The Goddess Divine Podcast

 In this episode we descend into the unsettling realm of Lyssa, the Greek goddess of mad rage, frenzy, and destructive possession. Known most vividly from Euripides’ Heracles , Lyssa represents a terrifying truth recognized by the ancient Greeks: the human mind is not entirely sovereign. Reason can be overtaken, emotions can erupt beyond control, and what we call madness was once understood as a d...

In this episode, we explore The Thunder, Perfect Mind , one of the most arresting texts discovered in the Nag Hammadi library. Written in Coptic and voiced as a first-person divine monologue, the text confronts us with a sacred voice that refuses coherence, hierarchy, or obedience. “I am the first and the last… I am the whore and the holy one… I am the silence that is incomprehensible.” Rather tha...

In this episode, we descend into the shadowed cosmology of the Gnostics to encounter one of their most defiant and luminous figures: Norea. Known only faintly, if at all, in biblical memory, she emerges powerfully in The Hypostasis of the Archons and related texts as a woman turned away from Noah’s ark, condemned by the rulers of this world, and yet untouched by their corruption. Why would Noah re...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we explore the enduring intersection of divine femininity and political authority. From ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern national symbolism, goddesses have shaped political systems, legitimized rulers, and embodied the ideals of nations. We begin by examining why goddess imagery matters in politics: how rulers have invoked the divine feminine...

 In this episode, we explore the ancient and transformative practice of channeling, the art of allowing the divine, the goddess, or spiritual guides to speak through us. From its roots in shamanic traditions to modern-day practitioners like Jane Roberts and Edgar Cayce, channeling has long served as a bridge between the human and the sacred. Whether you are curious, a seeker of wisdom, or looking...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we explore Amesemi, the Nubian warrior-protector goddess of the Kingdom of Kush. From her crescent-moon crown and solar symbols to her partnership with the lion-headed god Apedemak, Amesemi embodies courage, vigilance, and life-giving energy. We examine her worship through temple inscriptions, royal dedications, and funerary contexts, and reflect on...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we journey into the luminous world of Manzat, the Mesopotamian and Elamite goddess of the rainbow, liminality, and cosmic covenant. We begin with a reimagined microstory, a young girl standing beneath the desert sky, witnessing the rainbow goddess unfurl her arc in the twilight as a reminder that the world still holds together after chaos. From there...

In this deeply restorative episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we journey into the heart of Clementia , the Roman goddess of mercy, forgiveness, and compassionate authority. Far from being a passive or overlooked deity, Clementia emerges as a force of quiet revolution, a goddess whose power softens the edges of conflict, tempers justice with compassion, and invites the human spirit into a high...

 Step back to AD 60 and witness the rise of one of history’s most fearless warriors: Boudica, Queen of the Iceni. Betrayed by Rome, humiliated and oppressed, she ignited a rebellion that shook the empire. In this episode, we explore the story behind the legend, from the burning of Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium, to the final showdown with Roman forces. Hear Boudica’s voice as we imagine he...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine , we journey into the brilliant, ambivalent, world-crossing power of Shapash, the Phoenician and Ugaritic Sun-Goddess known as the “Torch of the Gods.” Through myth, cosmology, ancient ritual, and contemplative storytelling, we explore her role as messenger, witness, healer, psychopomp, and negotiator between life and death. With insights from the Baal Cycle,...

Before she was reduced to a torch-bearing witch at the edge of Olympus, Hekate was something far older, stranger, and more terrifyingly compassionate. In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we enter the liminal realm of Goddess Hekate, keeper of thresholds, guardian of crossroads, and initiatrix of souls who stand between worlds. We begin with the haunting figure of Hecuba, the Trojan que...

Hekate is one of the most complex and enduring goddesses of the ancient world, a figure who resists simplification, moralization, and domestication. Neither fully Olympian nor entirely chthonic, she stands at the crossroads: between life and death, light and darkness, beginnings and endings. In this episode, we explore who Hekate truly is beneath the later labels of “witch goddess” and how her pow...

In this episode, we enter the burning heart of the myth of Semele , the mortal woman who loved Zeus and dared to ask for the truth of his divine form. Her story is one of desire, revelation, and transformation, a tale where vision becomes fire and mortality dissolves into light. Drawing from Hesiod, Apollodorus, Euripides, and Ovid, we trace how Semele’s death by lightning becomes not an end, but...

 In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we walk with Ala, the Igbo Earth Mother, across myth, history, and the modern world. From her cosmology as the living earth and arbiter of morality, to colonial disruptions and contemporary exploitation, including child labor in Congolese cobalt mines, oil devastation in the Niger Delta, and deforestation across Africa, we explore how humanity has v...

Happy New Year everyone! In this luminous New Year episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we journey into the heart of renewal — the sacred threshold between what has been and what is yet to come. Through story, reflection, meditation, and invocation, you’ll awaken your Inner Goddess, the eternal presence of wisdom, power, and compassion that lives within you. We begin with “The Dawn of the Inner...

In this episode, we explore the enchanting Italian figure of La Befana, the winter witch who sweeps across the night sky on Epiphany Eve, delivering gifts, blessings, and quiet wisdom. Far more than a quaint holiday character, La Befana is an ancient echo of pre-Christian goddesses of hearth, liminality, and renewal, a crone spirit who holds the threshold between the old year and the new. We trace...

In this episode, we journey into the life of Paulina of Nola, a Roman noblewoman transformed by grief, devotion, and an extraordinary capacity for love. Her story stands at the crossroads of Roman virtue and early Christian spirituality, revealing a feminine archetype that blends dignity, humility, and courageous compassion. We explore Paulina’s origins among the Roman elite, tracing how the devas...

Today we are connecting to the ancient Roman goddess Fides. Fides, the Roman goddess of trust, loyalty, and fidelity, illuminates the enduring power of promises, integrity, and honor. From the Capitoline Temple to everyday acts of faith in the marketplace, Fides teaches that trust is both a personal virtue and a societal force. Through her guidance, we learn that integrity transforms relationships...

In this episode, we journey to the edges of the cosmos to meet Aether, the primordial god of the upper air and pure light, and Hemera, the goddess of day and the radiant unfolding of life. Born from the eternal darkness of Nyx and the boundless expanse of Chaos, these deities embody illumination, clarity, and the sacred rhythm of day and night. Through myth and meditation, we explore how Aether an...

On this episode of the Goddess Divine Podcast we revisit the ancient primordial goddess Asherah. This episode is a previously unreleased session that I did with a friend of mine several months ago. I have uploaded it for those who are very interested in goddess Asherah and wish to connect with her more closely. I hope this episode is helpful during your journey. 

In this episode, we explore Hybris, the ancient Greek personification of arrogance, overreach, and hubris. Born from a cosmic desire to test the limits of mortals, Hybris serves as a mirror reflecting our pride, entitlement, and the consequences of forgetting balance. Through myth, meditation, and reflection, we uncover how Hybris teaches the soul the sacred lesson of restraint, humility, and cosm...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we journey into the enigmatic world of the Etruscans to rediscover Nortia, the powerful goddess of time, fate, cycles, and the delicate hinges upon which destiny turns. Often overshadowed by her Greek and Roman counterparts, Nortia emerges here not as a forgotten deity, but as a force of cosmic precision,  the one who fixes time itself . We begin wit...

In this hauntingly introspective episode, we descend into the veiled corridors of Greek mythology to meet two often-forgotten daughters of the divine feminine shadow — Apate, the spirit of deceit, and Ate, the goddess of ruin and reckless impulse. Together, they form a mirror of human folly and awakening, revealing the hidden architecture of our own self-deceptions. Born of Nyx, the night herself,...

In this contemplative and expansive episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , Deanna explores one of the great mysteries of ancient spirituality: What becomes of a goddess when her temples fall, her people vanish, and her name is no longer spoken? Moving through history, myth, cosmology, psychology, and metaphysics, the episode unravels how divine feminine energies are transformed, not destroyed, wh...

In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast , we explore one of the most electrifying themes in goddess traditions around the world: apotheosis , the transformation of a mortal woman into a goddess. Across cultures and centuries, this moment of becoming marks the threshold where human suffering, courage, devotion, or injustice ignites into divine presence. From Inanna’s descent and resurrection,...