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Podcast: Ruby Ray
Episode: 25. Sheela Na Gig: The Cosmological Center of the Human Imagination with Starr Goode
Description: In honor of Sheela Na Gig on Sheela's day, teacher and author of, "Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power," Starr Goode joins us. We discuss Sheela Na Gig and the iconography, history and symbolism of the Vulva. Starr shares why it is the cosmological center of human imagination—and why beloved Sheela is returning to our collective consciousness now. We also discuss: How the imagery of Sheela endured through patriarchal times Why Sheela is returning to the human consciousness now Why the icon of the vulva is a way for women to know th...