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All land has history – many millions of years of it – all natural places have living beings who reside there or pass through; all places have a landscape, an altitude, weather and seasons as well as a relationship to the four elements and all buildings have, as well as history, an intention or purpose informing them. Places can hold great resonances of emotion and just by being there we participate in it. Some locations gather layer upon layer of meaning, for example churches are often built on land, or on top of sites that were always considered sacred, as a method of colonizing local religions. These places are often high points in the landscape with significant features of water, geography and relationship to the local spirits. Churches themselves are often majestic structures, containing art work of great beauty, reverence for the divine, interred bodies, memorials and the thousands of rituals that have occurred within them. Perhaps they also retain the whispers or cries of those who lived and worshiped here before this current building was constructed, from lineages that might stretch back untold generations.

Well, it has been nearly two months since I stepped out on my own and opened my business officially. The response is amazing! 

SageWoman #93 - Claiming Our Power

In this issue of SageWoman, we peer deeply -- into our own souls, into the wisdom of our ancestors, and into the cracks and roots of our own wounded societies -- to discover what it means for us to be whole, to be healed, and to be empowered.

 This special issue features:

“My Journey with Inanna” What if the Underworld is a temple that we can visit while living to gain the power to become fully human?

“A World of Magic: the Sacred Practice of Gathering” Every gathering trip is a time to experience a deeper awareness of our marvelous existence on our Mother Earth.

“ Illuminating the Sacred Spiral: Voices from an Ancestral Priestess Path” Somewhere in our heart’s remembrance, we see a cloaked figure floating across the sacred waters and remember that once we were priestesses.

“Time for Myself” I am at a time in my life where it really is about me, yet I dread it when I have to tell someone what I want.

“Reborn into Power” The morning before my visit to the doctor, I watched the strong sunlight play on the rain-damp leaves of the trees below us in the courtyard.

“On Becoming a Witchy Warrior.” Rowena Green seeks to cut through the despair. The political climate has spurred me to action: The most vulnerable people need our strength and voices; the world needs our compassion, kindness, and humanity.

“A Visit with Jhenah Telyndru: The Many Paths of the Priestess.” Discover the goddesses -- Columbia, Guadalupe, and Lady Liberty -- who uphold, challenge, and embody the ideals (and land) of America.

“ Ladies of the Land: The Many Goddesses of America.” Join us as we discuss sovereignty, women's empowerment, and the nature of being a priestess with the Founder of the Sisterhood of Avalon.

Plus wisdom from our columnists:Susun Weed, Allison Leigh Lilly, Janet Callahan, Lizann Bassham, Anne Hill, Danielle Blackwood, Crystal Blanton, Nancy Vedder-Shults, Leslie J. Linder, and Rebecca Bailey.

Plus reviews, and letters from readers on their own experience of Sovereignty in "The Rattle."

88 pages, published in June 2018.

Editorial Note: This post was the final one Lizann made to the world on Facebook, on May 20, 2018. She died, surrounded by her friends, loved ones, and many divine Beloveds, around 7 am on May 27, 2018. That which is remembered, lives. (Anne Newkirk Niven)