Female Spirituality Blog

The aim of this blog is to share and explore my female and Goddess centered spiritual practice. I hope to meet and befriend likeminded women on this space of the internet. I am a 31 year old woman who is studying radical feminism and female separatism. ♀ ♀ ♀

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For the past month and a half, my mind has been busy with non-spiritual and non-feminist interests, so unfortunately, I neglected my altar after putting my sacred items away in a dresser drawer to keep them safe when my nephews were visiting and not returning them to the top of my dresser after they went home. I brought some of the items out again and listened to the song video, “We All Come from the Goddess,” from Zsuzanna Budapest’s YouTube channel to ground myself and make myself happy again.

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Yesterday I worked on coloring this page of Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic. My mind relaxed and I felt at ease as I listened to the sounds of my pencil color across the page. I think I may draw and color leaves and flowers behind the priestess, so it will look like she is outside enjoying the nature around her. What do y’all think?

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This is a study sketch of The Great Goddess of Willendorf I made in preparation for a sculpture study. I would love to try to sculpt her with clay that I can gather by hand from the creek behind my house. I think it could be fun and challenging since I am not much of a 3-D artist. I need to find photos of the back side of this sculpture though, so I can try my best to accurately copy the original. I used the photo from page 4 of the book, The Heart of the Goddess by Hallie Iglehart Austin as my reference.

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I really like the classic definition of the word “witch” from W.I.T.C.H. I used the sunflowers to mark the section here.

This is page 39 from the Ariadne’s Thread A Goddess Workbook of Magic by Shekhinah Mountainwater.

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Do you identify with the word Witch? Do you see yourself as a witch? If so, why? If not, why not?

I do identify with the word Witch, especially after learning its original meaning, which is a woman who has learned to shape her own reality: her own life, her own being, her own present and future.

(This question is from Shekhinah Mountainwater’s workbook, Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic. The question is from page 39. The answer I supplied here is my own.)

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How does your spiritual background compare with what you know of Goddess religion?

From what I’ve learned so far of Goddess religion is that it’s so different from christianity, like a complete 180! Goddess religion is woman and female centered. It is about female empowerment and liberation, solidarity with all other women and girls, gaining knowledge of our female bodies and how we can care for them, connecting to Nature and Earth, elimination of oppression and hierarchy, balance, and a love of Life. 

(This question is from Shekhinah Mountainwater’s workbook, Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic. The question is from page 40. The answer I supplied here is my own.)

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Here’s a photo of my current altar.

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Here is a photo of the next month’s lunar cycle. I drew the moons by hand to help me build my connection with Luna, Her cycles, as well as my own moontime cycles. I also added some old stickers I had saved to jazz up the calendar and make myself more excited to use it.

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I completed coloring this page from Shekhinah Mountainwater’s workbook, Ariadne’s Thread, a few days ago and wanted to share it here with y’all. Coloring Goddess images is a wonderful way to focus and meditate I’ve found! In Aradia’s book, I sketched in some Womanrunes that spoke to me from pages 220 and 221 of Ariadne’s Thread.

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What does Witch mean to me?

A witch is a woman or girl who has freed herself—or is in the process of freeing herself—from the bindings of patriarchy and male influence. A witch strives to heal all of her being from the abuse and terror of the destructive male supremacist society we live in. A witch reconnects and stays connected to Nature and Earth to learn how she can protect them both for future generations of women and girls.

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I am slowly working through Shekhinah Mountainwater’s book, Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic, and I thought it would be nice to share page 33 of Aradia that I am currently coloring in. I’ve realized how relaxing and meditative coloring can be! I used to think coloring was only for children, but I certainly don’t think that way anymore now that I am trying it again for myself as an adult. I encourage my fellow women to give coloring a go! 

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“Some of the old goddess tales were twisted to suit the takeover of male powers, in order to win converts to their new gods. For example, Pandora (All-Gifts) was originally a Great Mother Goddess, whose box (womb, cauldron, cave, cup) was a reservoir of beauty and life-sustaining gifts. Patriarchal myth tells us that Her box contained all manner of destructive demons, which once unleashed upon the world, brought evil and suffering to all. Eve was also a Mother Goddess, whose tree was the Tree of Life. The serpent was her own sensual wisdom, and the apple was her sacred fruit. Athene, whom we are told was born fully grown out of the head of Zeus, dressed in armor and ready for war, was originally the daughter of the matriarchal goddess Metis. (Meter, method, measure, matter, mother…) Both mother and daughter were worshipped by the Amazons at Lake Triton, and were born parthenogenetically—without sperm.”

This quote was taken from the book, Ariadne’s Thread A Workbook of Goddess Magic by Shekhinah Mountainwater. The quote comes from the Myth-Making section of Cycle 1 on page 26.

Reading about the true origins of Pandora, Eve, and Athene (female mythical figures we’ve all heard about and seen in popular media) is cathartic. My heart is filled with joy!

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Value Studies of Artemis

Here are two value studies I completed not too long ago. I need to practice drawing fundamentals more so I can keep improving.

These sketches were copied from a photograph of a marble sculpture called The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt.

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Magical Journal I Made

Hello, everyone! I have another piece of art I created to share with y’all. In the photo you see an old notebook I modified and added to. I painted the original red cover with some greens, then dabbed on some metallic silver paint on the cover’s borders for ✨ sparkle! ✨

In the center of the book’s cover is a silhouette of a witch. To me, she looks like the type of crone (a wise, elder woman) who makes her home in an old growth forest, caring for the animals, plants, and land. That is why I chose to paint the red cover green to symbolize her devotion to Goddess Earth. The witch silhouette is made from wood. I bought a pack full of them online, so I can later customize and paint all sorts of magical things on them!

On the witch, you can see I painted a spider, an apple, a key, a snake, and a waning moon. Each of these symbolize invaluable things the crones in our lives can pass down to future generations. The spider embodies creation and inspiration. The apple is enlightenment gained from the knowledge passed down from our elders and the education we earn throughout our whole life. The wise, elder women in our lives and from herstory can show us the best ways to unlock the knowledge, learning, and critical thinking with the keys their experience of long life hold. The snake represents healing, growth, and protection. And finally, the waning moon is the celestial manifestation of the crone.

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My First Witch Star

What you see here is my version of a witch’s star featuring the elements of spirit (purple eye), air (cloud), fire (red flame), water (rain droplet), and earth (leaf). I decided to paint the star black to represent the infinite possibilities of the Goddess. In the center of the star is a simple golden labrys, which represents the Goddess in an earthly form. I was inspired to paint a labrys on my witch’s star after reading an article called “The Labrys: A River of Birds in Migration” by Carol P. Christ. In her article she explains why she thinks the labrys was not a weapon, but instead a symbol for wings! After reading Christ’s interpretation of this sacred symbol, I can now certainly see how much it resembles a flying goddess in the form of a woman with wings.