Agiosoritissa Icon, Mother of God, Anonymous, 7th century, one of the oldest known images of Mary.
Ancient Goddesses in 2026
Finding Mary Part II: Queen of Heaven and Love Technologies
Sunday, February 1st / 1 -4 pm
“Ignorance is not sin, it is the space before remembering.”
Join us as we continue exploring Mary’s love technologies in suppressed ancient wisdom texts and her iconography in art through the centuries. With a nod to the historical Mary, we will trace the origins of the Queen of Heaven, beginning as Inanna of Sumer to Mother Mary today.
The day includes Xena’s Café for warm drinks and baked goods, as well as a Circus Yoga embodiment session.
This is the second 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 (let us know what you can afford)
Level IV: Volunteer / The Sanctuary Forest Project
(The higher pricing goes to support sustainability projects on the land trust and community programs.)
The last workshop was full, reserve your space soon.
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Upcoming Workshops (3rd Sundays / monthly):
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 has a Master’s 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 this keystone species on local ecosystem health and water supply. This workshop draws from her lifelong search for Mary and the divine feminine in Christianity.
