041: Intergenerational Learning: Getting Educated by Max Dashu

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document global women's history. She built a collection of 15,000 slides and 30,000 digital images, and has created 150 visual talks on female cultural heritages from the most ancient times to the present. She is internationally known for her expertise on ancient Goddess iconography; matricultures and female spheres of power; patriarchy and allied systems of domination; medicine women, female shamans, witches—and the witch hunts. http://www.suppressedhistories.net Dashu’s first book is Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Culture, 700-1100 (Veleda Press, 2016). She has just published Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides, to followed in 2024 by Women’s Power in Greek Patriarchy: Priestesses, Amazons and Witches.  They are available only from veleda.net. These books belong to a 15 volume series Secret History of the Witches. https://www.suppressedhistories.net/secrethistory/contents.html Dashu has also created two videos: Woman Shaman: The Ancients (2013) and Women's Power in Global Perspective (2008). More videos are open access on Max Dashu channel on YouTube, and stream-on-demand via the Suppressed Histories Portal on Teachable. The bulk of her photo essays are on the Suppressed Histories Archives page on Facebook, followed by 227,000 people. SUPPORT: You can support Max’s work by making a donation to the Suppressed Histories Archive, take one of Max’s classes through the Suppressed Histories portal on Teachable, or purchase one of Max’s books through Veleda Press. FOLLOW: You can find Max online at the Suppressed Histories Archive, her blog, Veleda, the Suppressed Histories Facebook page, on Instagram, and her YouTube channel