Virgin Mary, detail from the Ghent Altarpiece, Hubert van Eyck, Jan van Eyck, 1432 / St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
Winter Solstice 2025 - Ancient Goddesses Workshop
Finding Mary: Queen of Heaven and Love Technologies
Sunday, December 21, 2025 / 1 -4 pm
““A living archetype has the power to activate human potential.””
Celebrate the solstice exploring the transmission of Mary’s love technologies through suppressed ancient wisdom texts, including the Rose Codex and Pistis Sophia. We will examine her association with Sophia as Wisdom keeper and touch on Mary worship today, Catholic syncretism, the Black Madonna and Dragon Queen lineage. Finally, we will trace the history of the Great Mother Goddess, beginning as Inanna of Sumer to Mesopotamian Ishtar, Phoenician Ashtarte, Egyptian Isis, Greek Aphrodite, Roman Venus to Mother Mary today.
The day will include Xena’s Café for warm drinks and treats, as well as a surprise Guest Artist to lead a movement / embodiment session.
This is the first in a series of workshops geared for those wishing to ground personal spiritual exploration and practice with ancient archetypes, or nerds with a penchant for ancient history with a little Xena sprinkled in.
Tuition:
Level I: $90 per single workshop / $420 (six-class series)
Level II: $60 per single workshop / $360 (six-class series)
Level III: Scholarship
Level IV: Volunteer / The Sanctuary Forest Project
(The higher pricing, goes to support sustainability projects on the land trust and programs The Sanctuary offers to the community.)
The Solstice Workshop is filling quickly, please reserve your space soon.
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Upcoming Workshops (once a month/3rd Sunday):
Mary Inanna / Ishtar Isis Demeter & Persephone Atalanta & the Granddaughter of Ghengis Khan
Hathor Goma Chimera Goddesses of Ancient Egypt Sky Woman Spider Woman Buffalo Woman
Xena Medusa Athena Maat Oshun Yemaya Freya Wonder Woman & the Amazons
Kali The Starving Tigress The Virgin & The Whore The Female Gaze Athena, Hera & Aphrodite
Circe & Priestesses of the Bronze Age Helen, Clytemnestra & Penelope Kwan Yin & more…
Workshop led by: Jen Taylor
Jen is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and religion. Her research focuses on Neolithic history & spirituality, animal ethics and ecofeminism. She studied Engaged Buddhism with Thich Nhat Hahn in Plum Village, France. An animal rights advocate and land steward, Jen is developing a pedagogy around beaver ecology as a window into the effect of keystone species on local ecosystem health and water supply. This workshop draws from her lifelong search for Mary and the divine feminine in Christianity.
“My mother bled for me. And she lived afterwards.”
-Jen Taylor
