Goddess Is Alive Lecture Series- Max Dashu - Icons of the Matrix: A Global View April 22, 2005

Women's Spirituality Circle presents:

Goddess Is Alive Lecture Series- Max Dashu - Icons of the Matrix: A Global View

Fri, Apr 22, 7:00pm-9:30pm, San Mateo

MORE INFO: http://www.serpentina.com/goddessalive

Meet the Sacred Feminine in all her aspects as presented by leading women scholars, authors, artists, and ritualists.

Fri. 4/22, Max Dashu - Icons of the Matrix: A Global View. Primeval art shows deep continuities across time and space. This stunning visual presentation surveys recurrent images of the most ancient religions: female figurines, vulva stones, ancestral megaliths and ceremonial pots shaped like women or breasts. Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970. She has photographed over 14,000 slides and created ninety slideshows on global women's history, including Women's Power, Goddess Cosmologies, Mother-Right and Gender Justice, and Witch Hunts. A freelance educator, she has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, museums, festivals and conferences around North America. (http://www.suppressedhistories.net/)

Other speakers include:
Fri. 3/11, Vicki Noble - New Moon Introduction to the Goddess: Revisioning History to Include Women
Fri. 3/18, Joan Marler - An Archaeomythological Investigation of the Gorgon.
Fri. 4/1, Chief Luisah Teish - The Laughing Goddess: Stories and Rituals of the Healing Goddesses and the Power of Laughter as a Healing Modality.
Fri. 4/8, Dianne Jenett, Ph.D. - Cooking Up Equality: Pongala at Attukal Temple, Kerala, South India
Fri. 4/15, Deborah J. Grenn, Ph.D. - Lilith's Fire: The First Woman as a Symbol of Empowerment.
Fri. 4/22, Max Dashu - Icons of the Matrix: A Global View

Join us as we explore the rich tradition of the Sacred Feminine which is grounded in history, archaeology, anthropology, mythology, psychology, literature and philosophy. The guest speakers have spent decades gathering information and doing research. Many have been profoundly touched by their work.

Co-Sponsors: Serpentina, Women's Spirituality MA Program at New College of CA and Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo

DATE & TIME:
Friday, April 22
7:00pm-9:30pm

LOCATION:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
300 East Santa Inez (at Ellsworth)
San Mateo, CA, 94401
http://www.uusm.net

COST & REGISTRATION:
$20 General Public; $15 Students and Seniors.
http://www.serpentina.com/goddessalive

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.serpentina.com/goddessalive
Email: jreich14@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 650-692-6165

About Women's Spirituality Circle:
The circle aspires to: hostess events that honor the Sacred Feminine around the globe; educate others about the rich tradition of the Goddess that is grounded in history, archaeology, anthropology, mythology, literature and the arts; explore the ways the Sacred Feminine is still present and alive in the world today; and explore the relevance of the Sacred Feminine to our daily lives.