118. A Call From the Divine with Jessica Woodbury

Amanda Lynn Blair joins Jessica Woodbury to discuss how the divine feminine has helped her rethink embodiment, sexuality, the connection between the sacred and profane and the concept of partnership as opposed to patriarchy.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

The sacrament meeting talk you wish you heard today: another Mother's Day talk about Heavenly Mother! Jessica Woodbury interviews Lauren Robinson about her talk and two poems she's written with the Divine Feminine in mind. Happy Heavenly Mother's Day! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Happy Mother's Day! The sacrament meeting talk you wish you heard on Mother's Day. Kelli Dougal is on Instagram as pocketfulofkelli and her poetry book can be found at https://amzn.to/4aeHIC5 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Today McArthur Krishna joins Jessica Woodbury as the first interviewee in the new series on sharing experiences and testimonies of Heavenly Mother. McArthur's background of curating art shows, co-authoring books, and giving firesides celebrating the doctrine of Mother in Heaven make her the perfect candidate to share the ups and downs of spreading the knowledge of Her relationship with us. McArthur shares what it's been like gathering witnesses of the Divine Mother for her latest contribution, Cherish Volume 2: The Love of Our Mother in Heaven. She relates the joy that can be found when we share our love and knowledge of the Mother, holding our light on a candlestick rather than burying it under a bushel. Purchase Cherish 2 here: https://a.co/d/aPEXR53 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Today Jess introduces the show's new guest co-host, Jessica Woodbury. Jessica W. shares her decade-long journey of seeking the feminine face of God. She recounts the experience that initially woke her up to what she had been missing her whole life; the lack of a relationship with God the Mother. Her experience receiving a personal call from the Divine is inspiring, and we're grateful it's brought her here to help us spread the love of Heavenly Mother through this podcast. The next several episodes to air will contain interviews Jessica W. will do with individuals about their personal encounters and journeys seeking the Feminine Divine. We look forward to having her as part of the In Her Image team! BYU Studies article "A Mother There": https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/a-mother-there-a-survey-of-historical-teachings-about-mother-in-heaven/ If you would like to share an experience on the podcast, please send us an email at [email protected] or a message on Instagram to @inherimagepodcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

In this episode, Jess offers readings from The Tree at the Center by Kathryn Knight Sonntag, Restoration: God's Call to the 21st Century World by Patrick Q. Mason, Cherish: The Joy of Our Mother in Heaven curated by Ashli Carnicelli, Trina Caudle, and McArthur Krishna, and Mother's Milk: Poems in search of Heavenly Mother by Rachel Hunt Steenblik. The selections of prose and poetry dip into themes of restoration, our work in its unfolding, and God the Mother's all-encompassing love. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

In this episode Jess leads a short guided meditation to help you reconnect with your core; your essence. Relax and enjoy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Inspired by Esther's courage and the voices of so many LDS women on the internet over the last few weeks, Jess gets vulnerable and shares some of the poetry she's written over the past couple of years. Some heartbreaking, some fiery, some tender, her poems will likely connect with those traversing the terrain of deconstruction, seeking Heavenly Mother/the Divine Feminine, and/or craving inclusion at the institutional level. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Various ancient myths portraying the King's anointing, death, and rebirth come together in one miraculous Easter weekend, with the feminine archetype finally taking her rightful place in the story. In this episode, author and theologian Margaret Starbird joins Meg to share her spiritual and scholarly knowledge of the Divine Feminine as manifest in the Sacred Union of Christ with Mary Magdalene. Margaret shares about how she was inspired to seek the missing piece in the four gospels, and what she discovered in that pursuit. She emphasizes the importance of having the feminine represented in divinity, the yin to the yang, one of the two fishes in the Pisces symbol... the Christ and his Bride. Margaret's website: http://www.margaretstarbird.net/ "Human One" by Alana Levandoski: watch "magdalene" by Libbie Schrader: https://vimeo.com/69995141 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

In this episode, Jess tells the story of Asenath and her husband Joseph. Joseph is a well-known character in the Bible, but much less is known or said about the young Egyptian daughter of a priest he falls in love with. The apocryphal text, "Joseph and Asenath", tells the story of Asenath's conversion and subsequent marriage. Her story includes a week of extreme penitence, a visit from an angel, her receiving a new name, and a miraculous encounter with honeybees. The entire translated text, which dates back to the first centruy AD, can be found at https://archive.org/stream/josephasenathcon00broo/josephasenathcon00broo_djvu.txt Following this rendition of Asenath's story, Jess shares about an exciting new music project spearheaded by producer Kristina Bishoff (who made the music you hear on this podcast)! DIVINE is the first collection of music about Heavenly Parents and our divine potential. The goal is to release a new song every month starting in May 2024. To help make this dream a reality, and gain access to these incredible songs and other gifts, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kristinaabishoff/divine --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support