What It Means to Be a Living Goddess: Reclaiming Feminine Power, and Sacred Identity
What Does It Mean to Be a Living Goddess? Recently, I found myself going inward to explore this question more deeply, especially because this is the very path I guide women toward. Before I share what I’ve come to understand, I want to offer some personal reflections and revelations that have shaped my relationship with this sacred idea. For many years, I’ve written about the great shift in power that occurred thousands of years ago when the Goddess was dethroned, her temples dismantled, plundered, or overtaken. In some cases, women were allowed to remain only as caretakers of seasonal rituals, while male priests assumed control of spiritual life and authority. As patriarchal systems gradually dominated entire cultures, the feminine teachings of the Goddess were deemed unnecessary or even dangerous. Religious doctrine, written by men, redefined women’s roles, reducing them to childbearing, serving their husbands sexually, raising children, and tending the home. Even wealthy women often...