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[Editorial: Return to Mago E-Magazine (RTME)’s News Update begins to promote networks among organizational representatives and individuals under the rubric of Nine-Sister Networks in an effort to kindle the spirit of Matriversal Feminism, formerly called Goddess Feminist Activist Spirituality. We begin with the updates by RTME contributors and hope to invite non-RTME individuals. If you are interested in joining us, see here (Invitation to join RTME’s News-Update).]
| Kaalii Cargill Formerly Kairos Centre Melbourne Australia kaalii.cargill@gmail.com Story: I am currently focused on coparenting my 7 year old grandson Charlie. My daughter died 3 years ago, and I have become “NonnaMama” as Charlie would say. I am also recently a great grandmother, so the mother function continues to shape my life. I also tend my large garden, paint murals, and grieve the ongoing lack of nurture in the patriarchal world. I sometimes hear from people who have read my books and am pleased that Her story reaches others through my work. |
| Nane Jordan Mago Academy, Creatrix Studies Course: Thealogies of birth explores the birthing-potentiality of the divine female/feminine and Great Mother in connection to women’s birth-giving power. Reflecting on thea-logy, as in study of Goddess, through an embodied, eco-spiritual feminist lens that holds birth, those who give it, and all being born as sacred, we inquire into matricentric (mother-centred) understandings of birth and qualities of experience. Weaving meaning with Earth-honouring thea-perspectives, we explore interconnecting threads of goddesses and mothers—write large and small—at the centre of birthing agency, care, and spirituality, and potentials of such in our lives. (Continue to read for course summary.) Registration $50 here. https://www.magoacademy.org/2025/12/28/registration-open-creatrix-and-mothers-thealogies-of-birth/. |
| Joanna Kujawa, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer and Subject Coordinator joanna@joannakujawa.com Books: DR. JOANNA KUJAWA is a scholar, spiritual detective, and the author of Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI, and the Goddesses of Ascension and The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge. She received her BA and MA from the Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her PhD from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. As a tenured academic for over 20 years, she uses her scholarly training to investigate topics other academics often pass over such as what is the nature of UFO experiences? Is there a connection between AI, UFO, and the esoteric Goddess Traditions of Inanna, the Eleusinian Mysteries, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, and the Pistis Sophia? Her book, The Other Goddess, is also available in Complex Chinese. She is a regular guest on many popular shows and is featured on Season 4 of the acclaimed Magical Egypt series. Apart from her writings for academic publications on spiritual travel, Joanna has also had her short stories and essays published through various media and in many prestigious anthologies, including Best Australian Stories, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. For more information, please go to www.joannakujawa.com Her new book: Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI, and the Goddesses of Ascension: https://amzn.to/4mJ8hGa |
| Glenys Livingstone PaGaian Cosmology pagaian@bigpond.net.au Story: My monthly contribution to Return to Mago E-Magazine was published: it was a video and story, Imbolc/Early Spring Goddess Slideshow https://www.magoism.net/?s=Imbolc+Goddess+Slideshow. I enjoyed a Zoom meeting with Southern Hemisphere PaGaian Cosmology students, who have engaged enthusiastically in the process of the Seasonal year, and material supplied; the Southern Hemisphere year’s cycle is nearing completion with the Autumn here now, and thus beginning again. New students have begun to sign up for the new Southern Hemisphere cycle 2026-2027 https://pagaian.org/celebrating-cosmogenesis-in-seasonal-wheel-on-line/ Upon invitation, I participated in an on-line conversation with an Australian Pagan Feminist group about PaGaian Cosmology, and with particular interest the group had in the Cosmic Triplicity, commonly named as the Triple Goddess. |
| Harita Meenee author@hmeenee.com Book: Harita Meenee is a Greek independent scholar of classical studies and women’s history, as well as a writer, editor, translator, artist, and activist. She has presented cultural television programs and lectured at universities in Greece and the United States. She is the author of five books and numerous articles and essays published in Greek and international anthologies and magazines. Her first poetry collection, Partner in Dream, is forthcoming in Greek in September 2026. Website: www.hmeenee.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/HaritaMeeneeAuthor/ |
| Tina Minkowitz tminkowitz@earthlink.net Story: In 2024, Tina received the “Ketil Njaa Solberg Human Rights Award for the fight against violations, abuse and coercion in mental health care” from the ReDo Human Rights Foundation. She has a particular interest in a reparations approach to deinstitutionalization, and the reimagining of crisis and support needs outside of mental health discourse and practices. She prioritizes the abolition of forced psychiatry and seeks healing and justice for psychiatric violence. Her work also addresses criminal justice system reform and alternatives, the rights of older persons, and women’s human rights. See also https://uio.academia.edu/TinaMinkowitz and reimaginingcrisissupport.org. |
| Glen Rogers glen@glenrogersart.com Book: Glen Rogers is an internationally exhibited painter, printmaker, sculptor who lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She teaches Monoprint Workshops and lectures on the Sacred Feminine, a focus of her artwork. She’ll be offering a workshop, Making Magic with Monotype Printing:Journey to the Sacred Feminine Through Divine Creativityin Southwest France in September. Publications include Symbols of the Spirit: A Meditative Journey Through Art, and oracle decks: Spirit Cards and Sacred Feminine Wisdom. In 2026 she was a guest on the podcasts: The Oracle of Luna and the Dale Allen Podcast. www.glenrogersart.com FB and Instagram: GlenRogersArt |
| Suzanne Roupas The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Secretary@womenandmyth.org Event: Reimagining Goddess Scholarship: At the Edges of Sacred Knowledge. An online symposium presented by The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology Sunday, May 3 2026. This symposium is a conversation that focuses closely on the question of “Who holds/gives voice to sacred knowledge?” A spacious schedule allows us to create dialogues among speakers and members. Our program features three panels on issues that we are often asked to consider. In this online format we are able to feature panelists from a wide range of disciplines and locations. Our featured speaker, Dr. Apela Colorado, Director of the Worldwide Indigenous Sciences Network, will respond to panelists’ work, adding important context and exploring the spaces between Western and Indigenous knowledge. Registration is open – learn more at https://womenandmyth.org/events. |
| Janet Rudolph Jandelion@aol.com Book: The Music of Creation examines important Biblical passages from the Hebrew Bible and re-translates them using the oldest of principles; teachings based on nature and its cyclical wisdoms. Hebrew is a sacred language which uses power syllables. These carry vibrational elements that we experience as meaningful and compelling. In many, if not most cultures, words with especially strong vibrational energy are used to name God, Divinity, or Creator. Their spoken energy travels along vibrational pathways connecting us to that which is grander than ourselves. In this they resonate within our bodies as well as throughout heaven and the earth. In sections called “Experiencing the Vibrational Essences,” there are Hebrew chants inspired by each thematic message. These are accompanied by mudras (hand/body positions) and mandalas (imageries) so each reader can build their own spiritual practice based on these ancient wisdoms. Chapter titles include “Joyful Noise,” “Celebration of Trees,” and “Mystical Journeys.” |
| Lise Weil lweil22@gmail.com Call for Submissions: Dark Matter: Women Witnessing is pleased to announce our call for submissions for issue #19: INTIMACY Part II: Intimacy. We want to know what it means to you. What does it look/feel/smell/sound/taste like? How can we cultivate it? How does intimacy nourish the vital fabric of sentient beings and symbiotic communities? Where it exists, what does it ask of us, give to us, facilitate? What are the consequences of its absence? We invite submissions of essays, poems, stories, art and dreams…. Deadline: February 27, 2026. Please see our submission guidelines here. |
| Tamara Wyndham tamarawyndham@yahoo.com Event: Isis Moon Ritual: Navigium Isidis, Sunday, March 1, 2026, 6:30 pm, Westbeth Community Space, 155 Bank Street, New York City, $15 suggested donation. A ritual/performance collaboration with audience participation. Ritual written and conceived by Tamara Wyndham. Isis was a major goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. Under the Roman Empire her powers grew. Temples were built to her across the known world. Her cult rivaled Christianity. Early March was a holiday in her honor, the Navigium Isidis. Mirla Pereira will dance, personifying the goddess, as she appeared in the temple at Sais: “I am all that has been and is and shall be; and no mortal has ever lifted my veil.” Tamara Wyndham will make a contact body print of Mirla at the conclusion of her dance. Applying paint to her body, which will transfer to cloth. This symbolizes a transformation. https://www.facebook.com/events/1433950515020640 |
| Mago Work Branches Mago Academy Call for Papers: Creatrix Studies Annual Online Conference seeks papers and workshop proposals. Primary deadline: March 1. Theme: Celebrating the Great Unity of ALL in the Cosmic Mother. See Call for Papers and Workshops here: https://www.magoacademy.org/2025/09/30/call-for-papers/. Mago Academy hosts Creatrix Studies Learners (Instructors and Students) Virtual Gatherings (60 min) on the first Saturday of the months of March, August, and November annually. It is open to the public, free of charge, with registration. 11AM-12PM Pacific Time on March 7, 2026 “Meet New Learners (Instructors and Students) and Join Upcoming Courses and Events” https://www.magoacademy.org/2026/01/22/creatrix-studies-learners-virtual-gatherings/ Return to Mago E-Magazine (Search) Volunteer Opportunity with Nine Sisters Network News Update Project. Return to Mago E-Magazine (RTME) is seeking a team of volunteers to assist in the movement of Matriversal Feminism (formerly called Goddess Feminist Activist Spirituality) by joining the project of Nine Sister Networks News Update. For the projects of Nine Sister Networks, Nine Poets Speak, and E-Interviews, we have been interviewing organizational representatives as well as influential individuals. As the first step toward the vision of Matriversal Feminism, we will create and publish a monthly news update post (Nine Sister Networks: Stay Informed and Connected). This classified news update will include updates from representatives of the Nine Sisters Network organizations and individuals, and RTME contributors, and eventually RTME readers and supporters. Updates will focus on the publication of new books, events, courses, workshops, services, stories, achievements, companionship, facilities, and other topics. See details here. S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies Journal: Invitation to Propose a Theme Issue. Qualified scholars including the members of the S/HE Journal Editorial Board are invited to propose a theme issue of S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies. Proposals should include a 200-word description of the theme of the issue, as well as a list of potential contributors, and an estimated timeline for completion. Guest Editors may also circulate a call for contributors. For all other details, see here: https://sheijgs.space/?p=2516. |
| RTME Editorial Helen Hye-Sook Hwang: The second issue is richer than the first one, a sign that Nine-Sister Networks are growing. I am relieved and grateful. Thank you everyone who makes this news update possible. Now we need a blogging volunteer for the news update! Mary Saracino: My newest book, a collection of poetry entitled Motherlines (Pearlsong Press 2026), focuses on matrilineal female empowerment, reclaiming one’s ancestral roots, celebrating the healing power of nature, and naming the many ways that women mother the world. It joins the ongoing international collective effort encouraging women to reclaim their voices and take back their power to make the world a better place for all. These poems speak to the human need for sovereignty, equality, connection, compassion, and justice—because another world and a more just future is possible if we envision it and work to create it. I am grateful to the RTM community for your ongoing support of my creative work, and I hope the poems in Motherlines will be of interest to RTME readers. Motherlines can be purchased online at Amazon.com, Pearlsong.com, and Bookshop.org, and Barnesandnoble.com |
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