Sacred Feminine Spirituality

Sacred Feminine and Feminine Spirituality are terms that we are hearing more often in social media and in our society today. “Googling” the term will return tens of thousands of opportunities for exploration and definitions, some with slight nuances. There are also beautiful artistic symbols of the Sacred Feminine, archetypes of the Sacred Feminine with hundreds of websites offering workshops and courses on Sacred Feminine Spirituality. 

In contemporary media Dan Brown’s best selling book The DaVinci Code was made into movie which grossed close to $800,000,000.  Whether or not we believe any of the details of the story, it’s popularity indicates there is a deep resonance with the subject of the writing and plot of the movie; all of which explore Sacred Feminine Spirituality with Mary Magdalene personifying this idea.

The term, Sacred Feminine, has captured our attention. We want to know more about it and explore its meaning. There is a place inside our spiritually hunger selves that we long to feed with something more than what we have had. Sacred Feminine Spirituality gives us that deeper connection and nourishes us in ways that we have not been satiated with traditional patriarchal religion. While there may be debate and certainly differing opinions about what Sacred Feminine Spirituality is and how we can integrate it into our ways of being, there is little controversy over the necessity for Sacred Feminine energy. The common thread and theme state the need for balancing our masculine and feminine energies and transferring this balance into all areas of our lives; including our spirituality.

Generally, where the patriarchal view might focus on individuality, the feminine would look at connection and unity. The masculine perspective might be to rank and compete where the feminine would look to the value of the whole and embrace cooperation. A patriarchal view might have a “masculine” God who oversees all things and hovers over us to rule while “feminine” spirituality might ask us to look at the Goddesses that have blessed us, inspired us and  who nourish our spirits.

Patricia E. ‘Iolana from the University of Glasgow discusses this intriguing new trend in women’s literature and autobiographical writings that reference the Sacred Feminine and Divine Feminine focus. She explores the authors who are looking more specifically at the Sacred Feminine in their own lives and what this means for the shifting in theological focus.

While re-evaluating our current spiritual beliefs, practices and exploring the emergence of Sacred Feminine Spirituality in our consciousness may be initially disconcerting to us, we know deepening maturity and transformation is often uncomfortable. There is tension in growth. We will experience a spiritual and cognitive dissonance in order to adjust our thinking and welcome new perspectives. The integration of the Sacred Feminine in our lives, the balancing of feminine and masculine energies and the widening of our view of what is sacred is essential to our continued emotional and spiritual maturation.

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