Aria Sparrowsong's TAROT AND STARS

Goddess Studies for the New Earth Participants must start out with a copy of the book " Ariadne's Thread, a Workbook of Goddess Magic"  by  Shekhinah Mountainwater . (This book and the others listed below can be ordered through  Abe Books  at discount rates!) We will be adding readings from other books as we go.  We have started the book list below. The full Year and a Day is mandatory to complete the course.  Work and presentations will be required during our Circles and many topics will be covered.  Please bring a notebook or journal to each class (duration for each about 1 to 2 hours). I will create a Slack workspace for us to upload work or post questions. These Circles will be on Zoom or Google Meet, whatever works best for everyone participating. Our Circles, the content, times and the names of participants will be held in the strictest of confidence. No sharing outside of the circle--what takes place in the circle stays in the circle. Each parti...

THE BLOOD LODGE - Excerpt from " Songs of Bleeding " by Spider In ancient times, the women's Bleeding Lodge was a structure set apart from the rest of the community where women would go to dream and communicate with the Ancestors when they were bleeding. Since life follows the cycles of the Earth and the Moon, activities of our Ancient Ancestors also closely followed the cycles of the Earth and Moon. The women all cycled together, ovulating at the full Moon and bleeding at the new Moon. When women started to bleed, they left their homes and families to go to the sacred introspective space of the Bleeding Lodge. The Lodge was honored and respected by the entire community, for the dreams and visions of the bleeding women brought vital survival information such as planting and healing knowledge and guidance on community relations. When there were questions that needed to be answered, the women would go to the Lodge and ask the Ancestors. All questions were always answered by...