Pagan, Goddess, Mother (ePub)

This anthology calls Pagan and Goddess mothering into focus by highlighting
philosophies and experiences of mothers in these spiritual movements and traditions. Pagan
and Goddess spirituality are distinct, yet overlapping and diverse communities, with much to
say about deity as mother, and about human mothers in relationship to deity. Authors share
creative voices, stories, and scholarship from the forefront of Pagan- and Goddess- centred
home, in which divine mothers, Goddesses, diverse female embodiments, and generative life
cycles are honoured as sacred. Authors inquire into how their spirituality impacts the
perceived value and experiences of mothers themselves, while generating new ways of
imagining and enacting motherhood in spiritual and daily life.
Pagan, Goddess, Mother opens spaces for dialogue in areas such as how Pagan- and
Goddess- centred mothers engage in, and are impacted by, their spiritual leadership through
practices of ceremony, ritual, magic, and priestessing. Authors consider mothers' lived
connections with their children, family life, and themselves, through nature, the Earth, and
mothering as a spiritual practice. Chapters reflect upon the ways that Pagan- and Goddess-
identified mothers creatively navigate daily interactions with dominant religions, the public
sphere, community leadership and activism-facing the challenges of such while forging
new pathways for spirited wellbeing in mothering and family life.