The Divined Feminine

Blossoming into Womanhood

2010-05-10T09:30:00.000-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Tree Adornment

2010-05-07T08:46:00.000-04:00

Tree in McCarren Park, Brooklyn NY

Yoni Labyrinth Maker

2010-05-05T08:36:00.001-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline
Dawn writes, of this gorgeous sharing: "After the Apple Tree Morris Sun Up my family and I drove out to the coast to create a Labyrinth to walk for World Labyrinth Day . . . I thought we would dart home before heading out so I had left the piece of driftwood I use to make sand labyrinths at home . . . fortunately the ocean offered up a replacement for the day . . . complete with a Yoni image and all! Here is the piece of driftwood I used to make the Beltane labyrinth . . . you can just make out the fuzzy edges of the labyrinth behind in the sand."

Improves Night Vision

2010-05-03T11:04:00.001-04:00

Photo by Kim Davis

Womb/Tomb

2010-04-30T08:56:00.001-04:00

Dolmen at Columcille

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Wrapping up this week of Divined inspirations from the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Conference I attended last week, with this image. This dolmen is from the Columcille Megalith Park, adjacent to the site of the conference. What an incredible place!

Sacra Vulva

2010-04-28T12:01:00.000-04:00

From Max Dashu's Suppressed Histories Archives

Another incredible Goddess Scholar who presented at the 2010 ASWM Conference.

Shelia Na Gig

2010-04-26T08:53:00.005-04:00

I share this today in honor of Her creator, Lydia Ruyle, whom I had the privilege to meet at the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Conference this past week. We worked and shared and learned surrounded by the watchful eyes of Lydia's fantastic banners, depicting Goddesses from around the world. Her work is inspired, and inspiring, and quite DIVINE! Please visit her site for more amazing Goddess imagery and to learn more about this incredible woman!

Goddess of the North

2010-04-13T08:47:00.000-04:00

Goddess of the North

Landscape Sculpture in progress in Northumberland, UK

For more information about this incredible undertaking, which will be created from 1.5 million tons of earth, and take two years to complete, please read this article from BBC news, which includes a video of artist Charles Jencks, who designed the sculpture, explaining why this image is non-offensive. While it is amazing that this Landscape Goddess is being created at all, we are presented with yet another reiteration of the view that women's bodies are something that need to be censored, rather than being something to celebrate.

Royal Majesty

2010-04-12T08:56:00.000-04:00

Clitoria ternatea

The Mound in the Dark Grove

2010-04-09T08:34:00.000-04:00

Bryn Celli Ddu - Ynys Mon, Wales

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Spring Fever

2010-04-07T12:45:00.000-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Pitcher Plant

2010-04-05T09:34:00.000-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Birthing the Cycle

2010-04-02T12:49:00.000-04:00

Photo by Bobbi Hollars

Crowning

2010-03-29T10:21:00.000-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Flow Form

2010-03-26T08:48:00.000-04:00

Water Feature at Chalice Well Gardens

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Yoni Branch

2010-03-25T14:20:00.000-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Autumn's Legacy

2010-03-23T14:34:00.000-04:00

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Grandmother Willow

2010-03-22T11:25:00.000-04:00

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Council of Goddesses

2010-03-19T07:54:00.000-04:00

Created by Alicia Grosso

Receptive

2010-03-18T12:02:00.001-04:00

Photo by Sydney Bell

Unfurling

2010-03-17T08:28:00.001-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Vesica Piscis

2010-03-16T13:06:00.001-04:00

Chalice Well Lid Detail

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Into the Mound

2010-03-15T09:00:00.002-04:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Mandorla Goddess

2010-03-12T09:05:00.001-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Goddess of Crete Revealed

2010-03-11T13:52:00.001-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Healing the Center

2010-03-10T15:11:00.000-05:00

Photo by Emily Jones

Goddess Returning to Earth

2010-03-09T13:39:00.000-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Butterfly Pea

2010-03-08T09:42:00.003-05:00

Clitoria ternatea

As suggested by the ancient Doctrine of Signatures, the butterfly pea was used medicinally for women's health concerns - addressing infertility, dysmenorrhea, and often used as an aphrodisiac.

This is a Metaphor ...

2010-03-04T13:44:00.002-05:00

... for my supervagantistically mystical Feminine Goddess Core.

(Some NSFW language)

Snoni

2010-03-03T06:00:00.002-05:00

Photo by Emily Jones

Moist Earth

2010-03-02T15:12:00.000-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Waters of the Red Spring

2010-03-01T06:00:00.002-05:00

"Like the Grail, once found and lifted to the lips of the Fisher King, a sip of her healing waters returns vitality to the Wasteland. Indeed, this is very much the energy surrounding the Blood Spring. The high iron content of the water stains red every fountain, basin and sluice in the gardens, and its obvious menstrual connection serves to further the message: we must shed the old to make way for the new – from death comes new life. For the waters of Chalice Well have never been known to fail; they have sustained Glastonbury through various droughts over the centuries. These icy waters have been revered for their healing properties and have been the destination of pilgrims for hundreds of years." - From The Chalice and the Grail by Jhenah Telyndru, published in the Fall 2009 issue of Circle Magazine.

Magnolia Seed Pod

2010-02-26T10:52:00.001-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Sacred Yoni Soap

2010-02-25T09:41:00.000-05:00

Created by Alicia Grosso

Triple Goddess

2010-02-24T08:32:00.000-05:00

Three Goddesses in the Setting Sun by Alicia Grosso

Goddess Kissing the Sun

2010-02-23T12:48:00.001-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Plum Wood Priestess Staff

2010-02-22T11:49:00.002-05:00

Photo by Dawn "Raven" Kline

Virgin de Guadelupe

2010-02-06T15:34:00.002-05:00

Image of the Virgin de Guadelupe, in a tree near Santa Cruz ...

... and the Shrine that grew around the beautiful natural image.

Photos by Riccimagic

Yoni Rock

2010-02-05T13:03:00.001-05:00

Yoni Rock - Vedauwoo Recreation Area, Wyoming

Photo by Melissa Black

De Vined Feminine

2010-02-04T15:18:00.001-05:00

Ithaca Commons, 2008

Photo by Vyviane Armstrong

Marble Manifestation

2010-02-03T18:18:00.002-05:00

Elevator Floor in Atlanta Office Building

Photo by Tania Ackerman

Our Lady of Music

2010-02-02T10:29:00.001-05:00

Studio Monitor

Photo by Emily Jones

Bowing to the Water

2010-02-01T12:43:00.002-05:00

"Bowing to the Water"

Snow Drawing

The shores of Hinkley Pond in Harwich, MA 2/17/09

By Jocelyn Russell

Llech Ronw

2010-01-31T13:42:00.001-05:00

The Stone of Gronw - River Cynfael, Wales

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru

Yoni Portal

2010-01-30T16:32:00.002-05:00

Yew Tree in Chalice Well Garden

Photo by Jhenah Telyndru