Yeshe Tsogyal can rightly be considered a true mother of Tibetan Buddhism. An intriguing eighth century figure shrouded in legend,
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Fenja and Menja, Norse Warrior Women
Fenja and Menja are warrior women and giants who also had the power of prophecy, according to the old Norse poem, “Grotta’s Song.” Continue Reading
Women Prophets, Spiritual Rebels
Why is a writer who clearly loves superheroes so interested in women prophets? I think in part they’re the closest we come in my faith tradition to spiritual heroines of an often especially rebellious sort. Continue Reading
First Prophet? The Lesson of Lady Eve
“So when the woman saw the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.” Genesis 3.6 Stories are not always history, though they can be. Too often they are collected to serve a purpose by those who… Continue Reading
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Conversations with the Serpent
Eating one bad apple isn’t all that happened in that garden.