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Sacred SourceYule and the Winter Solstice Winter Solstice, Yule, Mid-Winter, Christmas- all celebrations around the darkest day of the year and the longest night. But the good news is from here out the days and getting longer and the sun is growing noticeably brighter beginning around the 1st of the new year. This ancient festival has roots in Norse, Celtic, and Germanic traditions and continues to be honored today by modern Pagans, Wiccans, and spiritual practitioners. Let’s explore the origins, customs, and mythologies surrounding Yule, as well as the gods and goddesses who are honored during this magical season. Here on the Sacred Source Pod...2024-12-2450 min
Sacred SourceThe Goddess SpeaksIn our rush to reclaim our lost traditions, reconstruct rituals of the past, and reinvent new meanings for the gods and goddesses in modern terms, do we sometimes lose track of what the deities anciently said about themselves? In this episode of the SASO podcast, we unpack two pieces of ancient text, the Metamorphoses and Goddess Hymn where the Goddess tells us exactly who she is and what she is here to do. It may leave you questioning the direction we are going in and what we hope to accomplish. Sacred Source Home2024-11-0754 minSacred SourceStatues for Spiritual PracticeWe delve into the use of statues in spiritual practice. From ancient traditions to modern spirituality, statues have served as powerful symbols and tools for worship, meditation, and personal transformation. Statues have been used in spiritual practices for thousands of years, across various cultures and religions. These physical representations of deities, saints, and spiritual figures help bridge the gap between the material and the divine, serving as focal points for devotion and contemplation. But how exactly can we incorporate statues into our own spiritual practices? These and other questions we will explore here on the Sacred Source Podcast. ...2024-07-2254 minSacred SourceAradia Queen of WitchesIn today's episode, we uncover the fascinating and enigmatic world of Aradia, as told in "The Gospel of the Witches" by Charles Godfrey Leland. Published in 1899, it is a book that claims to reveal the ancient traditions and teachings of Italian witchcraft. At its heart is Aradia, a powerful and mysterious figure often regarded as the Queen of Witches. But who is Aradia, and what secrets does her gospel hold? Aradia is the daughter of the moon goddess Diana sent to earth to teach the oppressed the secrets of witchcraft. Aradia became a symbol of resistance and empowerment for...2024-06-2857 minSacred SourceGods of Wealth and CommerceGods of Wealth and Commerce We literally have a wealth of gods and goddess to explore with the abundant blessings and timeless wisdom of gain from cultures around the world. In today’s episode we will journey into the realm of prosperity and opulence to uncover the secrets and stories of gods of wealth, fortune, and prosperity. Discussions include Hindu Laxshmi and Kubera, Roman Plutus, Abundantia and Juno, Chinese Caishen, the Japanese 7 lucky gods, Celtic Cernunnos, and the Norse Njord. So get set to travel down the path of luxuries and explore fat wallet...2024-05-2847 minSacred SourceTrickster Gods The trickster Gods and Goddesses are famous in different religions and mythology all around the world. and well known for their special abilities and powers. They hold control over the minds of the local people. And are known for their ill doings, treachery, deceit, betrayal and many other things. From stories of the dangerous Loki to the dancing Kokopelli. History has seen that all these troubles making Gods and tricksters always had a purpose behind their trouble making plans and notorious behaviour. In this storytelling edition of the SASO Podcast, I wi...2024-04-2253 minSacred SourceThe Horned GodThe Horned God. We journey deep into the heart of the forest to uncover the untamed power and wisdom of the wild deity who roams its shadows. In the hidden realms of nature, amidst the whispering trees and dancing shadows, the Horned God reigns supreme. With antlers reaching towards the heavens and eyes that gleam with primal knowledge, he embodies the untamed spirit of the wilderness and the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. The Horned God's origins are shrouded in the mists of time, his presence woven into the fabric of ancient folklore and m...2024-03-2458 min
Sacred SourceGoddess of A.I.Artificial Intelligence is taking over Goddess podcasts. Sacred Source gives ChatGPT 5 topics to make podcasts about - Goddess, Pagan Goddess, Dark Goddess, Fertility Goddess and Green Earth Goddess. Then your host records reactions to the A.I. narriated scripts. We analyse how A.I. creates and why it makes false information. Finally we have a special guest, Pete AI, an artificial voice clone of your host to discuss who is the Goddess of A.I.?2024-02-251h 02Sacred SourceInterviewing Christopher Orapello & Tara-Love MaguireInterviewing Christopher Orapello & Tara-Love Maguire Authors of Besom, Stang & Sword: A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft, the Six-Fold Path & the Hidden Landscape (Samual Weiser). Also designer of the Witch Lord and Witch Queen Statues. Christopher and Tara-Love discuss the genesis of their book. The design and symbolism of the Witch Lord and Witch Queen statues. Attending festivals. The hobby of sport shooting and more. You can find them at Infinite-Beyond.com 2024-01-291h 05Sacred SourceDark Mother GoddessThe Dark Mother Goddess, a powerful archetype. For the dark of the year, we explore and honor her throughout time and space. She embodies both nurturing and destructive forces and is connected with the cycles of death and the mysteries of life. We discuss Kali Ma, Hindu Goddess of Death and Destruction. The Calleach, Celtic hag of winter. Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. Hecate the liminal Goddess. Lilith, the first wife of Adam. Sekmet, the Morrigan and more. Features music Epsilon Cygni and The Veil Nebula.2023-12-221h 00
Sacred SourceGods of WarGods of War. A topical subject given the news over the last couple of years. These Gods are responsible for war, tactics, strategy, combat, soldiering but sometimes just bloodshead and death. There are many Hero stories and great warriors who were responsible for protecting their tribe or clan, city or nation. Many people think of Pagans as peaceful and earth loving, and they can be. But, have you met the Romans, Greeks, Persians, Celts or Vikings. There are many Pagans in the military who are looking for a patron deity and we thank you for your service. And so...2023-11-281h 04Sacred SourceGhost StoryFor Halloween, The Peony Lantern or Boton Doro, a traditional Japanese ghost story adapted for modern Western listerns. Also a discussion of Buddhism in Japan and the Amitabha Buddha of the Pure Land.2023-10-2742 minSacred SourceSacred Smoke Sacred Smoke How long ago did mankind first burn herbs and inhale their vapors as part of healing and ceremony? Perhaps first as incense offerings or sweat lodge type ceremony. Some say the sacred herbs were brought to us by the gods and goddesses and are to be used in their worship and as gifts to heal humanity – and by the ancient spirit world traveling shamans. How did we get to our commercialized consumption habits today and how do we recapture and return the spiritual element to use of sacred smoke. We will disc...2023-10-021h 07Sacred SourceInterviewing Our Founder - Part 2Part 2 of our interview with Richard "Freeman" Allan, the founder of Sacred Source as he discusses the early statue designs and their meanings. Near eastern images of Inanna, Astarte, Asherah and Lilith. Ancient Greek images like Medusa, Artemis and Athena. Celtic images of Brigid, the Morrigan, Lugh, Cernunnos and the Gundestrup Cauldron. Orisias like Oya, Shango, Oshun and Yemaya. Introducing the Black Madonnas, the Greenman. Also his adventures with protesting fossil fuel pipelines, Slavery and Black history, recognizing Native American rights and Gay and Trans issues.2023-08-181h 07Sacred SourceInterviewing Our FounderPart 1 Interview with Richard "Freeman" Allan - Founder of Sacred Source. Hear the exciting adventures of Freeman as he travels to India as a young man to serve with Mother Teresa in Calcutta and ends up founding one of the most influential sacred image companies in the West. Hear about meeting the artisans, the early years of Hindu and Buddhist statues, the fateful decision to try western goddess images and the early influence of the feminist movement and the environmental movement - All told in Freeman's inimitable style. Season 2 episode 7 2023-07-241h 00Sacred SourceLove GoddessesFor June, in honor of Juno, Goddess of Marriage, let's talk about Love. Love Goddesses who invoke heart pounding, head spinning love, excitement and head over heels attachment. Goddesses who bring wealth and luxuries and desire in us mortals to drive procreation and pregnancy. We discuss 9 types of love according to the Ancient Greeks. Also Oshun and her gifts, Venus and Aphrodite and their little helpers and Freya the magical Norse Goddess. Also will chart the similarities with Hindu Goddess Laxshmi and more. So it's all about love, lust, sex, beauty, romance, sexuality, jealousy, abundance, luck and prosperity here o...2023-07-031h 00Sacred SourceThe Triple GoddessThree is a magic number! In The White Goddess, Robert Graves proposes the existance of a Triple Goddess behind all Celtic mythology and religion derived from the ancient Greeks derived from the Sumarians. Wiccan and Pagan reconstructionists develop this idea along with her consort, The Horned God. Called the Maiden, Mother, Crone, she represents the changing woman's roles. Her symbol is the triple moon - waxing, waining and full tying the lunar months with the woman's cycles. In this episode we explore ancient influences of the White Goddess. We look at Triple Goddesses such as B...2023-05-301h 03Sacred SourceBeltaneBeltane, Bright Fire, May Day, Beltaine, Beltyne, Walpurgis Night - It's the marriage of the Goddess and the God - a fertile topic. It's a time of celebrating fertility of the land and the people and sex will be a big recurring theme. Spring is in full swing, trees and flowers ore blooming and the sap is rising - if you will. So hurray hurray for the 1st of May. Outdoor...romancing begins today. It's time for bonfires and maypoles, dancing and feasting and drinking. But while gallivanting around in the woods, take care - Witches and...2023-04-241h 10Sacred SourceAnswering Your Questions - Live!Ask us anything! A pre-recorded "live" answer session of your most burning questions about Sacred Source. Your host, Peter Kowalzik, finds himself in hot water and being taken to task by a mysterious and jellous Goddess. Can he guess her identity in time? Features music Numbers Station and Trance Psyatica.2023-03-2058 minSacred SourceThunder GodsThe mighty Thunderers, often the kings of the Gods, the Sky Fathers, heroic protectors, law givers and Indo-European archetypes of the gods of thunder. Not always the smartest by usually the strongest and the bravest, they wield the mighty weapons of the hammer, axe, mace or club striking down giants, demons, titans and serpents with his thunderbolts. They bring us rain, storms and fertility of the earth and use symbols of bulls, oak trees and Eagles. So grab your thunder vest and let's dive in. Discuss gods Thor, Jupiter, Indra, Taranis, Shango, Perun, Marduk, Thunder Hag and R...2023-02-211h 01Sacred SourceImbolc and the Goddess Brigid Brigid, the exalted one, Celtic Goddess of fertility, motherhood, poetry, smithing, wisdom, healing, domesticated animal, fire, sacred wells, the dawn, crafts, trades and brewing. Imbolc is the early February Celtic fire festival of Spring, increasing livestock, weather divination, and seeking the blessings of Brigid. Also known as Candlemas and Groundhog's Day. We follow Brigid through time as she inspires St, Brigit and Maman Brigitte. And also discuss similarities with the Goddesses Athena, Vesta and Saraswati. Season 2 Episode 1. Includes the music Brighid's Lament and Dawning Awareness.2023-01-251h 03Sacred SourceIncense OfferingsEpisode 12 - Incense Offerings. Sacred Scents to carry your prayers to the Gods. From the Frankincense and Myrrh of the Bible to the Patchouli of the Hippies, precious woods, resins and flowers have been more valuable than gold, guarded like silk and trafficed like spice. The multi-billion perfume "by smoke" industry is based on these amazing ingredients. Indian Ghandi "perfumers", Arabic Bakhoor merchants, Buddhist Monks and native shamans all have their secret and sacred recipies. We discuss the harvest, use and components of Agarwood, Sandalwood, Palo Santo, Amber, Musk, Nag Champa, Benzoin, Copal, Dragon's Blood, Camphor, Rose, Jasmine, Lavender...2022-12-271h 05Sacred SourceSacred MarriageEpisode 11. When the Gods and Goddesses make love - The union of the active and the passive principles. Lovemaking as a civilizing art in the Kama Sutra, Perfumed Garden and for the Enkidu. Sacred prostitutes or Temple Priestesses. The Festival of Renewal or how sex created the universe. The Goddess Inanna, her erotic poetry and her shephard lover. Hathor and her 14 days of sacred lovemaking each New Year. The meaning of Lord Shiva and Shakti in Tantric union. Lord Krishna, the god of Love and divine longing. And the Wiccan pagan rite of the Chalice and the Blade. Includes...2022-12-091h 02Sacred SourceDrumming GoddessEpisode 10. Drumming Goddess. A look at frame drums, sistrums and tambourines and their trance inducing beats. Cybele, Dionysus and their outragous priests and priestesses. Hathor and Inanna's Sacred Marriage rites. Basic drumming examples. And a tribute to frame drummer Layne Redmond and her book, When the Drummers were Women.2022-11-041h 05Sacred SourceMabon Fall EquinoxEpisode 9 Mabon the Fall Equinox. Discuss story of Mabon ab Modron, shining son of the great mother. The Norse god Frey or Freyr, god of wealth, sunshine and rain. Phallic images, The movie, the Norseman. Perform an eclectic Pagan ritual for wealth and abundance. Discuss the Fall equinox and the balance of the dark and the light. Story of Demeter and Persephone. Music includes Wealth, Sunshine and Rain, Inner Sanctum and Sacred Space.2022-09-211h 00Sacred SourceMaking MeadEpisode 8. Making Mead. The magical mysterous mead - beverage of the gods. What's in it? How do you make it? We discuss types of mead and myths and mythology of the world's oldest fermented beverage, types of honey, and deadly perils of beekeeping. Goddesses Queen Maeve, the Melissa, the God Odin and biblical figures such as Judith and Deborah.2022-08-301h 05Sacred SourceLughnasadh Fall HarvestEpsode 7. Lughnasadh and the Fall Harvest Festivals. Traditions surrounding the Celtic Fire festival and how they carry over to today. Discuss the Gods Lugh, the Greenman, Dionysus and Bacchus and the Goddesses Demeter, Ceres and Pomona. Also the sacred mysteries of the harvest - Life, Death and Rebirth. Includes songs Greenman, Fountains and Impermanence. 2022-07-311h 00Sacred SourceSacred BlacksmithSacred Blacksmiths and Creator gods throughout history and today. Includes discussion of the 7 ancient metals and their planetary correspondences, the gods Vulcan, Vishyakarma and Hephaestus and the Orisha Ogun, ancient mystery schools, and crafting bronze and iron. Includes the songs Phrygian March, Camel disappearing in the Night and the world premier song, Seven Ancient Metals.2022-07-051h 00Sacred SourceMidsummerEpisode 5 - Midsummer when sun is at its height and the day is longest. Summer solstice, Litha or feast of St. John, who can resist warm summer weather, gathering herbs, skinny dipping, drinking and bonfires? Traditions of purification, protection magic and marriage divination. Sun gods Helios, Apollo and Bel. World premiere of a new song “Midsummer.” Also includes songs Summerland, Sunny Skies, Journey.2022-06-141h 00Sacred SourceWalpurgis NightEpisode 4 - Spooky nights of witches and ghosts abound as we visit Walpurgis Night, Dia de los Muertos, Krampus and the Belschnickle, and the Scary Japanese summer including testing your courage with a traditional Japanese ghost story. Our featured goddess is Hecate - Dark Goddess of the Crossroads. Musical selections include the Wiccan Rede, HexenNacht, and Higurashi.2022-05-171h 00Sacred SourceGnostic WisdomA discussion of early Gnostic beliefs and Zoroastrians, moving on to early Christianity and Neo-Platonic thought, and then Cathars and the middle ages. Highlights the goddess Sophia, tarot cards and reclaiming the sacred feminine. Ambient music includes Night Fall, Minor Arcana, Darkness and Final Credits.2022-04-261h 00Sacred SourceShamanic VoyagingSacred Source discusses Shamanic Drumming, Journeying in the invisible realms, psychoactive sacred plants, the dark side, the story of Inanna's journey to the underworld and leads a guided meditation/shamanic voyage. Music includes Dance of Eresh Kigal, Raven Shaman, Spiral of Rebirth, Mars Field Recordings and Nordic Noir.2022-04-011h 00Sacred SourceEmblems and SymbolsDiscussing how Symbols work in the mind, how the divine is all around us, Mary visitation, sounds of bells, dreams. Symbols of Aphrodite/Venus. Includes the music: Approach of Splendor, Modular Bells, Separation, Fading Embers, Omnipresent Divine, Modular Soundscape.2022-03-201h 00