By Marco Nektan, Originally written in Serbian and covers a rich exploration of goddesses across Old European and Balkan traditions: Gods / Bogovi Hecate Hecate is the goddess of magic, witchcraft, night, the moon, ghosts, and necromancy. According to post-Olympian Greek legend, she was the daughter of the Titans Perseus and Asteria, from whom she […]
In the Center Was a Red Tent: A Revisit to the Women’s March in 2016
An excerpt from Chapter 6, Sacred Enoughness and The Red Tent, Sande Hart of Global Woman’s Village‘s book The Liminal Odyssey Coming Soon to a Location By You!* The results came in late the evening of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. There I sat, straight up in bed with my back to my headboard and […]
The Moon is Always Female
“Her glorious light. “The moon is always female,” wrote poet Marge Piercy. The connection of women and the moon is strong. As Robin Wall Kimmerer says in relating “The Words That Come Before Else,” “We put our minds together and give thanks to our oldest Grandmother, the Moon, who lights the nighttime sky. She is […]
Goddess 101
Written by and in honor of Abby Willowroot – as found in the preface of The Great Goddess Mother of All *See main picture credit below A note by Caryn: “When I first found Women’s Circles back in 2014, I bought one of these statues! So lovely to find out who designed it! IN honor […]
You Cannot Decenter Men While Still Kneeling to One
A guest post by Lisa Marie Hayes Women keep being told to decenter men as though it is a lifestyle preference. It is not. For many of us, decentering men is survival. It is what happens when you finally understand how much of your life has been organized around male approval, male comfort, male authority, […]
Witch Tips: Thriving not just Surviving
even in Chaos 1. Survival = Grounding & Protection First Before spells, aesthetics, or tools—focus on stability. Core practices: Ground daily (barefoot outside, breathwork, touch something natural)Cleanse your space regularly (smoke, sound, water, intention)Protect your energy (visual shields, wards, or simple intention-setting) Think: “Am I energetically safe and centered?” 2. Build a Simple, Consistent Practice […]
What Is Missing – Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique
the problem finds a name “Her book inspired me as a young wife and mother to become involved in the women’s empowerment movement. I still am in my 80’s.” Ann Smith, Green Tent Circle She had done everything right. Bettye Naomi Goldstein grew up in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of a Russian immigrant jeweler and […]
Support First Nations Girls of Visual Dreaming
By Lushanya Echeverria Dear Relatives, Friends, and Community, When my mother passed, I cut my hair. It is our tradition, and one I dreaded for a decade while I decided to allow my hair to grow long again. Fun fact, I always kept my hair short, as a professional educator, because I thought having “long […]
A Small Fist of Resistance
Sometimes all we haveis a small fist of resistance,lifted to offer our own stubborn joy,our own sacred work,our own determined hope upinto a sea of chaos & noise,held up in defiance to an avalanche of apathy & greed,refusing to capitulate to cynicism or surrender to despair.We light our candles & offer our prayers.We call the […]
Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies and Geishas of the Ming
Edith Garrud “The police were beating up the suffragists, on the rationale that they had rejected the patriarchal protection racket, and therefore deserved it. Edith Garrud, one of the first Europeans to study Asian martial arts, taught the women how to use the men’s weight against them, and on one occasion her studio hid women […]