2021 Program: Poetry Performance, “An Exaltation of Goddesses”

Annie Finch

As a special feature of our 2021 Symposium program, we are delighted to present a collaborative poetry performance in tribute to Marija Gimbutas. “An Exaltation of Goddesses” is a mythological tour of goddesses created by thirteen international poets.

The amazing poets/goddesses presenting include Annie Finch (*Friya), Jurgita Jasponyte (Zemyna), Ann Filemyr (Brigid) Marianela Medrano (Ataberya), Richelle Slota (Cybele), Mary Mackey (Xori), Yona Harvey (Nana Buruku), Monica Mody (Saraswati), Arundhati Subramaniam (Neeli Mariamman), Raina Leon (Nyx), Anna Halberstadt (Dalia), Purvi Shah (Kali), and Judy Grahn (Aruru).

“An Exaltation of Goddesses” is a creation of  Dr. Annie Finch and Poetry Witch Ritual Theater Productions.  It is scheduled for Friday July 16 at 5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. It will also be available in the “On Demand” content page for viewing at other times.

Special thanks to Annie Finch and the talented women of the Poetry Witch Community for sharing their work in this unique celebration.  Annie says the Community “brings together women poets and poetry lovers, feminists, and women-centered spiritual seekers and practitioners from around the world. We practice poetry, scansion, and magic, weave webs of connection and empowerment–and explore the rhythmic languages of poetry and life–so we can learn to craft our lives and words in more joyfully powerful ways.”

A commemorative book of these 13 poems, along with each poet’s meditation on her Goddess, is being published in conjunction with the performance. Copies of this keepsake book, entitled An Exaltation of Goddesses: Poems for the Divine Feminine, are available from Poetry Witch Press.

 

 

Scholar Salon 22

Scholar Salons - Registration and Recordings "Signs Out of Time" Honoring the Life and Work of Marija Gimbutas with Starhawk and Donna Read Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Watch Signs Out of Time anytime: Marija Gimbutas asserted, from the evidence she found, and from her extensive first-hand knowledge of her place – including its folklore and …

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“Wisdom Across the Ages” 2021 Symposium To Honor Marija Gimbutas

Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas

July 16-18, 2021

 Call Deadline: Feb 15, 2021

 

 

Marija Gimbutas

Marija Gimbutas’ pioneering scholarship on the earliest horticultural societies focuses on Old European cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean (6500-3500 BCE).

She founded the field of archaeomythology to investigate beliefs, rituals, symbols, and social structures of these early societies. Archaeomythology is inspiring a new generation of scholars to develop a deeper understanding of past and present earth-based societies.

Our ASWM symposium seeks to expand this understanding by highlighting the voices of First Nations and Indigenous scholars to discuss indigenous, Old European, and other Nature-based cultures.

We are seeking proposals in these topic areas:

  • Women at the Center: Matrifocal, Matristic, Matriarchal Societies
  • Voices from the Land
  • Sacred Human-Animal Relationships

We are also seeking artists’ entries for a juried art exhibit.

 Links to the Calls are on the womenandmyth.org/symposium page.

 

Our 2021 Symposium is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeomythology (IAM). Inspired by the scholarship of Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, IAM is an international organization of scholars dedicated to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to cultural research with particular emphasis on the beliefs, rituals, social structure, and symbolism of past and present societies. The Institute encourages dialogue among specialists from diverse fields by sponsoring international symposia, by publishing collected papers and monographs, and by promoting creative collaboration within an atmosphere of mutual support.

The Institute for Archaeomythology

IAM

ASWM’s 2021 Symposium, “Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas,is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeomythology (IAM). Inspired by the scholarship of Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, IAM is an international organization of scholars dedicated to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to cultural research with particular emphasis on the beliefs, rituals, social structure, and symbolism of past and present societies. The Institute encourages dialogue among specialists from diverse fields by sponsoring international symposia, by publishing collected papers and monographs, and by promoting creative collaboration within an atmosphere of mutual support.

Marija Gimbutas

Background

A visionary scholar, Marija Gimbutas actively encouraged students and colleagues from a variety of fields to examine problems in European prehistory with a more inclusive and interdisciplinary point of view. A major focus of her research centered on the Neolithic cultures of Old Europe and the Indo-European Bronze Age societies that replaced them. She stressed the importance of investigating the enormous changes in beliefs, rituals and social structure that took place as a result of the “collusion of cultures” that took place between c. 4500-2500 BC, during the Indo-Europeanization of Europe, in order to more fully understand subsequent European cultural development. In Gimbutas’s view, this was “one of the most complex and least understood [periods] in prehistory.”

Journal of Archaeomythology

The JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOMYTHOLOGY has been published on a semi-yearly basis since 2005. The Journal is available on an OPEN ACCESS basis. All issues of the Journal are freely available to members and non-members alike. To have full access to all Journal articles, please click here to register for a free account. IAM also publishes collected papers from international symposia and monographs on archaeomythological themes. Learn more at their website. IAM is a membership organization; learn more here.

Auction

We have many talented members. Occasionally ASWM holds art or service auctions.

This December 22nd, 2021 Auction has ended. Congratulations to the lucky winner!

Thank you all for your participation in our Auction Fundraiser. We so appreciate your generosity.  100% of the winning bid provides support for ASWM’s 2021 Symposium.

A very special thanks to Vicki Noble for offering this Motherpeace Tarot Reading opportunity.

Vicki is one of our favorite Foremothers of the Women’s Spirituality Community! Vicki Noble, artist, feminist, scholar, along with Karen Vogel, is creatrix of the MotherPeace Tarot Deck. Vicki offered a one hour Tarot reading to the winner of this fundraising Auction.

Visit VickiNoble.com and Motherpeace.com for more information.