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01/07/2025

Homage to Meridel LeSueur On the Anniversary of Her Death: 11/13/96 You held my hand As no one ever has before or since; Looking in my eyes With your piercing gaze You named me Persephone. You stepped out of the darkness today To rally your daughters; My heart is blessed with tears To be amongst them. How did I find you then…...

Homage to Meridel LeSueur On the Anniversary of Her Death: 11/13/96 You held my hand As no one ever has before or since; Looking in my eyes With your piercing gaze You named me Persephone. You step…

28/06/2025

(She Summons Excerpt) The Morrighan by Arlene Bailey

Morrighan, art by Arlene Bailey [Editor’s Note: This essay was included in She Summons: Why Goddess Feminist Activist Spirituality? Volume 1, coedited by Kaalii Cargill and Helen Hye-Sook Hwa…

26/06/2025

Green tears, Photo by Sara Wright “That move into mystery is not an abandonment of perception into a cloud of unknowing. It’s a move into a different form of knowing.” —Robert Macfarlane I stepped outside when the sun was just rising over the horizon and low enough in the sky to create a play of shadow and light. This is my favorite time of the day to witness the astonishing beauty of the earth that is spreading her shimmering cloak around my feet… …...

Green tears, Photo by Sara Wright “That move into mystery is not an abandonment of perception into a cloud of unknowing. It’s a move into a different form …

25/06/2025

Namu Wiki image Tales from South Gyeongsang, Busan Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City (C) Of 19 tales, “Mago” and “Magu” are attributed to the Cosmogonist thirteen times, whereas “Magui” is only three times. Mago or Magu of Mt. Cheontae (Cheongtae or Cheongdae) are mentioned four times. She is mentioned as “Halmi,” “Halmeoni” or “Strong Halmeoni” three times. One tale mentions “Sinseon (Divine Mage) Mago Halmi.” “Mabu Halmi” is a parochial reference in this region....

[Author’s Note: This essay was included in the journal, S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies (Vol 3 No 1, 2024). Footnotes numbers here differ from those of the original article.…

22/06/2025

Sarah Wolfe’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including The Orchard Poetry Journal, Cathexis Northwest Press, Synkroniciti, Bitter Melon Review, Willows Wept Review, Misfit Magazine, Academy of the Heart and Mind, and other places. She earned a BA in Communication and Media Arts from Montclair State University, with minors in English and Film.

Sarah Wolfe’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including The Orchard Poetry Journal, Cathexis Northwest Press, Synkroniciti, Bitter Melon Review, Willows Wept Review, Misfit Maga…

21/06/2025

Sandhill Crane, Albuquerque, MN, photo by Mary Saracino They sustain us the birds and the bees in their infinite beauty they fly through the air the bees buzzing, the birds flapping their wings chirping, singing making a joyful noise for all to hear. Each morning I thank the birds for their songs, acknowledge the bees for their industry. I watch and listen…...

Sandhill Crane, Albuquerque, MN, photo by Mary Saracino They sustain us the birds and the bees in their infinite beauty they fly through the air the bees buzzing, the birds flapping their wings chi…

20/06/2025

Theme: “Motherhood, Matriarchy, and Matriverse Re-deemed in the Cosmic Mother” Date: June 12-15 PT (Pacific Time Zone) USA Venue: Zoom Meeting HallsMago Academy (Lytle Creek, California 92358) Exec…

19/06/2025

A Shroud of the Miraculous For the 14,000 Children Massacred in Gaza Dr. Stephanie Mines It is made of finely woven linen.So that the soul’s breath of the deadIs visible, to those who can see.The shroud moves up and down.Like a cotton kaftan on a grieving woman,Standing at the edge of the sea at sunset…...

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[Editor’s Note: This and subsequent excerpt parts are from the anthology entitled Wounded Feminine: Grieving with Goddess, published by Girl God Books (2024).] A Shroud of the Miraculous For …

17/06/2025

"Come forth, O children, under the stars, and take your fill of love!"Tamara Wyndham, contact body prints, stencils, acrylic on cotton, 88” x 105”, 2025 Contact prints of the body have a tradition in sacred arts, often functioningas evidence of the physical existence of divine or holy persons. We knowthe Shroud of Turin, the footprints of Buddha and Mohammed, prehistoric…...

13/06/2025

Trees Los Altos, Albuquerque, NM photo by Mary Saracino Trees aren’t crazy or cruel like humans. They don’t lie or kill. They don’t spew hate or rouse fear. They sway with the wind, dig roots deep into the soil, feed one another, create homes for birds shelter for weary travelers. They bear fruit and nuts, provide shade and solace. Their limbs bear ice and snow,...

[Editors’ Note: Learn about how the “Nine Poets Speak” series came to be in place here.] Trees Los Altos, Albuquerque, NM photo by Mary Saracino Trees aren’t crazy or cruel like h…

11/06/2025

Ad for a reading, Judy Grahn with a band,“High Risk” who recorded Common Woman Poems.About 1974- or 1975. Tickets were $2. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang It is my honor to e-interview Dr. Judy Grahn. Sometimes life turns serendipitously. I did not think that I would be working with Judy Grahn even two years ago. Magnetically, Judy has become an important figure for…...

Ad for a reading, Judy Grahn with a band,“High Risk” who recorded Common Woman Poems.About 1974- or 1975. Tickets were $2. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang It is my honor to e-interview Dr. Judy Grahn. Sometim…

10/06/2025

Photo by Sara Wright I am standing on top of a mountain looking over a landscape of unspeakable wild natural beauty that stretches as far as I can see. This is the ‘long view’ the dream -maker tells me. The trees are stretching out their lush green needles to the sky as if in prayer, and they are whole. The forests, clear waters, the animals, birds, insects....