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Voices of the Sacred Feminine

Voices of the Sacred Feminine

Karen Tate 726 episodes Nov 4, 2026

Hosted by Rev. Dr. Karen Tate, this podcast explores sex, power, religion, and politics through the lens of the Divine Feminine. Running since 2009, it discusses spiritual psychology, esoteric wisdom, cosmic inquiry, and spiritual awareness. Weekly episodes examine local, national, global, and personal issues from a feminine-consciousness or right-brain perspective. The show encourages listeners to rethink patriarchal values, reclaim denied wisdom, and empower themselves.

Episodes

The Power & Peace of Partnership - Moving Beyond Domination to a World of Power With
The Power & Peace of Partnership - Moving Beyond Domination to a World of Power With Nov 4, 2026 13:39 Inspired by the work of Riane Eisler and her Partnership Society, today I'm discussing how we've been taught to understand power and what that has cost humanity. I'll share the seven dimensions of partnership: with self, community and workplace, intimate relations, national and global communities, Nature and the Divine. I'll leave you with the thought that the power of partnership is the power to
Pele's  Fire:  From Destruction to Rebirth...What She Can Teach Us About the World We're Becoming
Pele's Fire: From Destruction to Rebirth...What She Can Teach Us About the World We're Becoming Oct 28, 2026 13:48 Today's episode is inspired Pele, the Polynesian Fire Goddess still reverd by native Hawaiians. What can Pele teach us about the world we're becoming? As I walked on cooling lava, firey transformation beneath my feet, it seemed the perfect metaphor for what's happening culturally, socially, politically and spiritually. On the surface the world looks familiar but beneath the fire is burning and the
Spirituality Isn't For the Faint of Heart - Three Truths About Transformation
Spirituality Isn't For the Faint of Heart - Three Truths About Transformation Oct 21, 2026 11:00 Today I want to talk about something that doesn't always get enough attention in spiritual circles - COURAGE. Not the kind that sends us climbing mountains or sky diving. I'm talking about the courage to question what we've been taught, to challenge the familiar and to acknowledge that sometimes the beliefs and institutions we've trusted may actually be contributing to the problems we're trying to
The Missing Piece: What We Lost When We Erased the Divine Feminine
The Missing Piece: What We Lost When We Erased the Divine Feminine Oct 14, 2026 13:36 Sharing with you my dear friends and listeners the answers to 6 questions I believe really get to the heart of what I've been teaching, writing and talking about for decades. And I think these questons and my answers might help you better understand why I'm so passionate about this work and what it offers humanity.  Check out my website www.karentate.net and get my book via my website --https://ww
Mistress of the Animals Helping Us Maneuver This Untamed World
Mistress of the Animals Helping Us Maneuver This Untamed World Sep 30, 2026 13:32 Let's take a look at the Mistress of the Animals or Lady of the Beasts to understand her in symbol and concept and see how, like the ancients, we might use her as a tool or buffer to keep the dangerous and untamed world out there at bey so we might survive and thrive. Lets look at her as a symbol or role model for female authority, control and sovereignity. Then get paper and pen ready to think ab
Women are Hated, Neglected, Exploited & Oppressed
Women are Hated, Neglected, Exploited & Oppressed Sep 23, 2026 11:38 This podcast is inspired by the Lindsay Clancy trial; all the reactions on both sides of the aisle. And because women are carrying 73% of the cognitive labor while men have the emotional maturity of gerbils yet wonder why we'd rather not marry or date them. The US is falling behind other Western Countries when it comes to all the metrics that matter - there is no American Exceptionalism. We've bee
Sirens...Ruling the Fate of Men OR Metaphor of Women's Allure?
Sirens...Ruling the Fate of Men OR Metaphor of Women's Allure? Sep 9, 2026 14:45 Inspired by the blockbuster movie, The Odyssey, last episode (Mermaids) and this episode on Sirens discusses the psychological role of Sirens in the lives of women and men, contemporary Sirens, ancient Sirens and how Sirens become Mermaids. Thanks to Dr. Carla Ionescu of The Goddess Project on Youtube for some of the research provided in this episode and last.Please order my book - https://www.kar
Mermaids - Today, Yesteryear and Men's Fears
Mermaids - Today, Yesteryear and Men's Fears Sep 2, 2026 14:16 Inspired by the blockbuster The Odyssey, this episode and next are about Mermaids and Sirens, including touching on men's fear of women's sexuality, herstorical and contemporary meanings of Mermaids and mermaids associated with Goddesses.Please do check out my new book coming out, Divine Femining: Deity, Archetype and Ideal which can be pre-ordered here:  https://www.karentate.net/post/pagan-porta
You're Invited - Goddess Day Online - Saturday 8/1 ..FREE
You're Invited - Goddess Day Online - Saturday 8/1 ..FREE Jul 29, 2026 11:35 Hello Friends, please join us this Saturday, August 1 for our online Goddess Day sponsored by herchurch.org in SFO. Starting at 10:30am PST - 11:30 with Divine Feminine Service with lovely chants, sacred message and songs. Return just before 1PM for Pastor Stacy Boorn's Welcome for the afternoon activities which include a short video reel, my talk about the Divine Feminine: Deity, Archetype and Id
Who Were the Amazons? Were they Lesbian?
Who Were the Amazons? Were they Lesbian? Jul 22, 2026 14:17 Taking a look at what contemporary and ancient writers said about the Amazons and their lifestyles. Did they really live in female only societies? Were they hetero, bi-sexual or lesbian? Taking a look at Xena, Gabrielle and Wonder Woman and asking if men have a problem understanding fluid female emotions. Can we normalize gender fluidity? Does society, religion and culture groom us to be hetero wh
Puritan Women Preferred Native Americans to Puritan Husbands
Puritan Women Preferred Native Americans to Puritan Husbands Jul 15, 2026 11:48 Today I summarize a Substack article I mention in the episode about how 40-60% of Puritan women kidnapped by Native American tribes actually preferred living with the progressive thinking tribes to their Puritan husbands and did not want to return to their Puritan culture - including lesbian women who were not abominations in Native American culture. Learn more about the false captivity narratives
Lesbian Goddesses within Goddess Spirituality
Lesbian Goddesses within Goddess Spirituality Jul 8, 2026 14:02 People in the ancient world were a lot more accepting of the spectrum or fluidity of gender from androgynous divinities to lesbian or gay gods and goddesses. In fact, in Greece, there wasn't even a word for lesbian, gay or homosexual. Today I'll chat about this and share the names and descriptions of several of the ancient lesbian goddesses, some of which are contemporary icons for lesbian women t

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