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Heret.ica (Her Ecofeminist Theology) is about exploring women's religious experiences. It's about uncovering the feminine voice of the divine feminist theology, goddess worship and ecofeminist spirituality. theologyofher.substack.com

  1. Theoris of Lemnos: Magic, Murder, and Misogyny in Ancient Athens

    07/01/2025

    Theoris of Lemnos: Magic, Murder, and Misogyny in Ancient Athens

    Today, we meet a woman whose name comes to us not from myth, but from a real courtroom - a woman accused, convicted, and executed for sorcery in Classical Athens. Her name was Theoris of Lemnos, and her story brings up tough questions about fear, gender, medicine, law - and what happens when they all collide. What did Theoris really do? Was she a poisoner or a healer? Was she targeted for who she was, more than what she did? Let’s find out. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    10 min
  2. Ep. 24: First Blood: Menarche as the Foundation for Women's Self-realisation (Chapter 2, Part 1 )

    06/10/2025

    Ep. 24: First Blood: Menarche as the Foundation for Women's Self-realisation (Chapter 2, Part 1 )

    Eurynome, often referred to as "the Goddess of All Things," is depicted as a figure central to a matriarchal creation story. This myth portrays Eurynome as the origin of the universe, arising from the sea or Chaos, and either creating the cosmos herself or birthing a cosmic egg from which all things emerged. In these narratives, Eurynome is a powerful, independent creator, often associated with the sea, fertility, and the nurturing aspects of the earth. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    10 min
  3. Dion Fortune: Occult activist, Mystic, and Sex Magic Egalitariansim

    05/07/2025

    Dion Fortune: Occult activist, Mystic, and Sex Magic Egalitariansim

    Born Violet Mary Firth (1890–1946), Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer. She co-founded the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an organization that promoted esoteric philosophies, many of which she claimed were taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters. Her teachings uniquely combined spirituality, social ethics, sexuality, and magic. Dion Fortune regarded sexual energy as a sacred and powerful life force with immense spiritual potential. At the core of her work was the belief that sexuality, when consciously directed and sublimated, could be used for both personal transformation and societal healing. She rejected the coital magic of Aleister Crowley - magic based on physical sexual acts and instead taught sublimation: the redirection of sexual energy into spiritual power. For Fortune, orgasm was an “earthing force” that expelled energy, whereas true sexual magic required the raising and focusing of sexual force through ritual. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min
  4. Ep.22: First Blood: Menarche as the Foundation for Women's Self-realisation (Chapter 1, Part 2)

    04/06/2025

    Ep.22: First Blood: Menarche as the Foundation for Women's Self-realisation (Chapter 1, Part 2)

    According to van Gennep the “betwixt or between” period is the liminal period that pertains “rites of passage.” Rites of passage tend to be found in smaller simple societies whose lives follow the cyclical rhythms of nature, being the seasons and the moon cycle, but also “rites which accompany every change of place, state, social position, social behaviour and age” (Turner, 1979, p.234). As a result of his explorations, Van Gennep marked rites of passage by three phases: separation, margin, and aggregation, to which three-fold structure Turner agreed and Since both, liminal consciousness and liminal behaviour are associated with allowing one to realise how they are more than their individual egos and the ability to think beyond the boundaries of given structures and identities, hence this can lead to self-realisation.renamed as preliminal, liminal and postlimimal rites. Theology of Her by Elena is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    18 min
  5. Ep 21: Mary Magdalene: Her Gospel

    03/03/2025

    Ep 21: Mary Magdalene: Her Gospel

    Refs: https://www.eomega.org/article/what-mary-magdalene-wanted-us-to-know http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm Nicolaides, A. (2018). Mary Magdalene and Orthodoxy: Apostle, Heroine or Feminist. Pharos Journal of Theology, 99(13). Balstrup, S. K. (2015). Interpreting the lost Gospel of Mary: Feminist reconstructions and myth making. Literature & Aesthetics, 25. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    22 min
  6. Ep 20: Mary Magdalene Within the New Testament Gospels: The Gospel of John

    02/22/2025

    Ep 20: Mary Magdalene Within the New Testament Gospels: The Gospel of John

    Ref: Bieringer, R., & Vanden Hove, I. (2007). Mary Magdalene in the Four Gospels. Louvain Studies, 32(3), 186-254. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min
  7. Ep 19: Mary Magdalene Within the New Testament Gospels: The Gospel of Luke

    02/13/2025

    Ep 19: Mary Magdalene Within the New Testament Gospels: The Gospel of Luke

    It’s believed that Mary Magdalene was indeed from a wealthy family and although in a patriarchal society it was rare for a woman to have wealth MM seems to be the ‘rebel’ of the feminist of her time where she was able to access wealth and use it as she pleased. Because of this it’s believed that this is why she was labeled the w***e not because she was a prostitute literally as we understand it, but because she did not follow the norms of what women where doing in her time… she was loose… and did not have a male guardian as all other women where expected to have. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    9 min
  8. Ep 18: Why do women turn towards the divine feminine to heal (men can also)?

    02/11/2025

    Ep 18: Why do women turn towards the divine feminine to heal (men can also)?

    How do women approach the divine feminine? Research has found that this occurs through devotion to the divine feminine. Women’s selection of the divine feminine is inclusive of Christianity such as the Virgin Mary, the Black Madonna, Eve, Mary Magdalene, the Holy Spirit but also saints including St. Teresa of Avila and St. Brigid. Other’s express this devotion to deities of other religious traditions or from ancient Greek deities like Hecate and Diana or through the ancient archetype of the trinity Maiden, Mother and Crone. Devotional practices include creating an altar, writing a song or poem, painting or contemplating on iconography, prayer, meditation, going on a pilgrimage, breathwork, yoga, and being in nature. These are all considered offerings of love towards the deity asking for the reciprocation of that love from the divinity, a seeking to know her and feeling a pull towards her that won’t let go. Ref. PhD thesis entitled: Prayer of the Body: Reflections on Archetypal Divine Feminine Figures in Embodied Spirituality, by Sarah Bond, in 2022. Get full access to Theology of Her by Elena at theologyofher.substack.com/subscribe

    13 min
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Heret.ica (Her Ecofeminist Theology) is about exploring women's religious experiences. It's about uncovering the feminine voice of the divine feminist theology, goddess worship and ecofeminist spirituality. theologyofher.substack.com

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    Elena
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    2024 - 2025
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