Voices of the Sacred Feminine

At the top of tonight's show, Licia Berry will discuss Reclaiming our Sacredness:  Recovery from Sexual Abuse through the Sacred Feminine.  Licia will help listeners understand how to embody the feminine, to see the connection between the feminine and creativity, and changing patterns of sexual abuse.  Also, overcoming low self esteem and being told you're "trash," difficult wounds from the mother...

At the top of tonight's show Laurelei Black, author and priestess of Aphrodite discusses "Liminality & Initiation in Aphrodite's Myths & Symbols" - just what is liminality and in particular Aphrodite's liminality.   We'll delve into the idea of sex without pollution, how Aphrodite is associated with love, sleep and death, her symbols and Adonis and the sharing of the pomegranate. Then we h...

At the top of the show tonight we have documentary filmmaker, Isadora Leidenfrost , discussing her upcoming film, "Things We Don't Talk About: Women's Voices from the Red Tent."  Isadora creates documentary films about embedded culture and spiritual traditions.  We'll discuss the Red Tent movement and her upcoming documentary film. She is followed by popular spiritual blogger, Teza Lord, discussin...

Clare Breshahan, Programs Director for She Should Run programs, manager of Women's Campaign Fund, and Girl Scouts will discuss Sexism in the Media.  Why is this a huge problem for women in office ?  Sexist language and the effect on voters, candidates, women considering running for office. Melanie Bacon is up next to discuss her book, Mary and the Goddess of Ephesus.  She gives us insight into wha...

Elizabeth Quick joins us at the top of the show to discuss being a 7th generation Mormon.  We'll delve into Mormon feminism, including the Mormon suffragettes and the first women to vote in the United States.  We'll talk about Mormon mysticism and their use of etheogens, the Mormon Goddess and Mormon women's spirituality.  She'll shed light on the hostility toward women of that time that seems to...

At the top of the show tonight, Cass Dalglish will chat with me on the theme of Inanna and Humming the Blues - Women Have Been Writing Their Stories for More Than 4000 Years.  We'll discuss Enheduanna, the female Sumerian writer from ancient times and her association with the Goddess, Inanna.  Learn why both are so important.   Cass is a fiction writer and prose poet who has worked in broadcast jo...

Sacred Salon start each month with a report from Flash Silvermoon telling us what the Cosmos has cooked up for us in the coming weeks.  Then we begin our Ritual on the Radio.  Karen and Sam team up and present a monthly Sacred Salon.  Tonight's theme is Pruning Your Divine Tree - in other words, taking a look at what no longer works in your life and pruning it away.  Maybe it's toxic people, bad h...

Scholar Rosemary Radford Ruether, author of Gaia and God and Ecofeminism: Globilization and World Religions will discuss EcoFeminism.  We'll chat about  the relationship between ecology and feminism, ecology and theology in religions such as Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.  If you ever wondered how the idea of ecofeminism developed, Rosemary will give us insight.  In the second half of the show, Caro...

Tune in with us tonight as Flash Silvermoon tells us what the cosmic forces have cooked up for us this month in her Astroflash!  We're supposed to be in for a wild ride! In the second half of the show, Michael Weber, Program diector of Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) will give us some insights into Which Animals are Friends and Which Are Food and Why?    

At the top of the show, Joan Marler, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology will discuss Gorgons, a class she teaches at CIIS, SFO. Following Joan, we have with us the controversial Lierre Keith, writer, small farmer and radical feminist activist.  She is the author of The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability which has been called "the most important ecolo...

Join Samantha Sage and I for our Ritual on the Radio, when we carve out a brief period of time to connect with the Divine Feminine each month and learn about Her ideals which will help us transform ourselves and the world!  Our theme tonight is Freedom and Liberation, honoring the Goddesses Themis, Lady Freedom and Lady Libertas.

First up on tonight's show is NY Times bestselling author of 20 books, Author of The Medicine Woman Series, LYNN ANDREWS, discussing her new book, Coming Full Circle - Ancient Teachings for a Modern World. Followed by scholar Amy Levin, contributor to The Revealer; A Daily Review of Religion and Media who is a practicising feminist discussing  contemporary religious movements in the US and the int...

First up tonight is Amy Logan, author of the new book, The Seven Perfumes of Sacrifice, a thriller about the search for the origins of honor killing and the Divine Feminine in the Arab world.  In doing research for this fiction book, Amy discovers a lot about women's issues and Goddess within Arab culture she shares with listeners. Next is William Kennedy discussing The White Goddess, Robert Grave...

At the top of the hour tonight, join me to hear Shaeri Richards, author of Dancing With Your Dragon: The Art of Loving Your Unlovable Self teach us how to reclaim our personal power through the practice of unconditional love.  Shaeri tells us how to use our Magic Mirror for self-growth and development. In a similar spirit, we will continue our topic of self-healing and development as Aleya Dao, ma...

At the top of the hour we have Fr. Paul Smith, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church discussing his book Is It Okay to Call God "Mother" - Considering the Feminine Face of God.  Paul Smith challenges the church to biblical fidelity and justice in its worship language.  We'll also ask him to discuss the chapter in his book his publisher made him leave out of his most recent book, Integral Christianity-...

Flash Silvermoon delivers this month's Astroflash to let us know what the celestial bodies are cookin' up for us this month, including discussion the the Venus transit, marking an increased energy of the Sacred Feminine in the cosmos. Afterward, tune in and take part in our Sacred Salon or Ritual on the Radio with a theme of Good Fortune, Good Luck and our Real Bounty.  Samantha Sage, Sacred Sunda...

At the top of the hour, William Moore of the Ressurect Isis website will discuss the role of Isis in a needed religious renaissance which may lead toward a new age of enlightenment. In the second half of the show, Amalya Peck of the Goddess Studio in Escondido, CA will discuss Magic and Manifestation.

Tonight your host, that's me, Karen Tate, will have a long-overdue What's the Buzz Segment called Goddess Ecology discussing why religion fears women and a vision beyond the fultures of capitalism and big corporations destroying Mother Earth and our quality of life. Also with us tonight, prolific author and scholar Diane Wolkstein has chosen the show topic:  Inanna, Spiritual Warrior, Approaching...

At the top of the hour we have author, Gail McMeekin, President of Creative Success, LLC discussing her new books, 12 Secrets of Highly Creative and Successful Women.  Learn how to take your talents and gifts and utilize them to their fullest potential.  Gail's advice has graced the pages of Redbook, The Boston Globe, Health and Investor's Business Daily. In the second half of the show, philosophe...

At the top of the show, Layne Redmond, author and drummer extraordinaire returns to the show to discuss her work, including her non-profit to archive all her slides of ancient frame drummers and her hope to create an online virtual museum of this work.  We'll talk about her desire to preserve women's history and make it available to women the world over. In the second half of the show, also return...

At the top of the show, hear astrologer Flash Silvermoon give her Astroflash, a heads up about the movement of the celestial bodies in the heavens that affect us here on Mother Earth. Then we will begin our monthly sacred salon, ritual on the radio, where we carve out sacred space on the airwaves together, sharing universal truths and working on living a Goddess-inspired life.  Tune in with us and...

What a dynamic duo on the show tonight!  The two Barbaras!  First up is Foremother and Wayshower, feminist, author and scholar, Barbara Walker, talking about her latest book, Man Made God.  We'll delve into all things related to the Bible Morality, including if Jesus was ethical, as well as rape, slavery, killing, deaths, including killings ordered by God, women in the New Testament, silliness and...

At the top of the hour Birute Regine discussed her book, Iron Butterflies:  Women Transforming Themselves & The World.  Learn what she means by iron butterflies, what revolution is hidden in plain sight and radical vulerability. Later in the show, scholar Lydia Ruyle pays tribute to foremother and wayshower, author, Asphodel Long.

At the top of the show listen to Roar Sheppard, master of the art of Danjeon treacher of the 8 Most Important Things here to discuss his new book, The Universe Speaks: The Love & Pain of 2012 - 2025.  If you've felt like things aren't normal, you're not alone.  2012 is about change for the individual, society and the planet.  Tune in and hear what solutions Roar recommends to ride out the chan...

Tune in tonight and share sacred space with me as I perform ritual on the radio!  Do you remember who you are?  Would you like to carve out some sacred space for yourself?  Learn some universal truths and Goddess ideals?  Then I hope you'll tune in.  As an added feature of our monthly Sacred Salon, enjoy Flash Silvermoon's Astroflash giving us a heads up on what's happening in the heavens and how...