RCG-I Seasonal Salon Fall Equinox 2007

Bellezza Squillace lives in Tehachapi, CA with her partner Marisa Folse. Bellezza just built a stone garden with an altar, set in a bubbling spring and is co-creating the design for perennial plantings. She is an Ordained Priestess of RCGI and serves as Convening Advisor for the WTI in Madison, WI and Indianapolis, IN. For more information contact her at: bellezza_of_sis@yahoo.com

Debby Zygielbaum has a degree in biology and women's studies, is a graduate of the Women's Thealogical Institute and was ordained as a Priestess of RCGI in May 2006. She has worked as a naturalist, botanist and horticulturist and has lived in Costa Rica, Australia and Spain. Currently pursuing a career as a farmer, she lives in Northern California with her partner, four cats and a horse.

Donna Fay Reeves of Indiana WTI completed all requirements for Cycle III this spring. In her community, Donna Fay is seen as a true daughter of Goddess, generous and kind in nature, and delightfully creative in applying her skills in service, be it as ritualist, student or teacher. These Limericks were her final Integrated Studies and for your enjoyment.

Patricia Monaghan is at work on a complete revision of her classic "Book of Goddesses and Heroines," to be published in 2009 by Praeger/Greenwood. The lesser-known goddesses featured here are from that work. Read her poetry at www.patriciamonaghanpoetry.com

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970. Since then, she has built a collection of over 14,000 slides and 100 shows on global women's history, female spheres of power, mother-right, patriarchy, empire, shamanic arts, and Goddess traditions. See www.suppressedhistories.net for articles and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion and the witch hunts. Max's paintings re-envision bold and spirited women, pagan sacraments and goddesses around the world. Her latest offering is Our Reproductive Rights! a multi-issue poster in rich colors. See it at www.maxdashu.net , along with magnets of the healing sayings illustrated above.