The Goddess Is Awakening: The Rise of the Divine Feminine
Do you feel it? That subtle, energetic shift, a soulful realignment stirring something ancient in you, and in the world?In this milestone tenth episode, Roberta begins with the painting above her mantelpiece, a mother holding her baby, painted by Nguyen Thanh Binh, and asks what it is we are really seeing: love, protection, tenderness, the very essence of feminine energy. From there she traces the rise of the divine feminine, from the worship of the Great Mother in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, through the great separation that replaced her with the great father, to the erasure of Asherah, the holy consort of Yaweh, from the sacred texts. Drawing on the scholarship of Anne Baring and Dr. Betty Kovacs, she explores why feminine power is so threatening to a world run primarily by men, and why, at the very moment the goddess is awakening, women's rights are being chipped away in Afghanistan, Iran, and even the United States.You will hear about the mothers of Normandy and Omaha Beach, the barefoot march of Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun through the streets of Rome, and the words of Janelle MonĂĄe: "We come in peace, but we mean business." And you will hear the lies we have been told, that we are separate from the divine, that we are flawed and unworthy, that nature has no soul, that women are the weaker sex, that Mary Magdalene was a sinner, that Eve is to blame, and what the older stories actually say."The divine feminine is the forgotten aspect of the Godhead, God the Mother, once named Holy Spirit and divine wisdom, lost for millennia during the patriarchal era, yet never completely forgotten." â Anne BaringTopics: The painting above the mantelpiece, and the essence of feminine energy; the rise of the divine feminine, and the new evolutionary era; the Great Mother, and the great separation; Anne Baring and the forgotten feminine face of God; Dr. Betty Kovacs, Asherah, and the erasure of the sacred feminine; the oppression of women, in Afghanistan, Iran, and the United States; Normandy, Omaha Beach, and the mothers who refuse war; Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun, marching barefoot in Rome; the lies we have believed, from Eve to Mary Magdalene; Beauty with a capital B: truth, compassion, love.Mentions and resources: Anne Baring, Divine Wisdom and the Holy Spirit: The Forgotten Feminine Face of God (2025); Dr. Betty Kovacs, Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World (2019); Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed; Mirabai Starr, on the indwelling feminine presence of God; Janelle MonĂĄe, Grammy Awards 2018.Claim your Pledge at beautyremastered.com/podcast. Email: [email protected]. Instagram: @beautyremastered.All music: Soundstripe. Audio engineering: Alan Sahatjian at Burclan Productions. Operations: Steven Safak at Triple S Operations.
