Goddess Temples around the World
USA - Orange County, California
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Australia - Canberra
THE GODDESS SHRINE
12/108 Bunda Street, Canberra City, ACT, 2601, Australia
The Goddess Shrine is a place for people of all beliefs to share in honouring the Sacred Feminine Divine - the Goddess in all Her forms.
The Goddess Shrine Project was started as a direct reflection of the growing 'Goddess awareness' in Western Society. In honouring the Goddess we are reminded of the celebration of all aspects of life. As the Goddess flourishes in Western understanding, so it is hoped that The Goddess Shrine will flourish. As She brings abundance, so The Goddess Shrine is abundant with the vibrance of Her.
Canberra is the best place for a permanent space to honour the Sacred Feminine Divine. The Nation's Capital is a home for many patriarchal religious temples and churches, and The Goddess Shrine has been developed to counter-balance our Devotion to the Divine.
The Goddess Shrine was officially released on 2nd September 2006 with a spectacular ceremony.
USA - California
The GODDESS TEMPLE of Orange County
17881 Sky Park Circle, Irvine, CA 92614
(Read the blessing Kathy Jones sent to the new Orange County Temple)
Update - May 2005:
The Goddess is Great ... A Successful First Year, and The Temple Moves to Larger Space ... Blessed Be!
Blessed be to SEKHMET, LAKSHMI, QUAN YIN and ISIS!
Yes, the Goddess is Great, The Women are powerful priestesses … and the spell has worked…
LEASE SIGNED
As we announced in Sunday Services this past Sunday, The GODDESS TEMPLE of Orange County has signed the lease on our beautiful new Temple Space in Irvine, two buildings west of our current location in the same neighborhood. Our new address in June will be: 17905 Sky Park Circle, Suite A, Irvine, CA 92614
OUR DREAMS COME TRUE
Eighteen of the twenty specific intentions we claimed as a group in Sunday Services two months ago are manifest now! We have 3,200 square feet of Sacred Space, a large Sanctuary of 1600 square feet (room to dance!) a large area for socializing, three-bathrooms-no-waiting-yes-yes-yes!, kitchen, and two offices that can be rented to likeminded women who want to do their own work surrounded by The Sacred Feminine (more information about the space available to rent coming soon), tons of free parking, windows on an end unit and so much more.
MANIFESTING NOW: $15,000
We close our eyes, drop deeply into our bellies and feel the energy gathering, as women from our congregation step forward to donate a total of $15,000 to create the new space.Every donation, however large or small, will be gratefully accepted and wisely used. Our women are Great Hunter-Gatherers and Finders of Good Deals! Your donations will be used in the best possible way.
All donations will be acknowledged in Sunday Service, and forever on a plaque on our wall in the new space.
THANK YOU TO PRIESTESSES of the CIRCLES of the EARTH, SUN, MOON, and STARS!
Thank you, thank you to our Circle of Support Priestesses and other special gifters who have given in faith this first year and have made all this possible! Your faith has been rewarded as women have streamed into the Temple every Sunday! Come to the new temple and see what your gifts have wrought! Bless you, bless you and may all you give return to you a hundredfold!
INTENDED OPENING DATE
We intend that our first Sunday Service in the new space will be Sunday, June 19th. Earlier if we get lots of help from you, the women of this Goddess Community.
GRAND OPENING DEDICATION & BLESSING CEREMONY
About a month after our first Sunday Service in the new space, we will have our Grand Dedication Ceremony to dedicate the new Temple, and as we did with our first Temple opening, invite priestesses from far and wide to bless our Sanctuary. We will keep you informed as to the specific date.
If you would like to be part of the team of women creating a most stunning new Temple for our community … either with your time, money, or other gifts … please call or e-mail Ava soon!
www.goddesstempleoforangecounty.com
Toll free information: 1-877-N-TEMPLE
Sunday Services for women: 9 and 11 AM every Sunday
Holland
The story of the Dutch Goddess Temple begins in the year 2000 when two women meet: Manon Tromp and Sandra Warmerdam were both on a journey of spiritual growth. Sandra initiated as a Priestess in 2002 and during her initiation made a promise to the Goddess to bring her back to Holland.
Together, Manon and Sandra decided to join hands in bringing the Goddess back in Holland. They attended spiritual fairs where they spoke of their beliefs and their goal: a Goddess Temple in Holland; a spiritual space to share with people their love for the Goddess. They also organized sacred tours to Avalon, wanting to share their love for this magical place with other people. In no time they had about 150 people who were interested all over Holland, Belgium and even France. In Holland there is very little provision for people who are interested in the Goddess. There are almost no Dutch books about the Goddess, and fewer known places to visit, so there is a lot of work to do.
Sooner than Sandra expected we were offered a space to use for free for at least eighteen months and in August 2003 we began work, first decorating, then smudging (a lot) followed by performing eight private ceremonies, calling in the Goddesses based on Ana’s Wheel, a very intense thing to do being just the two of us. Doubting if we were ready after all, there was the opening on September 21st 2004. We were nervous, wondering if anyone would show up, asking if this is really what She wants us to do. About 25 people came and were really interested, not just to support us, Manon and Sandra, but because they wanted to connect with the Goddess, Her female inspiration and to feel our Celtic background.
We started performing the ceremonies of the Wheel – being the Dutch Wheel – and very soon some women joined the board and the Foundation, helping with the ceremonies, taking the lead, donating and showing up at fairs and markets to spread the word.
Sandra relaunched the idea of a Goddess Conference and we worked hard on it. The first Dutch Goddess Conference in Lochem was a great success. In the meantime the building in which the temple of Avalon Mystic was located closed for a big make-over and left us without our meeting place and temple for half a year. It was a challenge really, but at last in November 2005 we could reopen our beautiful new place in the same building with an impressive Samhain ceremony, visited by many people, who had not lost their way to the temple and the Goddess. Emma, priestess of Avalon, who was with us, gave her blessings to the Dutch temple as did every one present that day.
Sandra began teaching a course for Priestess of the Goddess at Samhain 2004, and so the first group of temple priestesses became a fact, a herald of De Boomgaard (The Orchard) that we launched April 2006. This is the beginning of a true spiritual community of women! A second group of students has started at Samhain 2005, the ceremonies are organised by a fine group of priestesses and we continue to work hard on the second Dutch Goddess Conference.
Changes have occurred in the composition of the board, Manon finally heading for her own spiritual path with her Natural Magic. A group of volunteers and co-workers has created a wonderful team of women, focused on the Goddess and women’s spirituality in the Netherlands.
CONTACT US!
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Do you want to be part of a team of wonderful women creating a spiritual community….. either with your time, money or other gifts?
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Would you like to know more about the temple?
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Want to experience the wonderful energies and celebrate the Goddess in the Dutch landscape of Lochem? Join the second Dutch Goddess Conference!
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Wanting to help and donate and keep our Dutch temple open? We are looking for volunteers and donations!
The temple is in Hillegom - contact us for more details. We will be very happy to hear from you.
Laura, Joyce, Petra, Marion, Lida, Sandra
Sweden
On September 2, 2006, the long-awaited Swedish Goddess Temple opened in Söderhamn, Sweden. The flame of the Temple was kindled during an event in Söderhamn's theatre, accompanied by magical entertainment, lectures on the return of the Goddess, and music. To the rhythmical tones of the drum and the deep forces of Mother Earth's calling, people marched in procession to the Temple. The ceremonial fire was lit, and the Temple declared open.
The flame that was kindled represents the fire of the child, the sacred fire that burns in each of us. That fire will always burn outside the temple. This fire stems from the fire lit over the victims of Hiroshima, Brigid's fire of Kildare that has been kept alive since the 6th century, and the flame from the Goddess Temple in Glastonbury. Now it burns in Söderhamn!
The Goddess Temple stands for peace, serenity, and all that supports, heals, honours, and unites us and our Mother - the Earth. The divine feminine has been oppressed, repressed, and lain dormant for centuries. We have turned our faces upwards, to the Father in the sky, and almost forgotten the Mother who nourishes us, and upon whose body we live. The Mother Earth, the Goddess, is calling for her children to come home to Her - to respect Her sacred places and all Life, for all Life is sacred. Hel is the oldest Goddess of the Nordic countries, and we welcome her in Her land: Hälsingland.
The Temple is a meeting-place, a forum for human development and healing; physically, mentally, and spiritually. It is a place for recharging your batteries, a place for prayer, meditation, ceremony, ritual, lectures, and courses in existential matters, and a place for singing, music, dancing, and creativity.
The Goddess Temple is open all weekdays from 12 - 6 pm.
It is open for meditation, prayer and conversation on 7 – 9 pm Monday evenings, and for private and group sessions with Margitta Wigren on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. (For booking, contact Margitta Wigren by email or by phone 0046 70 549 89 46)
The temple website is here (in Swedish only)
GudinneTemplet Söderhamn
Södra Hamngatan 20
SE-826 50 Söderhamn
SwedenPhone number: 0046 270 180 30
