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In this engaging conversation, Meg Rittmanic and Amy Sedgwick explore the themes of Easter, Holy Week, and the significance of feminine symbolism in Christianity from a more feminine lens. They discuss the beauty of spring as a time of renewal and rebirth, as well as the sacredness of liminal spaces and death. The conversation delves into the role of Mary Magdalene, the symbolism of the cross, and the Divine Feminine. Amy shares a beautiful campfire-style story of Holy Week from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Meg and Amy reflect on personal experiences with Lent and Easter and reflect on the importance of creating meaningful celebrations that connect with spiritual traditions going forward.
Amy Sedgwick is a multi-generational Latter-day Saint woman, fertility awareness mentor, massage therapist, yoga teacher, and the creator of the Embracing Sacred Cycles podcast. Amy has spent over two decades navigating her own fertility journey, which led her not only to deep healing but also to a spiritual awakening she calls her âfaith expansion.â Through her work, Amy helps women reconnect with their bodies, their cycles, and the Divine, weaving together wisdom from her Mormon roots and sacred feminine traditions around the world. https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/embracing-sacred-cycles-a-latter-day-fertility-podcast/id1773097600
Amons' Adventure: a Family Story for Easter
https://a.co/d/fdpnfYf
Christ Centered Easter by Emily Bell Freeman
https://a.co/d/5E41VBb
https://www.etsy.com/market/emily_belle_freeman_easter
This Holy Week, Amy Sedgwick has created a special episode that weaves together what sheâs learned from studying Holy Week through the lens of high church traditionsâlike Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox practicesâand combines it with her own sacred re-story-ation of Holy Week told from the perspective of Miriam of Magdala, or Mary Magdalene.
This episode is a deeply reflective offeringârich in feminine symbolism, ancient scripture, apocryphal texts, and expansive Latter-day Saint theology. Amy invites us to see Holy Week not just through the lens of Christâs suffering, but through the eyes of the women who were thereâand to reclaim the often-overlooked role of Mary Magdalene in the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. Itâs a poetic and reverent journey that brings us closer to the Divine Mother, the Tree of Life, and the sacred union of Heavenly Parents.
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Meg Rittmanic and Gwendolyn Wyne discuss the the Matrimonial order being the highest order of God and how we can join our Heavenly Parents in the divine order of partnership.
Gwendolyn Stevens Wyne is a former librarian who now writes about women's opportunities and responsibilities in theology and culture. Links to her writings about womenâs opportunities and responsibilities in theology and culture, as well as butterfly conservation efforts, are found at
https://gwendolynwyne.com/
She also makes youtube content that address polygamy
https://www.youtube.com/@gwendolynwyne
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In this episode, Jessica Woodbury engages in a profound conversation with Melonie Cannon about the Divine Feminine and the importance of connecting with Her. They explore Melonie's personal journey, the tools she uses to connect with the divine, and the significance of creativity and community in spiritual practices. The discussion highlights the role of meditation and drumming in spirituality, the importance of trusting divine guidance, and the need for women to embrace their power and creativity in daily life. Melanie shares her experiences with Heavenly Mother, bees, and singing, and emphasizes the importance of honoring the divine feminine within us all.
Melonie is on Instagram as @_melonie.cannon_
And facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moonstonedrums
Tools to embody the Divine Feminine: https://sarahbowdenart.com/embracing-goddess-energy/
More on Melissae Bee Priestesses: https://lovethehoneybees.blogspot.com/2009/10/bee-priestess-in-ancient-and-modern.htmlhttps://feminismandreligion.com/2024/01/05/meeting-the-melissae-the-ancient-greek-bee-priestesses-of-demeter-by-elizabeth-ashley-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/https://threehundredandsixtysix.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/the-melissae-in-greek-myth-and-legend/
When the Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond:
https://www.echopointbooks.com/religion-spirituality/when-the-drummers-were-women
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-drummers-were-women-layne-redmond/1111604777
The Lost Gospel by Simcha Jacobovici:
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-lost-gospel-decoding-the-ancient-text-that-reveals-jesus-marriage-to-mary-the-magdalene/
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, host Jessica Woodbury and guest Maxine Hanks explore the historical and theological roles of women in the LDS faith, emphasizing their spiritual authority and contributions to the church's origins. They discuss the significance of the Relief Society, Emma Smith and the concept of the Elect Lady, and the restoration of female authority within the church. Maxine's research and insights beg the question, has the Relief Society fully been restored? Is the largest women's organization in the world fulfilling its intended purpose? Are there pieces from our very inception as a society that hold clues, or shall we say, keys, to our potential and partnership with the male priesthood order of the church that could cause seismic shifts? This groundbreaking conversation highlights the importance of deep listening, safe spaces, and the ongoing journey towards equality and recognition of women's power and equality in spirituality and leadership.
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, host Jess Burdette speaks with Ann Pimentel and MacArthur Krishna about their new book, Changemakers: Women Who Boldly Built Zion. They explore the importance of women's voices in the church, the challenges and triumphs of being a changemaker, and the significance of collaboration and diversity in effecting change. The conversation emphasizes the need for personal revelation, grace, and the power of community in the journey of making a difference.
Get the new book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/changemakers-women-who-boldly-built-zion/
Or here: https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/pages/books/39667/mcarthur-krishna-anne-pimentel/changemakers-women-who-boldly-built-zion
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https://www.instagram.com/heavenlymothermatters
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, host Jessica Woodbury welcomes back Rebecca Young to discuss her journey of connecting with Heavenly Mother. They explore themes of grief, community, and the transformative power of the divine feminine. Rebecca shares her personal experiences, including pivotal moments that deepened her understanding of Heavenly Mother, the impact of loss on her spiritual journey, and the importance of creating supportive spaces for women. The conversation highlights the significance of prayer, nature, and intuition in fostering a deeper connection with the divine, as well as the challenges of navigating patriarchal structures within religious institutions. Ultimately, Rebecca emphasizes the joy and growth that can arise from embracing both sorrow and beauty in life.
Keywords:
Heavenly Mother, Divine Feminine, Spiritual Journey, Community, Grief, Connection, Prayer, Nature, Women Empowerment, Personal Growth
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, Jess Burdette, Jessica Woodbury, and Meg Rittmanic come together to discuss their personal journeys, the importance of community, and the launch of their Patreon. They share their experiences with the podcast, the significance of celebrating the divine feminine, and the various ways listeners can engage with the show. The conversation emphasizes the value of connection, support, and the collective journey of understanding Heavenly Mother.
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Make a One-Time Donation to the Show: https://venmo.com/u/JessBurdette
(Include that itâs for the podcast in the notes!)
Keywords
In Her Image, Heavenly Mother, podcast, community, Patreon, divine feminine, motherhood, women empowerment, spirituality, personal journeys
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, host Jessica Woodbury and guest Valerie Hamaker explore the complexities of a faith journey, particularly in relation to the awakening to the Divine Feminine. They discuss the emotional landscape that accompanies this journey, including feelings of isolation, confusion, and empowerment. Valerie shares her insights on the impact of patriarchy on spiritual understanding and the importance of community support in navigating these transitions. The conversation emphasizes the need for self-discovery, differentiation, and the healing power of embracing the feminine divine.
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In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, Dr. Christina Cleveland discusses her journey towards understanding the Divine Feminine through the lens of the Black Madonna. She explores the intersections of race, gender, and spirituality, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the sacredness in all individuals, particularly in marginalized communities. The conversation delves into the challenges of confronting white supremacy and patriarchy within religious spaces, the transformative power of embracing a Black female deity, and the vital role of allyship in fostering justice and healing. Dr. Cleveland's insights encourage listeners to reflect on their own beliefs and actions, ultimately advocating for a more inclusive and compassionate understanding of the divine.
Dr. Cleveland's Bio
Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. A weaver of Black liberation and the Divine Feminine, Dr. Cleveland embraces the archetype of the Black Madonna as she guides people of all races and genders into freedom, wholeness, and embodied justice. Her latest book is God Is a Black Woman which details her 400-mile walking pilgrimage across central France in search of ancient Black Madonna statues, and examines the relationship among race, gender, and cultural perceptions of the Divine. In addition to nurturing a virtual, global Black Madonna community, Christena is currently working on her fourth full-length book in which she is exploring the miraculous, liberating, and zany ways that the Black Madonna has protected, empowered, and nourished people around the globe and throughout history. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke Universityâs Divinity School, Christena lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can discover more about the Black Madonna and Christena at www.christenacleveland.com
Keywords
Black Madonna, Divine Feminine, racial justice, spirituality, allyship, sacredness, intersectionality, healing, patriarchy, community
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Summary
In this episode of the In Her Image podcast, host Jessica Woodbury speaks with Emilie Call, co-host of the That's Church podcast. They discuss Emilie's journey in interfaith dialogue, the importance of the divine feminine, and her personal spiritual experiences. Emilie shares insights on empowerment, community, and the significance of acknowledging one's strengths. The conversation also highlights an upcoming event focused on women's empowerment and the divine feminine, featuring various speakers and opportunities for connection.
Links
Thatâs Church! Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-church/id1711856369
Thatâs Church! Experience Divine Feminine & Women Empowerment Event. Tinyurl.com/empower2025
Code for $10 off: 10EMPOWER
Instagram:
@thatschurchpodcast
Email:
Keywords
Divine Feminine, Women Empowerment, Interfaith Dialogue, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Community, Podcast, Emily Call, That's Church, Heavenly Mother
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Join Meg Rittmanic as she explores female milestones and a new unique way to celebrate and acknowledge them through a Mala Necklace. Each bead of the divine feminine path mala represents an important milestone or passage in the life as a woman and daughter of God. This mala represents a Christ Centered feminine path that your life may follow. It includes archetypal examples that you may pattern your life after. This mala necklace may act as a type of initiation into the mysteries of God and can help one understand the ordinances, anointings and covenantal endowments one may receive in this life. The idea of initiation into the mysteries of God is an ancient concept that has always been taught through myth and represented through passages. I have tried to include these concepts that are both ancient and modern. When certain stories or characters are mentioned I recommend studying those things in addition to this guide. Each bead is a natural stone from mother earth; and has been chosen to represent and aid in these life events or help you to develop the archetypal characteristics described. These stones have a special metaphorical capacity to assist you on your path and they are a gift from Mother earth. Just like in the bible the priest used stones in ceremonial garments and to represent milestones of the people; these beads represent the past, present, and future. You may use this mala as a map of where you have been and where you are going, but not every milestone or attribute may be obtained in the order presented here.
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In this episode of In Her Image, we continue our inspiring conversation with historian and theologian Maxine Hanks.
She shares her research on the influence of women on Joseph Smith's early spiritual journey and Heavenly Mother's role in the First Vision and in the early church.
Together, we explore themes of self-discovery, personal revelation, and how women can find strength in their spiritual paths. Maxine discusses the interplay between LDS feminism, gender and sexuality, and how/who should define the Divine Feminine in the restored church. She opens up about pivotal moments in her life that drove her work and shaped her perspective, and how she has learned to trust in the Divine.
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In this episode of In Her Image, we are honored to host Maxine Hanks, a renowned historian and theologian whose work focuses on women, gender, and the sacred feminine in Mormon and Christian traditions. Maxine shares her fascinating journey, including her excommunication as one of the September Six in 1993, her 15 years of ministry and interfaith chaplaincy, and her return to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2012.
We discuss the impact of her groundbreaking book, Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism, first published in 1992. Maxine reflects on her mission to recover the feminist history and theology of the Latter-day Saint tradition, creating a vital resource for those seeking to explore womenâs roles in the Restoration. She also announces the upcoming reprint of the book in 2025, providing greater access to this transformative work.
Maxineâs insight into the importance of formal, informal, and personal authority offers a roadmap for integrating womenâs history and theology more fully into the church today.
Maxine shares her perspective on collective vs. personal revelation, and what to do when personal revelation differs from general revelation. She emphasizes maintaining personal convictions while building bridges in love and compassion.
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In this episode, Jess reads "Nephi and His Asherah" by Daniel C. Peterson.
Abstract
Asherah was the chief goddess of the Canaanites. She was Elâs wife and the mother and wet nurse of the other gods. At least some Israelites worshipped her over a period from the conquest of Canaan in the second millennium before Christ to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC (the time of Lehiâs departure with his family). Asherah was associated with treesâsacred trees. The rabbinic authors of the Jewish Mishna (secondâthird century ad) explain the asherah as a tree that was worshipped. In 1 Nephi 11, Nephi considers the meaning of the tree of life as he sees it in vision. In answer, he receives a vision of âa virgin, . . . the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.â The answer to his question about the meaning of the tree lies in the virgin mother with her child. The virgin is the tree in some sense and Nephi accepted this as an answer to his question. As an Israelite living at the end of the seventh century and during the early sixth century before Christ, he recognized an answer to his question about a marvelous tree in the otherwise unexplained image of a virginal mother and her divine childânot that what he saw and how he interpreted those things were perfectly obvious. What he âreadâ from the symbolic vision was culturally colored. Nephiâs vision reflects a meaning of the âsacred treeâ that is unique to the ancient Near East. Asherah is also associated with biblical wisdom literature. Wisdom, a female, appears as the wife of God and represents life.
Peterson, Daniel C. (2000) "Nephi and His Asherah," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 9: No. 2, Article 4.
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Julie Dean Richards is a Wife, Mother-of-three, doula, herbalist, astrologer, numerologist, attorney, and the Co-Founder of Feminine Alychemst: School of the Deep Feminine. She is also the co-host of the podcast "Feminine Alchemy". Before completing her doctorate degree in law, Julie worked in research for 7 years. She consulted high-touch clients such as Harvard, Yale, Standford, and Google on creating and completing peer reviewed and other research projects. She has lived in 3 countries and speaks 5 languages. Julie has always been deeply spiritual; a follower of Christ and interested in the divine feminine, the quantum field, spirituality, and esoteric topics. She is an advocate for bodily autonomy including home and free birth. Julie balances logic and wisdom by combining nature's rhythms, modern astrology, science, and law to help her clients realize their greatest potential.
Links:
Connecting to the Divine Feminine Guide:https://www.femininealchemyst.com/divine-feminine-guide
School: https://www.femininealchemyst.com/
Podcast: https://femininealchemy.buzzsprout.com/1835081
Website: https://astrologicalattorney.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrologicalattorney?igsh=MTJ4dTZrYmhrN2d5bw==
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In this special pre-Christmas episode, host Jessica Woodbury welcomes artist Brittany Nguyen to discuss her spiritual journey and artistic exploration of Heavenly Mother. Brittany shares the inspiration behind her breathtaking painting Entrusted, which depicts Mary, Baby Jesus, and a divine, loving Heavenly Mother blessing them. The conversation delves into Brittany's personal experiences as a mother, her awakening to Heavenly Mother, and how she channels her faith and creativity into her art. Brittany also introduces her childrenâs coloring book about Heavenly Parents and reflects on how her relationship with Heavenly Mother has influenced her as a woman, mother, and artist. This heartfelt discussion invites listeners to celebrate the season with a renewed perspective on divine love and family.
Connect with Brittany Nguyen:
https://www.instagram.com/brittanynguyenart Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BrittanyNguyenArt Purchase Brittany's coloring book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/9hErM2b.Follow In Her Image:
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Meg Rittmanic shares her plans for her contribution to the podcast for this season. At minute 13 Meg shares a talk she gave in her ward about Heavenly Mother on Mother's Day. This talk is a great place to start to connect the dots around Heavenly Mother's story in scripture. Join Meg in a journey to come to understand Her attributes, Her healing love, Her mission, and how exciting it is to help in restoring truths about Her!
Join us.
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In todayâs episode we will be addressing feminism, violence against women and embracing our unique gifts as women with the ability to understand our power as a priestess, officiating as apprentices to our heavenly mother. It may seem random, but weâre going to tie together as we talk about what it takes to become a Zion type community.
Today Iâm interviewing Dr. Valerie Hudson a major thought leader when it comes to priestisthood and embracing the theology of heavenly mother, dr. Hudson has published several articles under the pen name of VH Kessler in regards to these ideas on square 2. In our next episode will be doing a reading of some of these articles.
Her spiritual work is a passion project that runs alongside her academic work where Dr. Valerie Hudson is a Distinguished scholar and expert on international security and foreign policy, she specializes in analysis of the relationship between gender and security, Dr. Hudson has developed a nation-by-nation database, called the WomanStats Database, containing empirical work linking the security of women to the security of states that is used by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the United Nations, and International Security. she has been named the top 100 most Influential Global Thinkers by foreign policy. Her findings have been widely published. She has also authored several books on the Security Implications of how Sex Shapes Governance and National Security world wide. Dr. Hudson sees her esteemed academic work and her spiritual journey playing hand and hand as she understands intimately violence against women and what she calls the curse of nations and how and what we must do to overcome the historical predicament of violence against women and the potential consequences if we do not overcome this horrific situation.
In this podcast, we cover some amazing ground, there are definitely adult themes that are difficult to grapple with and may be inappropriate for little ears. We cover violence against women that could potentially be triggering if you have been exposed to these horrors. We encourage you to honor wherever youâre at on these issues. If you feel like you need to skip our discussion about violence against women, you could skip to minute 45 where we will be focused on the helpful tools for embracing our full potential as women. With that said letâs go ahead and jump right into my interview with Dr. Valerie Hudson.
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In this short episode, Jessica Woodbury records a few additional thoughts about the topic of Joseph Smith and his possible involvement in the practice of polygamy referred to in episode 145. She emphasizes taking the time to listen to women's stories and becoming thoughtful consumers of our sources of historical information. She also shares how this discussion around Joseph's polygamy can often be triggering for women when it feels like individuals may be following societal patterns of undermining the belief in women's stories for the sake of the protection of an influential man. She shares a few resources that can help individuals seek out the stories and words of women involved, including the books In Sacred Loneliness, by Todd Compton (https://a.co/d/1hln4BX) and In Sacred Loneliness: The Documents (https://a.co/d/5ItoGZa), also by Todd Compton.
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