Cultivating Sacred Feminine Community with Caryn MacGrandle
We are stronger together, and perhaps no one knows this better than my guest for this episode, Caryn MacGrandle. Caryn is the creator behind the Divine Feminine App, an online community, that, since 2016, has been connecting women and all genders in circles, and to events and resources. As Caryn says, if you combined the number of years of experience that the users of the Divine Feminine App have in doing the Mother's work, we would be back in time to a society that valued the Earth and the Mother, recognizing that we are all her children and must work together as such. On the latest episode we discuss:
- How a full moon gathering sparked Caryn's interest in spiritual community outside the structures of traditional religions, which eventually led to her participation and creation of women's circles.
- Caryn's journey away from the Catholic faith of her youth, through Paganism and eventually to Goddess spirituality
- How the Divine Feminine App came into being, and why Caryn says its ultimate purpose is to take you away from your computer and into connection with your local community
- Why she feels there's no stopping the coming "tsunami of the Mother" (including the fact that it's not a tsunami we need to be afraid of)
- Our upcoming panel discussion on intersectionality that Caryn and I will be participating in at The Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago (August 14-18, 2023)
Show Notes:
- If you’d like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/
- My book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is now available Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too.
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- I would love to see you at the upcoming Parliament of the World's Religions! Register and learn more here: https://parliamentofreligions.org/parliament/2023-chicago/
- You can visit the Divine Feminine app here: https://thedfapp.com/
- You can also visit the Divine Feminine app via Instagram and Facebook
- Special offer for Home to Her listeners: As a benefit to listeners and group members, the divine feminine app has given us a promocode to use: HometoHer. The promocode will give you 90 days of member access to both the Profile and Resources sections as well as the ability to enter unlimited featured events that are emailed to the divine feminine app users. Visit the app at theDivineFeminineApp.com - register quick easy and free, then click on Upgrade Membership on the top right, scroll down and put 'HometoHer' in promocode box.
- Caryn is also a regular contributor to Feminism and Religion, which you can explore here: https://feminismandreligion.com/
- We also referenced my recent episode with Karen Tate, which you can find here: https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/challenging-a-culture-of-abuse-with-karen-tate
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Mentioned in this episode:
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