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Keynote: Inanna’s Journey: Letting Ourselves Off the Hook
Presented by Rev. Judith Laxer
Rev. Laxer is the founder of Gaia’s Temple in
Seattle, WA, and author of Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for
Nature Lovers [Ravenswood Publishing]
Conference organizers say: “Our purpose is
to provide a supportive and nurturing setting for a dialogue of caring and
mutual respect between and among people from many spiritual and religious
traditions. The conference does not advocate or exclude any view and continues
to foster an understanding and celebration of similarities and differences. May
we continue to aid one another on our individual and communal spiritual
journeys.” Learn more about the conference and register at https://womenandspirituality.org/
Friday March 13 and Saturday March 14, 2020 will be the sixth biennial ASWM conference. There will be two days of keynote addresses, panel discussions, workshops and roundtables. It will be a great time to share our passions for women and mythology, as expressed in our scholarship in research and the arts.
In 2020, we will meet at the beautiful Temaya Hyatt Regency, Santa Ana Pueblo, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Visit the link to explore this gorgeous location.
For those of you who are interested in our friends in the Matriarchal Studies group, they plan to meet in the same location on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
Sadly, we report that Dr. Savithri Shanker De Tourreil (1935-2019) passed away from complications related to illness, in Montreal, Quebec, on 18 June 2019. She was 84. She was a beloved member of our ASWM community of scholars.
Dr. De Tourreil who held degrees in English literature and religious studies was an active member of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM) where she presented foundational and engaging studies on the matrilineal cultures and customs of Kerala. Her groundbreaking ethnographic doctoral research on women-centered social customs among the Nayar community, *Nayars in a South Indian Matrix: A Study Based on Female Centered Rituals* (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 1995) continues to serve as an inspiring model of feminist ethnography, feminist religious studies, matrilineal kinship, goddess scholarship, Hindu women, social change and social customs. Savithri cherished her colleagues and friends in the ASWM circle, and until failing health prevented her from traveling, actively participated in ASWM conferences. Savithri’s clear, original and engaging discussions on the ethnographic, sociological, and anthropological dimensions of women-centered religious practices, gift-economies, matrilineal studies, and goddess mythology have enlivened many ASWM conferences. Savithri’s research has been widely published in feminist religious studies and matrilineal studies.
Full of laughter and wisdom, Savithri was an inspiration to scholars everywhere. Her niece, Gayatri Devi, who co-presented with her, is a member of our ASWM Board. It was Savithri and Gayatri who taught us the wonderful Hand Blessing of the women of Kerala. To paraphrase the famous Jewish prayer, her memory is a blessing to us all.
"Feminism on the Borderlands" with Dr. Monica Mody April 16, 2019 moderated by Gayatri Devi PhD How do we move into the borderlands to reclaim our full relationship with modernity, secularization, and the shadow spaces in our own psyches? How do we relate to the shadow produced by European and western modes of being, thinking …
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