Inanna and Ereshkigal – practising the art of descent and return

For the last two winters I have run a group for women called Wintering Together.  We gather in a friend’s house.  We light a candle.  We share.  There are stories and songs.  We settle into silence.  We acknowledge the slower tempo of the winter months.  For just one evening every fortnight, we allow ourselves to rest together.  Sometimes we just … Read More

Imagining the Divine . . . as a Woman?

This is a tale of three  statues, and the stories chiselled into them.  It’s a personal story, and it is part of the reawakening of the power of the feminine; more hidden but no less important that the campaigns to bring equality to the workplace or the ballot box.  One hundred years after getting the vote, women still have some … Read More