In the Past – Page 2 – Goddess in a Teapot

The Witch in the Curio Cabinet

In a curio cabinet of a historical society in a small New England town is the story of the town’s witch. She was a woman who lived in the mid-1700s and was called a witch but was, most likely, not someone who healed with herbs or practiced a non-Christian spirituality. She did wear a long… Continue reading The Witch in the Curio Cabinet

My Mother Flies to Heaven

Here’s another story of how women in my family found the Sacred within themselves. When my mother was in her 40s she took up flying and eventually earned a private pilot’s license. Though she went to church, flying alone was her spiritual practice. It was how she connected to her inner being and the Mother… Continue reading My Mother Flies to Heaven

Goddess in my grandmother’s beauty salon

I truly believe that the Sacred Feminine has been with us for as long as women have come together, even during times when no one spoke of Her or called Her by Her true name. Here is a story from my past that I think express how She has always been present. In a beauty parlor… Continue reading Goddess in my grandmother’s beauty salon