History of Goddess Studies

Minoan Era Golden Bee

Patricia Monaghan has written a series of articles called “Approaches to the Study of Goddess Myths and Images” for the Seasonal Salon, the on-line journal for the Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess, International.  The articles explore the contributions of pioneer researchers over the last 150 years.

Link here for the first of these articles:

Seasonal Salon, Monaghan, Part 1

Web Resources for Managing References

 

In her recent editorial in Matrifocus, Sage Starwalker lists  these two great sites for managing, searching, and sharing scholarly references on the web.  Thanks, Sage!

CiteULike

http://www.citeulike.org/

a service for managing, discovering, and sharing scholarly references

Bibster

http://bibster.semanticweb.org/

a system that assists researchers in managing, searching, and sharing bibliographic metadata; “…it provides the possibility to search on a distributed peer-to-peer network … (and) an easy way to share data with other researchers.”

“The Goddess Movement Beyond the Baby Boom”

Minoan Era Golden Bee

One of the problems that has plagued feminist movements in the past is that one generation of “movers and shakers” has not found a way to communicate with the next generation.  In this informative editorial Sage Starwalker addresses cross-generational communication through the use of social networking and other technologies.  In order for us to keep growing and moving forward, we “elders” must find ways to bridge the gap and overcome any reluctance to meet our younger sisters in the places where they meet (probably on the internet).  This article ought to be required reading for those of us who want to open such a dialogue.

http://www.matrifocus.com/LAM09/editorial.htm

A Web Tour of Goddess Megaliths with Max Dashu

La Dame de St. Sernin, a wonderful example of mythic megaliths

Last night I sat down at the computer with a cup of tea, a pen and a tablet, ready to experience “Ancestral Stones of the Elder Kindreds.” It was Max Dashu’s visual tour of the megalithic standing stones of Europe.  I thought I was ready for the course, but I found myself writing and sketching all over my tablet until I had 6 pages of scribbled notes.

Deanne Quarrie (Bendis), a scholar and author in her own right, also took the class.  She says,

I sat enthralled before my computer, enjoying Max’s collection of images of standing stones and menhirs from France, Spain, Germany, areas around the Mediterranean, and from Africa, clearly representing woman’s forgotten place in our ancient heritage.  I am going to be taking her course (also online) and can hardly wait – I am so excited!

 

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