Anointing the body with oil is an ancient spiritual-sensual ritual that was passed down through the hands of wise women and priestesses for aeons. Found across cultures from Sumer to Egypt, from Greece to India and from early Christianity to indigenous European traditions, the act of anointing the body with sacred oil was more than […]

  While the ancient Druids of Britain, Ireland and Gaul are often imagined as bearded men in flowing robes, history and mythology tell a very different story: one where women played a significant role in Celtic spirituality. A female druid was known as a Ban Draoi (pronounced “bahn dree”) in Ireland: ‘Ban’ meaning “female” and […]

In the ancient lands of Sumeria, Greece, Eqypt and Mesopatemia, temple priestesses were revered agents of the goddess. They lived in temples where they tended to goddess rites, ceremonies and sacred rituals to support the prosperity of the land and its inhabitants.  Much has been written about temple priestesses. Some sources claim that one of […]