111. Amaterasu with Colette Numajiri

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

In this week's episode we join Julene Humes in her journey to the Divine Feminine. We will learn about Waldorf Education as a way of supporting children in their development of the minds, hearts and hands and how this education style has a foundation in Sofianic Wisdom. Julene shares some beautiful ideas in anthroposophy about the Divine Feminine and her story of discovering hidden truths about Heavenly Mother. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

In this week's episode, professor and goddess researcher Colette Numajiri joins Meg to share her knowledge of the Japanese Goddess Amaterasu. Amaterasu Omikami ('the Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven') is the most high deity of the Shintō religion. Regarded as the Queen of Heaven, she is embodied as the sun and is depicted as such in Japan's flag. This idea of the sun as a goddess, rather than a god, is rare and may survive from the most archaic of world mythologies. Listen in as Colette and Meg share portions of Her story and reflect on modern iterations and applications as they travel back in time and space to the mythical and religious origins of the land of the rising sun. Colette is on Instagram as @coco_niji  Find her blog with articles on the goddesses and models from The Goddess Project: Made in Her Image at www.FreeSophia.com  For more from Colette visit https://niji.world/ Love, Jess and Meg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Amy McPhee Allebest, founder and host of the podcast Breaking Down Patriarchy, joins Meg in this episode to share what she has learned about prehistoric egalitarian societies. She highlights the discovery of Venus statues discovered all across Europe, the Near East, and Asia along with other evidence that suggests the practice of goddess worship not only in the Neolithic period, but extending back to Paleolithic times. Amy and Meg discuss the presence and subsequent fading of a belief in Goddesses from various ancient peoples. Looking back through the corridors of history illuminates that though these cultural changes often happen slowly and imperceptibly over hundreds of years, others occur swiftly and intentionally. Seeing these changes in how God has been perceived across the ages gives rise to the hope that one day a female deity will be revered as all-powerful once again, or perhaps even a more insclusive conception of God could materialize. Amy cites the work of archaologist Marija Gimbutas as well as Angela Saini. We recommend looking up their books for an even deeper dive into the history of patriarchy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

This presentation was given at the DFW Divine Feminine Conference on April 22, 2023 by Jared Rubalcaba. For more information regarding upcoming tours with Professor Rubalcaba, go to https://www.forbiddenadventure.com For his online Esoteric Egypt Vol 1 course go to https://projectillumination.thinkific... use code: ladyoflife for 50% off --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support