#dianic

[ilsebet]

TWILIT DAUGHTER OF BLUE-GLINTING SNOWS SLICING DOWN POWDERED SLOPES, FAITHFUL WOLF-PACK IN HOWLING TOW, UNLEASHING HAIL OF ARROW ON MERCILESS ARROW FROM THY DREAD-SONG BOW SUNNA'S LAST KISS IN GLOAMING FAREWELL LIMNS FAST-FALLING FOES. SKAÐI, EAGLE-EYED HUNTRESS OF WHITE-CAPPED PEAKS, PEERLESS IN STRENGTH, SHE WHO DELIGHTS IN BLIZZARDS BLEAK, THE VERY MOUNTAINS QUAKE TO ONLY HEAR THEE SPEAK. ALL ASGARD FEARS THAT WHICH THY WRATH WREAKS.

[her-hands-and-teeth]

Posting for interest and courtesy:

The Maetreum of Cybele Goddess temple/monastery is seeking novicates to live and train as priestesses at the temple in Palenville, New York. This temple is based on the Cybeline revival.

If you are a goddess devoted woman with an interest in monastic temple living check out their website at https://www.gallae.com/?mibextid=r5uJeJ and you can contact their Rev. Mother via Facebook or email.

[nansheonearth]

I know folks check your blog for events, so I wanted to let other womyn know about the Daughters of Diana Gathering, which is happening October 27-30 in CA. It’s a female-only Dianic witchcraft event. I can’t make it but maybe someone else can :)

DAUGHTERS OF DIANA GATHERING

Our Resilience: Drawing Strength From the Well of Our Goddess Sisterhood

October 27 - 30, 2022

IN- PERSON Gathering RETURNS!

PRESENTERS  INCLUDE:

FALCON RIVER

RUTH BARRETT  

CERRIDWYN ROSE LABRYS

AVA PARK      

HESTIA BEE       

SANDY CYBELE

DIANNA RITOLA  

NICKI HARRIS   

TRACIE JONES

TEMPLE ARDINGER     

CATHERINE RIDDER    

JUDITH MARTIN STRAW

Dear Sisters,

We are thrilled to announce that after a 2-year pause due to COVID-19 restrictions, Daughters of Diana Gathering will be offered IN-PERSON this year!  Daughters of Diana Gathering includes presentations, seasonal workshops, and our annual community Hallowmas ritual.  We will be opening registration soon, and will be strictly following the COVID safety policy of our camp. Registration will be on a first-come basis with attendance limitations.

Workshops focus on themes of the Halloween season and other topics of interest to feminist witches and goddess women.

https://www.daughtersofdianagathering.org/

[astreesophia]

Noctem quietam et finem perfectum concedat nobis Domina omnipotens.

A quiet night and a perfect end grant unto us, almighty Lady.

[ocean-not-found]

Heaven and earth resound the Hymn, Salve, Salve, Salve Regina

[witchcraft4beginners]

Empowerment and Magic: Discovering Dianic Witchcraft #divinationtools #...

[iseehersmile]

I think that radical feminists have issue seeing the worth of witchcraft, dianic witchcraft and female-centred witchcraft because they do not know much about it. The reason it drew me in was because of rituals and symbols. There are a few radfems I have seen who understand that the lack of positive symbols in religion have a negative effect of women everywhere. Men have the cross, women have the apple. That sort of thing. However female-centred witchcraft seeks to change that and instead have positive symbols and rituals that explore aspects of things unique in women! Such as our life experiences and our bodies.

These are some extracts of Ruth Barrett’s Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries, which is a book on Dianic Witchcraft. Now before I share I want to preface that spirituality simply isn’t for everyone. I’m not advocating to convert you. I am merely sharing in the hopes you will see WHY some radfems choose to explore the Dianic spirituality, or even just female centred witchcraft that tends to follow a variation of the same thought process.

I think upon reading these, it is difficult to not see the worth of witchcraft that some of us see.

[blessingsofthemother]

I will never fill my home with icons of m*n. I will never kneel before a lord, I will never pray to a father. My house will one day be filled with images of the Mother Earth and Grandmother Sky and our Sister Moon. Spirals and circles and stars and yonis will be my symbols, womyn will be my religion. There will be no penances, no hell to fear nor heaven focused upon as distant reward. Life will be celebrated in all facets. The body will be held as the most sacred thing, as the small version of our vast world. The Goddess blesses all who love Her as She is pure Love.

[crazycatsiren]

If you are a "Dianic Wiccan" or call yourself a "Dianic witch", I'm just going to assume you're a TERF and block you. Sorry not sorry.

[xxconnection]

lesbian festival season may be over but the community is as lively as ever!

EVENTS: Cinema Systers Lesbian Film Festival is in KY May 23-26! Early bird tickets on sale thru Dec 31! National Women's Music Festival is in WI June 20-23! Big Mouth Girl Music Festival is in MI July 23-28!

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS: INTL Women's Flag Football is inviting teams, leagues, and individuals! IWFFA.com RCGI-Crossroads is meeting in IN for Goddess-focused Shabbat rituals! The Temple of Diana is offering virtual and in-person classes! templeofdiana.org Guardians of the Grove are offering virtual classes in female-centered magick and ritual-making! guardiansofthegrove.org

BOOKS, MUSIC, & FILMS: Overcoming Deepest Grief: a Woman's Journey by Mary Aviyah Farkas. Award-winning book about finding love and joy after the agonizing loss of her first wife. Love with Soul: Award-winning romance novels with lesbians 50+, slow burn, and abiding love. The Hum of Bees and Lie with ME by Patricia Spencer Novels by Carol Anne Douglas: Choosing Yellowstone, about older lesbians still in love but separated by miles. Lesbian movies: Wolfe Video for DVDs and streaming wolfevideo.com, wolfeondemand.com Sinister Wisdom: a Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal! 50th anniversary in 2026! sinisterwisdom.com The Touch of Her Voice: Romance, relationship, betrayal, and redemption… with some basketball thrown in. A debut novel by Sara Scott. Joyful, sexy, fun! Miss Lister's Guest House gets rave reviews. You'll love this new lesbian romance by A L Aikman. What Makes a Lesbian? A short story memoir by Paula Schorr. Soulful Reflections: a book of poetry and photos by Linda L. Franklin.

[sororfeminarum]

My Dianic/Female Centered witch reading list (will update as I get more)!

The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries by Z. Budapest (because obviously)

The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler

Who Cooked the Last Supper? by Rosalind Miles

The Skeptical Feminist by Barbara G. Walker

The Spiral Dance by Starhawk

Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries by Ruth Barrett

The Pagan Book of Living and Dying by Starhawk

Moon Time by Lucy H. Pearce

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

WomanRunes by Starhawk and Molly Remer

Whole and Holy: A Goddess Devotional by Molly Remer

You are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza

The Power of Ritual by Casper Ter Kuile

Feel free to leave some recommendations! I really like hearing especially about non-pagan books that influenced your practice (like the last two listed here were for me)!

Blessed be! 🌙💫✨

[astreesophia]

thinking about it..... (translating the clear recital into french)

[ocean-not-found]

[thestars-aremycanvas]

one reason (personally) that I am not drawn to filianism or deanism is because I refuse to believe I am marred or imperfect in any way, a distorted version of what I once was. I am like Nature, and in Nature there is no such thing as perfection/imperfection. There merely is what there is.

[sheisadykewomon]

“For many, the very thought of creating meaningful ritual is too intimidating. Out of societal conditioning, women often wait for others to take the lead or simply suppress their own needs, desires, and dreams to varying degrees. Consequently, we lead lives that too often are physically, emotionally, and spiritually unfulfilled. Because daily life has become so increasingly trivialized and superficial, it is all the more critical that women challenge themselves to make meaning in their own lives and in the lives of others. We are the women we’ve been waiting for.”

— Ruth Barrett, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation

[shewhoexploresthewoods]

“Some of the old goddess tales were twisted to suit the takeover of male powers, in order to win converts to their new gods. For example, Pandora (All-Gifts) was originally a Great Mother Goddess, whose box (womb, cauldron, cave, cup) was a reservoir of beauty and life-sustaining gifts. Patriarchal myth tells us that Her box contained all manner of destructive demons, which once unleashed upon the world, brought evil and suffering to all. Eve was also a Mother Goddess, whose tree was the Tree of Life. The serpent was her own sensual wisdom, and the apple was her sacred fruit. Athene, whom we are told was born fully grown out of the head of Zeus, dressed in armor and ready for war, was originally the daughter of the matriarchal goddess Metis. (Meter, method, measure, matter, mother…) Both mother and daughter were worshipped by the Amazons at Lake Triton, and were born parthenogenetically—without sperm.”

This quote was taken from the book, Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic by Shekhinah Mountainwater. The quote comes from the Myth-Making section of Cycle 1 on page 26.

Reading about the true origins of Pandora, Eve, and Athene (female mythical figures we’ve all heard about and seen in popular media) is cathartic. My heart is filled with joy!