Navigating Tower Time with Byron Ballard

Byron and I covered so much rich ground during this conversation! Here are a few additional resources to support your further explorations.

• Video version of this episode is available on the Home to Her Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/kVbrUHlnQ-E
• You can learn more about Byron at her website, https://www.myvillagewitch.com/.
• You can also find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/byron.ballard.37, and on Instagram: @byronballard5789
• Byron referenced D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths – more info here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/36027/daulaires-book-of-greek-myths-by-ingri-daulaire-and-edgar-parin-daulaire/#:~:text=In%20print%20for%20over%20fifty,if%20they%20were%20alive%20today
• Byron also mentioned the Nicene Creed of Catholicism, which I wasn’t familiar with. If you’re interested, you can read the text here: https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe
• You can see the replica of the Parthenon, including its giant replica of the Goddess Athena, in Nashville, TN, here: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14603. And here’s more info on the Serpent Mound, which Byron also referenced: https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/serpent-mound/. 
• Riane Eisler has written one of the most important books detailing the history of the Goddess, called “The Chalice and The Blade”. More info here – this also links to Eisler’s Center for Partnership Systems, which also offers many more resources: https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future/

The images found on the ubiquitous Rider-Waite Tarot deck were designed by a Black woman named Pamela Colman Smith, who rarely gets credit for her work. I also discussed this with a previous guest, Giovanni Washington, and you can listen to here episode here: 

https://hometoher.simplecast.com/episodes/the-black-goddess-within-with-giavanni-washington

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