Solstice Journey with the Dark Goddess

A workshop exploring the Dark Goddess

Winter Solstice marks the time for the Dark Goddess and honouring the Underworld, with all its challenges and gifts. Mysteries are held in the dark places - night, and the turn of the year, in caves, and deep within ourselves. The Dark Goddess is a powerful figure in myths of many cultures, always necessary for the balance, always feared and sometimes revered. She holds the magic of death and regeneration.

We have all felt the influence of the Dark Goddess in our lives - times when everything has been stripped away from us and we've been immobilised, waiting… and eventually, we were reborn. What is it like to seek her out, to take the steps into the Underworld deliberately, in ritual? What happens when we ask to learn her powerful lessons of surrender, death, and initiation?This workshop will include discussion, sharing in small groups, personal process, and ritual.

Bring a small offering for the Dark Goddess. (* an offering is a ritual item that is not returned to you. Usually it has some value for you. It could be a stone, feather, poem, flower, or other item…)

Your facilitators

Jane Meredith

Jane Meredith is the bestselling author of Journey to the Dark Goddess. Her other books include: Aspecting the Goddess, Aphrodite's Magic, Elements of Magic, and Circle of Eight. She lives in Northern NSW and adores rivers and dark chocolate, magic and myth, white cockatoos and books. Her website is: www.janemeredith.com

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Date:

saturday 19st June, 2021

Time:

in person 12:00 – 5:00PM

online 1:00 - 5:00pm

Location:

the Gaia Temple, 79 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds

ONLINE via Zoom

Price:

$50 - In person (Lunch included, V/GF)

$35 - ZOom (link is sent on the day)

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Background

the Gaia Temple – Explore Goddess workshops

At the Gaia Temple, our mission is to help create a world in which people respect and honour the Goddess in her many forms and explore the intersection of spirituality, ecology and community activation. Our 'Explore Goddess' workshops are an opportunity for people to come together in group discussion facilitated by an authoritative special guest.

We explore new ideas about how the Goddess is present in our lives, the relevance of earth based spiritual perspective in solving modern issues and celebrate the Divine Feminine within, from a uniquely Australian perspective.

Each workshop covers an essential aspect of how we connect with and honour the Goddess, from Indigenous perspectives to honouring our Ancestors and motherline, celebrating the turn of the seasons and connecting with the spiritual energy of nature.

Come dive into women’s wisdom, story-telling and embodied learning! We will transport you to her different altars and immerse you in her divine energy here at the Temple.