For many centuries before the ‘morning/evening star’ became named after the Roman Goddess Venus, our closest planetary neighbour was called Inanna, the ancient Goddess of the lands of Mesopotamia. Known as the Queen of Heaven, Inanna’s priests were well known for their queerness and celebrated for rescuing the Goddess from her imprisonment in the Underworld.Continue reading “The Queer Story in the Venus Retrograde”
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IN-BETWEEN PEOPLE
“The words gay and lesbian do not exist in the village, but there is the word gatekeeper. Gatekeepers are people who live a life at the edge between the worlds – the world of the village and the world of spirit.” In-Between People are born to live at the threshold between the polarities of gender,Continue reading “IN-BETWEEN PEOPLE”
Madonna & Child
The imagery of the Madonna and Child symbolises the deep relationship between the Great Mother Spirit and humanity. This symbol can be found way back into pre-Christian times, in the statues for example of Isis and Horus – the New Testament stories bring the ancient stories about the heavenly gods into the manifest, human realm,Continue reading “Madonna & Child”
