In Her Image: Finding Heavenly Mother in Scripture, Scholarship, the Arts, & Everyday Life

Today McArthur Krishna joins Jessica Woodbury as the first interviewee in the new series on sharing experiences and testimonies of Heavenly Mother. McArthur's background of curating art shows, co-authoring books, and giving firesides celebrating the doctrine of Mother in Heaven make her the perfect candidate to share the ups and downs of spreading the knowledge of Her relationship with us. McArthur shares what it's been lik...

In this episode, Jess offers readings from The Tree at the Center by Kathryn Knight Sonntag, Restoration: God's Call to the 21st Century World by Patrick Q. Mason, Cherish: The Joy of Our Mother in Heaven curated by Ashli Carnicelli, Trina Caudle, and McArthur Krishna, and Mother's Milk: Poems in search of Heavenly Mother by Rachel Hunt Steenblik. The selections of prose and poetry dip into themes of restoration, our work i...

Inspired by Esther's courage and the voices of so many LDS women on the internet over the last few weeks, Jess gets vulnerable and shares some of the poetry she's written over the past couple of years. Some heartbreaking, some fiery, some tender, her poems will likely connect with those traversing the terrain of deconstruction, seeking Heavenly Mother/the Divine Feminine, and/or craving inclusion at the institutional level....

Various ancient myths portraying the King's anointing, death, and rebirth come together in one miraculous Easter weekend, with the feminine archetype finally taking her rightful place in the story. In this episode, author and theologian Margaret Starbird joins Meg to share her spiritual and scholarly knowledge of the Divine Feminine as manifest in the Sacred Union of Christ with Mary Magdalene. Margaret shares about how she was...

In this episode, Jess tells the story of Asenath and her husband Joseph. Joseph is a well-known character in the Bible, but much less is known or said about the young Egyptian daughter of a priest he falls in love with. The apocryphal text, "Joseph and Asenath", tells the story of Asenath's conversion and subsequent marriage. Her story includes a week of extreme penitence, a visit from an angel, her receiving a new na...

In this week's episode we join Julene Humes in her journey to the Divine Feminine. We will learn about Waldorf Education as a way of supporting children in their development of the minds, hearts and hands and how this education style has a foundation in Sofianic Wisdom. Julene shares some beautiful ideas in anthroposophy about the Divine Feminine and her story of discovering hidden truths about Heavenly Mother.

In this week's episode, professor and goddess researcher Colette Numajiri joins Meg to share her knowledge of the Japanese Goddess Amaterasu. Amaterasu Omikami ('the Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven') is the most high deity of the Shintō religion. Regarded as the Queen of Heaven, she is embodied as the sun and is depicted as such in Japan's flag. This idea of the sun as a goddess, rather than a god, is rare and ma...

Amy McPhee Allebest, founder and host of the podcast Breaking Down Patriarchy, joins Meg in this episode to share what she has learned about prehistoric egalitarian societies. She highlights the discovery of Venus statues discovered all across Europe, the Near East, and Asia along with other evidence that suggests the practice of goddess worship not only in the Neolithic period, but extending back to Paleolithic times. Amy and Meg ...

In this episode, Pam and Meg unpack the ancient Mesopotamian story of Inanna's ascent from the underworld. With Inanna, we learn how to rise from our personal dark night of the soul as new, fully embodied creatures.

So many elements of the epic tale are up for interpretation by the listener, yet themes and meanings unveiled by Pam provide invaluable information to the initiate. Her experience as a birth worker and student ...

Picking up where she left off two episodes prior, author and birth worker Pam England shares the second half of Inanna's story: her ascent back up from the underworld. We finally learn how Inanna, Queen of heaven and archetypal warrior, goes from dead and decaying in the pit of the underworld to ascending with new wings into her new, fuller reality. Pam, with extensive wisdom gained through her own initiation years ago and subs...

Deep dive with Pam England and Meg into the lessons and symbols found in the story of Inanna's descent. If you missed the telling of the queenly tale, go back to last week's episode for Pam's stirring rendition.

What can be gained from learning of Inanna's initiation? Many elements of the story are up for interpretation by the listener, yet themes and meanings pointed out by Pam provide invaluable help in the ...

In this episode, author and birth worker Pam England performs the epic ancient tale of Inanna's Descent. If you are personally doing through a descent, be it a faith journey, struggle with depression, facing your shadow self, a difficult or unexpected experience, or the transition from maiden to mother, the story of Inanna's descent to the underworld will have special meaning and application for you.

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We have this extra special treat for you as a Christmas gift from us to you! Learn about how to incorporate the Divine Feminine into your Christmas celebrations with Mandy Green.

Mandy Green has spent the last 8 years learning Hebrew and Greek, studying the Bible in its original languages, visiting ancient temples and becoming an expert in the symbols and key words of the Feminine Divine.  She created a platform called Project Ill...

Spider Woman the Earth Goddess, White Bead Woman, Changing Woman, Selu the Corn Goddess, White Buffalo Woman. In this episode, Jess reads from Native American Goddess Tales to give a brief introduction to the Goddesses of various Indigenous tribes. These Goddesses have much to teach us about creation, sovereignty, and fierce compassion.

Read the full stories here: arcadiasystems.org/academia/goddess.html

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Amber is a facilitator, writer, and performance artist who uses story to design conversations and experiences for women seeking refuge and healing from wounding created inside patriarchal religion. We discuss her calling (as I see it) as a leader in the current wave of Mormon Feminism, seeking Heavenly Mother and expanding the feminine path inside and outside of Mormonism.

Kate comes back as a guest-host to interview and discu...