The Mormon Goddess

..."I had learned to call thee Father,

Thru thy Spirit from on high,

But until the key of knowledge was restored,

I knew not why.


In the heav'ns are parents single?

No, the thought makes reason stare!

Truth is reason; truth eternal

Tells me I've a Mother there"...



Invocation, or the Eternal Father and Mother, A Hymn by Eliza R. Snow



The Tree of Life as Nurturing Mother

The Bee in the Judeo-Christian, Essene, Mormon, and Esoteric Traditions

To Bee, or not to Bee: History in the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price Noting The Deseret Connection

The Tools of the Ancient Bee Priestess

LISTEN to the Bee Priestesses:

http://www.myspace.com/thebeepriestess

http://www.myspace.com/whenthedrummerswerewomen

Online Articles

• The Divine Feminine (in the Deseret News!)
• Nephi and his Asherah
• Plain and Precious Things Restored: Margaret Barker and the Queen of Heaven
• Margaret Barker's Response at The (Library of Congress) World's of Joseph Smith Conference
• God the Mother in Mormonism
• Shekinah the Presence of Diety (discusses the Mormon Heavenly Mother)
• BYU Exhibits Teichert Work During Da Vinci Code Lecture Series
• Mother Wove the Morning
• Some Early Mormons Believed That Eve is the Mother Goddess
• Mother Eve: Mentor for Today's Woman - A Heritage of Honor
• Goddess Worship in Ancient Israel
• Is There a Place for Heavenly Mother in Mormon Theology?
• In the Heavens are Parents Equal?
• Mother In Heaven
• Do We Have a Mother in Heaven?
• More on Mother in Heaven
• Our Mother Which Art in Heaven
  
• THE DIVINE MOTHER GODDESS OF MORMONISM




• A Brief History of Mormon Feminism
• Mormon Women as Natural Seers: An Enduring Legacy
• Where Have All the Mormon Feminists Gone?
• Another Good Article on the Feminine in the Book of Mormon: Nephite Feminism Revisited
• Heavenly Mother, Gods Soul Companion
• Links to all of (non-mormon) scholar Margaret Barker's online articles and MP3 speeches

Now Online!
Complete texts newly online:
Women and Authority: RE-Emerging Mormon Feminism



Strangers in Paradox: Explorations in Mormon Theology

Further Reading:

• Glenn Kimball's review of The Chalice & the Blade is crucial!
• Dangerous History: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Her Mormon Sisters, Ch. 8 in Jan Shipps' Sojourner in the Promised Land
• Edward Tullidge and the Women of Mormondom by Claudia Bushman Or read online
• God the Mother and other Theological Essays
• The Common Origin of the Ancient Hebrew/Pagan Religion and the Demise of the Hebrew Goddess
• Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights
• The Matriarchal Priestesshood and Emma's Right to Succession as Presiding High Priestess and Queen

Artwork via Essenes.net