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	<title>The Goddess of Willendorf</title>
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	<description>In Search of the Feminine Divine</description>
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		<title>Discarding the Scientific World View</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader writes:

In your Notes on Descartes, Annalinde Matichei says:

there is no possible step beyond the cogito ergo sum in the absence of the traditional understanding of Pure Intellect. Logically and legitimately, empirical thought stops right th...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/discarding-the-scientific-world-view</link>
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		<title>Descartes imagination and reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the bourgeois materialist world shaped by Descartes, imagination and reality are regarded as very distinct. But in fact the modern world-outlook has no real criteria for judging between the two.]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/descartes-imagination-and-reality</link>
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		<title>All about Moura</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moura is the Thirteenth Month and the Fifth Season of the Sacred Year of Our Mother God. Learn all about it.]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/all-about-moura</link>
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		<title>Blushing before Baldur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone blushes a bit at mention of Baldr, because even in the presence of his name, which alone carries the reputation (let alone his strong and bold and shining presence itself), living in an age of shame, one's best deeds themselves seem to shrink ...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/blushing-before-baldur</link>
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		<title>Cyclical time? Or Spiral Time?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cyclical time is known to be the traditional way of understanding history, as opposed to modern ideas of linear time - but in certain senses it is more accurate to speak of "spiral time".]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/cyclical-time-or-spiral-time</link>
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		<title>Getting Your Good From Passed Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to encourage a little more rigor in the evaluation of passed relationships. It is mental and emotional laziness to focus solely on the sour, and to fail to adequately appreciate and assimilate the lessons we were gifted in the relationship. The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/getting-your-good-from-passed-love</link>
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		<title>Families? Or Tribes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hate to burst anyone's bubble in nuclear family-worshipping America, but the family is not the primary social organization of Homo Sapiens. It is, rather, the band, and the tribe. In other words, Aristotle was right : man is the political animal, the...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/families-or-tribes</link>
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		<title>The feminine body is an expert in pleasure</title>
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		<link>http://willendorf.org/the-feminine-body-is-an-expert-in-pleasure</link>
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		<title>Longing is the deepest design of the Universe.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest offering by Sukhvinder Sircar The universe as we know it was at origin one unmanifest whole, the remembrance of which lies deep in every particle of it. The secret &#038; spirit of evolution is embedded in this longing. Longing is not a sign of incompletion. It can exist even in the most peaceful and&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/02/03/longing-is-the-deepest-design-of-the-universe/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/longing-is-the-deepest-design-of-the-universe</link>
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		<title>On Wizards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wizard goes beneath and beyond. A wizard has penetrating sight, and sees through. A wizard assimilates and grasps learning(s) at a much deeper and less literal level than most. A wizard is comfortable with contradictions and riddles.For these reasons...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/on-wizards</link>
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		<title>George Lakoff, Metaphor and Metaphysics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[George Lakoff and his research on the universality of metaphor shines an interesting (and unintended) light on the fundamental metaphysical basis of human thought and speech.]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/george-lakoff-metaphor-and-metaphysics</link>
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		<title>Arrogance Beyond Belief!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader comments on our recent article on Spiritual Evolution:

The behavior of "Swami" Kriyananda is really astonishing: He goes to an Eastern society, is welcomed into their religion, defiles their Holy Orders with gross sexual misconduct and then a...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/arrogance-beyond-belief</link>
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		<title>Pour Some Loving Kindness Into the Place of Not Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you first arrived into this human form you came with exuberance, eager to show the world the gift of YOU. Then a little time passed by, and slowly you began to feel a vague sense of not being “enough”. Just as the air we breathe is shared by us all, sadly this underlying current&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/31/pour-some-loving-kindness-into-the-place-of-not-enough/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/pour-some-loving-kindness-into-the-place-of-not-enough</link>
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		<title>Spiritual evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Spiritual evolution" is one of the key notions of the "New Age" movement. We examine this deceptive and anti-traditional doctrine.]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/spiritual-evolution</link>
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		<title>Are you allowing yourself to be supported?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my Yoga class this morning I found my self  leaning my legs up towards the wall, a blanket was rolled up underneath my thighs. I had two pillows supporting both my wrists, and one under my head. Oh, and did I mention the warm soft blanket hugging my whole body? This was the point&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/23/are-you-allowing-yourself-to-be-supported/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/are-you-allowing-yourself-to-be-supported</link>
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		<title>Eckhart Tolle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have read about Eckhart Tolle and his philosophy.  Apparently many people find it appealing.  However, something about it is disturbing to me.  Would you please comment on whether his ideas are compatible with the Deanic/Filianic Faith or not and why...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/eckhart-tolle</link>
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		<title>On Using a Statue of Kuan Yin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annalinde Matichei wrote the following as part of a discussion on worshiping the Daughter in the form of Kuan Yin:

This is an interesting question. I have a statue of Thousand Hand Kuan Yin as my main Altar-piece. Do I "worship Kuan Yin"? What would t...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/on-using-a-statue-of-kuan-yin</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!  I've moved the blog over to a new address.  Hope that you'll come visit me and will adjust your settings.]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/happy-new-year</link>
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		<title>Hello World, Here I am!</title>
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		<link>http://willendorf.org/hello-world-here-i-am</link>
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		<title>Some of the Other Angels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many devotees of Dea are familiar with the names of the Seven "Planetary" Janyati.  However, many of us have also heard mention of other Janati.  I would imagine that there are many Janyati whose names we do not know.  However, I would be interested in...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/some-of-the-other-angels</link>
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		<title>One day you just find yourself dancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The infinite universe planted a seed. Inside the seed is all the wisdom, the inspiration and clarity, everything the seed needs in order to grow into what it is meant to be. It has the spark of life within it, and will, in one way or the other, grow to fulfill its incarnation, because there&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/11/one-day-you-just-find-yourself-dancing/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/one-day-you-just-find-yourself-dancing</link>
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		<title>Urd Offers Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let the world teach you how to be old ; let death teach you how to be inevitable, unstoppable, inextricably woven into the heart of things. Life is a frightening adventure of peeling back fear to reveal treasure and grandeur, if we will dare to step ou...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/urd-offers-choices</link>
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		<title>Inevitability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain bleak inevitability to the Northern way that superficially has gloominess and grimness to it. But beneath this is great joy, and endless faith in life's powers. The hands of Urd the Great hold us all, and this is a deep, loving inevi...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/inevitability</link>
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		<title>Bring the Gods Together in Your Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You must find the Gods and bring them together. They have left their traces deep within the sinews of the world, but within the world, to surface-eyes, and minds scarred by the axe, they appear to be in contradiction in the tangle of complexity. To hav...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/bring-the-gods-together-in-your-heart</link>
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		<title>I am a billion sparkles of light.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[:: I am a yogini. I am timeless. I am a woman offering myself as truth, as a throbbing yearning heart. I am a roar I am a sigh I am a billion sparkles of light. Come closer to me, I will hold you. Come with me into the realms of constant blossoming, in to&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/10/i-am-a-billion-sparkles-of-light/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/i-am-a-billion-sparkles-of-light</link>
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		<title>Who &quot;Borrowed&quot; Epiphany?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The High Feast of the Epiphany of God the Daughter falls on the 12th of Herthe (6th of January). Surely worshipers of Our Mother God "borrowed" this from Christianity?

No indeed - it is exactly the other way about. Learn more about the Feast of Epipha...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/who-borrowed-epiphany</link>
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		<title>&quot;Little Nativity&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Herthe 11th (January 5th) is Duodecima - the Twelfth Day of Nativity. Herthe 12th (January 6th) is the High Feast of the Epiphany, popularly known as Princesses' Day.

Epiphany, the showing-forth of the new-born Daughter of Dea is often called Little N...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/little-nativity</link>
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		<title>Millions and millions of women have prepared for this time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that life sometimes sucks, I know you have been through hell.  I know people have disappointed you, hurt you, that you have failed many times, that you have regrets and unfulfilled dreams. I know that your body does not always fit into the image that you want it to be.  I know relationships&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/04/millions-and-millions-of-women-have-prepared-for-this-time/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/millions-and-millions-of-women-have-prepared-for-this-time</link>
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		<title>A 21 Day Lakshmi Sadhana Immersion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ ~ aligning your life with your souls desire With Chameli Ardagh &#038; The Global Awakening Women Circle January 25 – February 15,  2012 You are invited! Get all the details here. &#160; &#160; &#160; Image: Bibbi Friman ]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/a-21-day-lakshmi-sadhana-immersion</link>
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		<title>Awakening Women 2012-01-01 20:02:01</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Women&#8217;s Ashram in Corfu, Greece If you are planning to come with us to Corfu this year, don&#8217;t wait too long to reserve your place, we are filling up quickly. As of today these are the spaces that are still open: Women&#8217;s Temple Group Facilitator Training: Still places left Yogini Paradise Retreat Two weeks:&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2012/01/01/5526/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/awakening-women-2012-01-01-200201</link>
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		<title>The Day of Sai Herthe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From an Aristasian blog:

We had a wonderful Herthedi Service today! Honored Raya gave one of her inspired talks that really suddenly made it clear to me how the Day of Sai Herthe fits into the mystical journey that is the Year. We really should try t...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/the-day-of-sai-herthe-2</link>
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		<title>pssst… sister… the universe is hiring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I pray. It is my job. For real. Everything that we explore in the Yogini circles, everything you read here, everything, arises from prayer. But what about self empowerment? What about taking charge of our lives? What about looking for the answer from our own wisdom? What about all the ways women have given&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2011/12/30/pssst-sister-the-universe-is-hiring/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/pssst%e2%80%a6-sister%e2%80%a6-the-universe-is-hiring</link>
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		<title>The Twelve Days of Nativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Filianic blogger writes:
I say "Nativity" and not "Post-Nativity" thoughts, because it is still Nativity. Please do not think that when the first day of Nativity has passed all that magic Nativity Snow is just plain ol' snow snow. It isn't. It may be...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/the-twelve-days-of-nativity</link>
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		<title>to dive unreservedly into life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It sounds great just to be present. Who wouldn&#8217;t choose that? When we look a little closer, we realize that in order to live it, we will have to get down in our bodies. And stay. It is not always pleasant to be in our bodies, but to be present, means to welcome life in&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2011/12/28/to-dive-unreservedly-into-life/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/to-dive-unreservedly-into-life</link>
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		<title>On the Second Day of Nativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nativity has not ended, but what has ended is Astraea, the Star-month. We are now in Herthe, the Hearthfire-month.
In Astraea, the Star-month we look upward and in Herthe, the Hearth-month we look inward. Nativity is the Northern Gate of the Cosmos thr...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/on-the-second-day-of-nativity</link>
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		<title>Fanaticism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are taught to fear fanatics, as if our own cynicism were not as deadly, as if passion and determination and stubborn steadfastness, not to mention force at times, were not necessary to break through inertia and stagnation and achieve progress. As if...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/fanaticism</link>
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		<title>Yule Offering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out by the sands, shore-swept wash, tonight I threw five pebbles one year ago I collected by the shore. I had asked then, what offering would Njord want? What would a coin really mean? It came to me : collect several stones and live with them for a whi...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/yule-offering</link>
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		<title>HAPPY NATIVITY</title>
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13. And when the voice of the Janya ceased, a silence fell that was the first true silence since the beginning of the world, and the last that shall be until it end. 14. And the children of earth watched the sky as the first rays of dawn crept across...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/happy-nativity</link>
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		<title>Good Yule!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good Yule! Good Yule! I write to you beneath a blanket on the beach outside Ventura. The night is crisp, the stars are bright, the tide thrums on, its baritone thump along the shores holding, forgiving, strengthening. I roll about on the sand, ask Jord...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/good-yule</link>
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		<title>Everything Happens For the Dream-Reasons of Wyrd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a follow-up to "Everything Does Not Happen For A Reason"Urd, the Well of Wyrd's keeper, dreams, and her dream-weaves web upon the tapestry of life. It makes no sense to logic-eyes of wordlock, but in the end, her benevolence cups and holds events, even...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/everything-happens-for-the-dream-reasons-of-wyrd</link>
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		<title>The Hobbit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  O say that Northern spirit still divine within our Western Walls resides! For there is hope within the embers not yet passed that we may light the hearths again! And that is food for toasts! Let lift the wine, in silver-rimmèd horn, to lips, and spi...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/the-hobbit</link>
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		<title>Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Candles burning, Tibetan incense whispers secrets in the early morning. I am re-emerging slowly up to the surface after almost 21 days of Sadhana, of Spiritual Cleanse. Daily I claim my seat among the outrageously devoted Yoginis. Prayers and howls are the soundtrack of my days, the inner channels humming with sparkly fresh winds, the&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2011/12/20/have-patience-with-everything-unresolved-in-your-heart/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/have-patience-with-everything-unresolved-in-your-heart</link>
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		<title>Magical Transformation and Nativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from a recent blog post that may interest our readers, reprinted with permission:

We had a little catch-up meeting today so the pettes who missed Cinderella this Rhavedi could see the missed epis. And we saw my favorite scene when the Fairy Go...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/magical-transformation-and-nativity</link>
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		<title>Things for Nativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Nativity draws closer here are two things that may delight you!

Hail to the Princess A beautiful Nativity carol

The Dream Key A heartwarming feminine seasonal story.

May Dea bless you all!]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/things-for-nativity</link>
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		<title>Reader Comment &#8211; demons in the modern world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is more of a simple point in an area of interest of mine: the "paranormal". Now, I don't dally in it, myself (thats just dangerous!), but I do watch documentaries and read stories. I have just this minute been watching a documentary I have on a di...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/reader-comment-demons-in-the-modern-world</link>
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		<title>Spiritual Practice is Self Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love spiritual practice. Yes I know, some cringe thinking about the dreaded D word (yes, discipline..) having had too many authority figures telling us what to do. But we can also view our commitment to practice as self love. It is a commitment to that which truly nourishes us. We feed the practice, and&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2011/12/08/get-into-the-rhythm-of-the-practice-no-matter-what/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/spiritual-practice-is-self-love</link>
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		<title>Readers&#8217; Comments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your excellent explication of the concept of Anima Mundi. The threefold constitution of the cosmos and of the jiva as microcosm is of course a central teaching of the perennial philosophy.

Sri Lalita Herself is named Tripura Sundari, the...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/readers-comments</link>
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		<title>Talking Through the Door</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; You say who is at the door? I say your slave. You say what do you want? To see you and bow. How long will you wait? Until you call. How long will you cook? Until the resurrection. We talk to the door. I claim a great love and that I have given up&#160;<a href="http://awakeningwomen.com/2011/12/05/talking-through-the-door/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/talking-through-the-door</link>
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		<title>Anima Mundi and the Human Psyche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we mean by the Anima Mundi and what relation does it bear to the human psyche?]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/anima-mundi-and-the-human-psyche</link>
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		<title>Why Advent Comes So Soon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a recent blog post:

We had a lovely Eve of Advent Service on Rayadi, and Honored Raya in her sermon explained something I have never understood. Why does Advent come so suddenly? Because it does, doesn’t it? Every year, even though some shops h...]]></description>
		<link>http://willendorf.org/why-advent-comes-so-soon</link>
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