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Goddess

Grove of the Spiral Goddess -- beautiful site with music and many altars, thanks to Abby Willowroot

Suppressed Histories Archives -- Celebrating 30 years in 2000,  Archives under the direction of feminist scholar Max Dashu offer slide shows and info on a wide variety of topics, including Goddess cultures and Witchcraft.

Asphodel-Long.com -- A wealth of knowledge and wisdom from late great British women's spirituality leader; bio, essays, reviews.

Daniel Cohen: Storyteller, Mythmaker -- Leader in retelling of myths from the perspective of men's relationship to the Goddess shares many of his stories, poems, and articles. Good friend of Asphodel Long, Cohen was co-editor of the British Pagan publication Wood and Water until it ceased publication in 2003.

Patricia Monaghan -- Goddess author and poet.
 

Blogroll

CULTURAL / SPIRITUAL
Alive Mind & Spirit
At the End of Desire
Avast! Feminist Conspiracy
Blog O'Gnosis
Broomstick Chronicles
Chavala
ChurchGal
Confessions of a Jersey
Goddess
Dirt Worship

Ephemera Ephemerae
Fetch Me My Axe
Goddessing

Goddessmom's slice of reality

Hecate
Myth and Culture
*Medusa Coils (Judith blogs here)
Panthea

Peeling a Pomegranate
Radical Goddess Thealogy
Roots Down
Screaming Into The Void
Shining Tribe
The Countess
The Furious Spinner
The Gaian Mysteries
The-Goddess
Was Blind But Now I See
Women's Autonomy and Sexual  Sovereignty Movement
Washington-Baltimore Pagan Clergy

MOSTLY POLITICAL
Brutal Women
Echidne of the Snakes
Feminist Blogs
Feministe
Feministing

Feminist Law Professors
I Blame The Patriarchy
Liberal-Feminist Bias
Our Word
Pandagon
Plum Crazy
Reclusive Leftist
The Adventures of Dr. Diana
The Gimp Parade
What She Said
 
 Medusa Coils
Marija Gimbutas -- memorial, controversy, and info about film, "Signs Out of Time," by Belili Productions, a joint project of Donna Reed and Starhawk.

Institute of Archeomythology  -- International organization of scholars studying symbolism of ancient societies, headed by Joan Marler.

OriginsNet.org -- The Center for Research on the Origins of Art and Religion: Includes art more than 1 million years old. Dr. James Harrad, colleague of Maria Gimbutas. Academic, technical discussion of art, religion, language and symbolism.   

Goddess2000 Project
--"A Goddess on Every Block" Grass roots global, local, and personal project.

GlobalGoddess.org -- Goddess women helping women worldwide. Community-building on regional, state, and local levels. Includes ezine The Global Goddess Oracle.

Serpentina -- women-centered research for everybody...to reveal, activate, and celebrate the Sacred Feminine in the 21st  Century

Goddess Mystic -- Sage Starwalker's celebration of the Goddess in Her many forms includes altars and Cella documentation, including research on Tara and the origin of "Om." See also blog, Goddessing.

Earth Dances
 --  Art & poetry of Brid Bidell in Wales.

PaGaian Cosmology -- Website of Glenys Livingstone, Ph. D, "an Australian with country roots." Combines cosmology and Goddess practice in ecospirituality.

Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess-International (RCG-I) -- In 1984 became the first legally recognized religion serving the women's spiritual community.  Published the print periodical Of A Like Mind 1983-2001. Now publishes online journal, Seasonal Salon. Motherhoused in Madison, Wisc.

Glastonbury Goddess Temple -- Temple at Glastonbury (Avalon), UK.  Ceremonies, meditations, healings.

Goddess Temple of Orange County -- In Irvine, CA. Two Sunday services for women; other events, some open to men. Incorporated nonprofit religious organization.

Pagaian.org On-line -- News of Australian group led by author Glenys Livingstone, includes Pagaian Moon Court for rituals in Blue Mountains, Australia

Invoking the Goddess -- Goddess Temple in New South Wales, Australia, created by Priestess and singer Anique Radiant Heart

The Goddess Shrine -- project to 'honour the Sacred Feminine Divine" located in Canberra Australia

Goddess Temple in Budapest, Hungary -- Honoring the Great Goddess(es) of Old Europe

Goddess Center in Austria -- In Salzkammergut, Austrian Alps

The Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet -- Temple in Nevada, project of the Gift Economy under the direction of Genevieve Vaughan

Isis Oasis Sanctuary -- located in Geyserville, California, hosted by Loreon, founder of Isis Society for International Studies. Includes several buildings, fire circle, animal sanctuary; includes Temple of Isis, a legally recognized church.

Temple of Diana -- feminist Dianic Wiccan incorporated nonprofit religious organization headquartered in Monona,WI; religious director, Ruth Barrett.

Circle of Aradia -- One of the pioneer Dianic circles located in Los Angeles and now affiliated with the Temple of Diana.

Daughters of the Goddess -- Dianic, womyn-only Goddess Temple in San Francisco Bay Area that holds open rituals. Multicultural with "Aloha" energy.

Reclaiming -- a community of people, a tradition of Witchcraft, and a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit religious organization with roots in the Feri tradition and grounded in equality, social activism, and non-hierarchical structure. Began in California, branching out.

The Goddess Association in Australia (G.A.I.A)  -- "Celebrating, supporting, uniting women"

Pomegranate Grove Priestesshood -- Program in Australia for women "who have a desire to become an initiated Priestess of the Goddess." Led by Patricia Corner.

Moontree -- Courses related to Goddess spirituality on Australia's Gold Goast, led by Alicia Sherwood.

Daughters of Ishtar  -- Sacred and transformational spaces for women, located in Australia

Ishtar -- Combining Bellydance and Goddess in Great Britain.

Sharanya -- The Maa Batakali Cultural Mission in San Francisco. A nonprofit religious organization and temple to bridge East and West; dedicated to all forms of Goddess, but especially Kali.

The New AmazonNation -- Amazons, goddesses, horses, axes, ecstasy, Catal Hoyuk, and more.

A Pantheon of Goddesses -- In-progress site of pantheons and mythologies of various ethnicities and cultures.

Goddess Re-awakening -- Andie Miller in South Africa provides interviews, links, bibliographies.

Fellowship of Isis -- Multicultural organization headquartered in Britain. Honoring the religion of the Goddess in Her many forms. Free membership. Lyceum offers courses and priestess training.

CUUPS -- Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans

HerChurch.org -- Christian Goddess group in  a San Francisco Lutheran Church; Christian Goddess Rosary and feminist spirituality events.

Tel Shemesh -- Celebrating and creating Earth-based traditions in Judaism

The Hebrew Priestess Institute -- Embodied Jewish spiritual leadership, creativity, & community from an earth-honoring, feminist perspective. Revistalizing the Jewish connection with the Divine feminine' devoted to serving the Shechinah. Offers training programs leading to initiation and ordination.

The Lilith Institute -- Center for the Study of Sacred Text, Myth, and Ritual. Bibliography and classes in Northern California, and planned online.

Jewish Pagan Resources -- Ancient Hebrew religion, Near East Paganism, and women's issues

Qadash Kinahnu--A Canaanite-Phoenician Temple -- website honoring ancient deities of the Near East

Belly Dance Home Page -- Lots of links to serious discussion of this Near Eastern dance form with Goddess roots

Runa: the Art of Max Dashu -- Multi-cultural original Goddess art

Hostetler Sculpture – Goddess figures up to 11 ft. tall of hardwood and bronze, including severah Asherahs, created by David Hostettler, well known artist and teacher (of Jim Dine, David True, Harvey Breverman, etc.).  

The Vodou Page
-- Mambo Racine Sans Bout's site with a wealth of material including Vodou lessons.

The Beltane Papers -- Goddess spirituality publication, print with online presence.

SageWoman -- Goddess spirituality magazine, print with online presence.

MatriFocus -- A Cross Quarterly eZine for Goddess Women Near & Far, sponsored  by the Matrilocal Circle (RCG) in Wisconsin.

Goddess Pages -- Online and print Goddess journal published at the cross-quarters, editorial offices in  Great Britain.

Goddess Alive! -- a magazine of Goddess celebration from Great Britain. Print magazine with some online content.

CoGWeb -- Covenant of the Goddess

CAWeb -- Church of All Worlds

Circle Sanctuary -- Nature spirituality center, Shamanic Wiccan Church, and home of Lady Liberty League

AREN -- Alternative Religions Education Network

Witchvox -- large Pagan networking site with info, articles.

Pagan Theologies -- a wiki about everything Pagan, where you can add info--if it's not already there.

The Pagan Library -- texts of wide-ranging Pagan reference works, as well as etexts of the Bhagavad-Gita, The Word, the Koran, King James version of the Bible, Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales"--and others.

 
mdpagans.com -- Pagan and Pagan-friendly links in Maryland, Northern Va., and DC

Earthcat.com -- Earthkat & Moonwolf's MD, VA, & DC Pagan calendar of events, group listings, stores & more.

Whispering Woods -- Grove from Harford County, MD, with information on wide range of Pagan subjects.

Judith Laura's Studio -- Zazzle.com gallery of original Goddess- and Tarot-themed art by Judith Laura on clothing, greeting and note cards, prints and posters--including graphic study aid for Kabbalah re-envisioning in  Judith's book, Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century and "Thunder: Perfect Mind" triptych described below.

Goddess Creations from Judith Laura  -- Cafepress.com shop with Goddess art on shirts, tile-topped boxes, journals, greeting cards, flying discs, posters and more. Themes include Goddess symbol similar to the one on the homepage of this site; the Nag Hammadi scripture The Thunder: Perfect Mind; Wisdom, Asherah, and Kabbalah re-envisioning as described above.

Feminist Thealogy

Diotima -- Women and gender in the Ancient World. Focusing on the ancient Mediterranean; course materials, searchable bibliographies, Bible browsers, links

WSSLINKS - Women and Theology -- annotated; part of Association of College and Research Libraries Site.

Internet Sacred Text Archives, Women & Religion -- texts include The Woman's Bible  by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898) and writings of Wollenstonecraft, Woodhull, and "Women, Church and State" by Matilda Goslyn Gage (1893), as well as mostly ancient texts from various religions.

Nag Hammadi Library -- Translations of all codices, indexed and searchable, with overview of texts.

Many Rivers -- Cyber-Center for Women's Spirituality, interfaith.

Magdalineage -- The late Deborah Rose's site about  the history and mythology of Mary Magdalene.

Magdalene.Org --  Lesa Bellevie's gathering of info, art,  & writings about Mary Magdalene. Also see blogroll, The Magdalene Review.

MMagdalene.Org -- The Renaissance of Mary Magdalene. Elizabeth Kelley's site.

Mary Magdalene, Author of the Fourth Gospel? -- essay by Ramon K. Jusino explaining that Mary Magdalene is the "Beloved Disciple" of the Gospel attributed to "John."   

Susan G. Butrille: Women's Voices  -- includes material on the Black Madonna, and "Dates in Women's History."

Book of Ruth -- Feminist translation and commentary on the Book of  Ruth.

Women in Judaism -- A multidisciplinary, refereed journal published only online

NONA -- women's spirituality and other women's issues from Zagreb and Croatia. 

Muslim Women's Homepage -- articles, bibliographies, links and other info on the status of women in Islam.

Bat Shalom of The Jerusalem Link -- A feminist center working towards a democratic and pluralistic society in Israel, where women will have more influence.

Gender Studies at the Jewish History Research Center -- Extensive series of links to a large number of subjects, both ancient and modern, on the website of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Women Active in Buddhism homepage -- includes info on ordination and on female Buddhas and Bottisattvas

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance -- Information on a wide variety of religions

Other Women's Concerns

Artemis--Guide to US Women's Studies Programs -- links by state

Women's Studies/Women's Issue Resource Site -- links compiled by Joan Korenman

Feminist.com -- news, resources, links, activism, health

FGM Education & Networking Project -- Information about female genital mutilation practices worldwide, FAQ, contacts, mailing lists.

Kirsten Andenberg's Online Vulva Museum--art and information focusing on the the beauty, power, and sacredness of female genitals.

The Women's Network -- Trish Wilson's site focuses on family law, domestic violence, and child abuse. Includes many legal links. See also "The Countess" in Blogroll.

Marge Piercy homepage -- autobiographical material, bibliography

Wise Women's Web -- 'zine published by Daniela Gioseffi

AwakenedWoman.com -- ezine of spiritual, social, and political concerns

feminista! -- The online journal of feminist construction

Women'space -- feminist e-zine on use of cyberspace for women's activism

Feminist Bookstores -- worldwide, divided by locality

Block Bonobo Foundation--Pleasure, peace and gender equity among certain chimpanzees.

 

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