Terracotta Female Figurines. Lower Citadel, Tiryns – 12th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Nafplio

Guest Post by Dr. Carla Ionescu of Artemis Institute These wheel-made terracotta figurines represent standing female figures with raised arms, a gesture long associated with prayer, invocation, or divine presence in Aegean ritual life. Found in a domestic-religious context in the Lower Citadel of Tiryns, they likely served as votive offerings or symbols of household […]

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The Grotto of Mary Magdalene at Sainte-Baume: Singing Salve Regina

Pictures and Singing by Yeshe Matthews Yeshe Meryemana Matthews Robles is Priestess & Sibyl of Tsogyal Lhamo Drayang Ling, the Mount Shasta Goddess Temple. The grotto of Mary Magdalene, also known as the Sainte-Baume cave, is a significant Christian pilgrimage site located in the Sainte-Baume Regional Nature Park in France. Tradition holds that Mary Magdalene, […]

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Festival of Santa Sara, Sara-Kali, in Saintes-Maries-de-La-Mer in France

by Guest Author Yeshe Matthews Yeshe Meryemana Matthews Robles is Priestess & Sibyl of Tsogyal Lhamo Drayang Ling, the Mount Shasta Goddess Temple. Today was the Festival of Santa Sara, Sara-Kali, in Saintes-Maries-de-La-Mer, marking the 90th anniversary of this particular devotional event. The power of the annual ritual was as strong as ever, but some […]

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No True Aloha ʻāina without Rematriation — the Restoration of Women’s Role in Land Stewardship

Guest Author Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp is a Kanaka Maoli & Filipino indigenous researcher In Hawaiʻi, women were not merely companions to power — they were power. Only women could truly legitimize the aliʻi ʻai ʻāina, the ruling chiefs, because they embodied the pilina (sacred connection) between ancestors and descendants, between pō (night, origin) and ao […]

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Waiting on the Third Launch of #theNinthWave by ChristianeAnn Rodriguez – a story of the Wa’a

As I read over Caryn email to us, I’m remembering what it feels like to await launch time from shore! Especially amongst the current happenings upon our earth.  And…the Ninth Wave BEing a powerFULL symbol of both destruction and potential salvation. Representing the overwhelming power of nature, the potential for disaster and the struggle for […]

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