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We celebrated the divine female spirit in many places and in many ways.
In caves on Mount Parnassus and in Crete, in Charoula's home and on the hillside overlooking the sea in Aegina,
in the ruins of ancient temples built on even more ancient sacred sanctuaries,
at sunset and at moonrise,
we sang and danced and expressed our heart's desires.
In the theater at Delphi
The Group
Food
Feast
Flora
Fauna
House
Music
Dance
Churches
Museums
Goddesses
Priestesses
Women of Power
Others' Pics
The serpent was sacred to goddess-based cultures. Shirley bought these in the Field Museum in Chicago, and everyone enjoyed playing with them.
To provide a sense of scale,
Susan stands beside
the bust of a priestess at Elefsis.
The priestess carries a basket
that contains the mysteries of
Demeter and Persephone.
This is just the top of the full-length statue.
The myth of
Demeter's daughter Persephone
and her annual trip to the underworld,
where she ate pomegranate seeds,
is quite ancient
and its images are everywhere.
Alison,
kore with pomegranate
Loona with the Blue Ladies,
focus of her quest
Charoula at Skotino cave on Crete.
This link indicates that at least one archaeologist
has concluded that Skotino is the
actual labyrinth of Knossos.
Pat & Loona & Shirley & Susan
with the karyatids on Athens' acropolis
At the ancient sanctuary of Aphaia,
on Aegina
All hail! (at the Mycenaean ruins on Aegina, by Juanita)
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