisher o The Lunar Calendar a
non-Gregorian calendar o womenrsquos spirituality inspired by The White Goddess
by Robert Graves since 1976 wwwthelunapresscom
Diana Paxson (b 1943) is an author ritualist seer and Pagan leader known in
Goddess circles or creating the Liturgy o the Lady (perormed or more than
twenty years wwwdiana-paxsoncom
Anique Radiant Heart (b 1947) is an Australian priestess and
singer best-known or organizing Goddess gatherings in Australia
and around the world wwwgoddessnetau
Layne Redmond (b 1952) Drummer composer author
and lmmaker Layne is best known or her book When the
Drummers Were Women A Spiritual History of Rhythm
wwwlayneredmondcom
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD (b1962) Scholar
practitioner o the ancient Mediterranean mystery
traditions Rigolioso is the author o The Cult of
Divine Birth in Ancient Greece (2011) and Virgin
Mother Goddesses of Antiquity (2013) www
sevensistersmysteryschoolcom
Karen Tate (b 1957) is a radio host author
and activist known or her book Sacred Places
of Goddesss108 Destinations (2006) and her
podcast ldquoVoices o the Sacred Femininerdquo wwwkarentatecom
Cheryl Straon is the author o several
books including Pagan Cornwall Land
of the Goddess The Earth Goddess and
Daughters of the Earth and editor o the
magazines Meyn Mamvro and Goddess Alive wwwgoddessalivecouk
Luisah Teish (b 1948) An Oshun chie in the Yoruba Lucumi
tradition Teish gained widespread ame or her bestselling
Jambalaya The Natural Womanrsquos Book of Personal Charms and
Practical Rituals (1988) She is a community leader organizer
ritualist and gited oracle reader wwwluisahteishcom
Nancy Vedder-Schultz PhD (b 1947) An academic thealogian Vedder-
Schultz received a Feminist Theology Award rom the Unitarian Universalist
Womenrsquos Federation to record Chants for the Queen of Heaven a CD o
Goddess chants rom around the world wwwmamasminstrelnet
WeMoon (b 1981) The iconic eminist datebook astrological moon calendar
and visionary collection o womenrsquos creative work has been a part o goddess
culture or over 30 years wwwwemoonwsi
HAYLEY ARRINGTON was born and raised in the greater
Los Angeles area Her masterrsquos thesis is entitled ldquoCeltic
Solar Goddesses From Goddess of the Sun to Queen
of Heavenrdquo Recently initiated into the Twilight Wiccan
Tradition she is an active member of Twilight Spiral Coven
She and her husband David live in Whittier
S age W oman N o
84
bull
Women amp Men 36