EPISODE · Mar 2, 2022 · 1H 1M
The Black Goddess Within with Giavanni Washington
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You can learn more about Dr. G and purchase the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck at https://go.blackgoddesswithin.com. Giavanni referenced the book It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, by Mark Wolyn You can learn more about Calafia, the Black Queen whose name inspired the state of California, here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen. You can also learn more about Queen Calafia’s Magical Circle, a public art installation created by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, located in Escondido, California, here: https://visitescondido.com/queen-califias-magical-circle-escondido/ For more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher. To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hometoher To go deeper in your Sacred Feminine explorations, check out the course offerings via Home to Her Academy: www.hometoheracademy.com And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning book Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine (Womancraft Publishing), available wherever you buy your books!. If you've read it, your reviews on Goodreads and Amazon are greatly appreciated! Mentioned in this episode: 1:1 Coaching Available This show has ended, but I'm still available for 1:1 coaching. You can learn more and book a discovery call at www.hometoher.com.
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The Sacred Feminine is infinitely large and multifaceted, but let’s face it: all too often, she is depicted and celebrated as white. European prehistoric figurines are far more recognized and depicted than African icons of the Sacred Feminine, for example, and even Goddesses with African origins often end up depicted with lightened skin and European features. We do the Sacred Feminine and ourselves a huge disservice when we whitewash Her in this way. On the latest episode, I discuss the need for better representation within the Sacred Feminine community with Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, the only oracle deck that features photos of Black women embodying the Goddesses of Africa. Dr. G, as she is affectionately known, earned her PhD from UCLA’s department of World Arts & Cultures after studying and performing percussive healing traditions all over the world. While she is a biologist, epidemiologist and ethnographer by training, standing up for the Black Body is her daily personal, professional and artistic practice. In this episode, we discuss the inspiration behind her oracle deck and the power inherent in Black Goddesses, the connection between percussion and the divine, how we might go about decolonizing spiritual practice, the case for reparations and how to deepen our relationship with our ancestors.
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