At a critical juncture in time, when writing in cuneiform appeared in ancient Sumeria, it is said the cultures of the Great Goddess succumbed to the rise of Patriarchal society. Thus written history, barely records Herstory, but the traces can be found from; Paleolithic artifacts and Shamanistic myths to the accounts of Ishtar, Inanna, Astarte . This lecture explores the ancient stories of the divine feminine through the lens of Venus (the planet and her myths). Tracing Herstory from artifacts and cave art, Archeoastronomy ; to mythology and western magical traditions. Venus’s allure goes deeper than her Greco/Roman representations and by following her light back; she beckons us to remember…… the dawn of consciousness itself. *no slides
