You asked, I answered :)) Not gonna lie, this episode felt so very personal but also so much fun answering all your questions about Artemis, life with the goddess, and how mythology is a living, breathing, entity we all continue to discover in our daily lives. Thank you for subscribing to my podcast and for being such a huge part of my motivation to build the ARTEMIS TEMPLE and centre for learning. Next season we will embark on a host of new goddesses, symbols and mysteries. IN the meantime, sta...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 121
#persephone #greekmythology #queenoftheunderworld One of the most powerful divinities of the ancient world, Persephone is the queen of darkness and light. So fierce was her rule that the ancients refused to say her name out loud, and referred to her only as 'maiden' or 'mistress'. She ruled the souls of the dead and returned each spring to bring life. Abducted by Hades, and rescued by her Titan mother, Persephone is a goddess of survival and evolution. Through her the ancients were able to navig...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 120
#littlemermaid #greekmythology #sirens #wildwomen How did the Greek sirens of old, half-bird half-maiden, become the mermaids of modern lore, half-fish, half-seductress? When did the shift between signing men to sleep and death become singing men to lust and fatherhood? Join me for this episode on sirens and mermaids and let's find the missing link between these fantastical creatures! (we'll also talk Little Mermaid and Starbucks :P ) ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.di...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 119
#holygrail The search for the Holy Grail has been the subject of secrecy, mystery and legend for well over 1000 years. Join me in this heated discussion of the truth around this Christian relic and its primordial and archaic ancestry. Let's dig thru Arthurian legend and lost battles of the Knights Templar and reveal the original source of power over life, death and salvation. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts-...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 118
#fortune #luckfavoursthebrave How much of our lives is left to chance? When life got tough, or when things went supremely well, the Romans turned to their favourite goddess Fortuna to praise, or blame, for their fortunes. Her power over abundance, fate and the rise and fall of empires large and small was unchallenged. She was the gatekeeper of random failure and success, and as such, the most powerful deity of all. Join me, and let's talk about how Fortuna continues to influence and motivate our...
Aug 12, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 117
#aphrodite Why is beauty so frightening? Join in me looking at how Aphrodite defied all ancient gender norms and expectations of domesticity. A wife and mother unlike any other, the goddess of love and sex feared no one and let no one trap her in the expectations of her gender. While Aphrodite is most commonly known as Venus in the modern world, little is ever discussed about her tragic love affair with Ares, her forced marriage to Hephaestus and her celebrated coupling with Hermes. And that's b...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 116
#nike #victory What makes Nike so special? Why is she the only Greek goddess to keep her ancient role even in our modern world? Why does she have clones of herself called Nikai? Join me as we talk about one of the least talked about goddesses of the Olympian Pantheon. Nike is so much more than just victory, she is the embodiment of survival, the key to success, the epitome of winning! ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-W...
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 115
#circe #witches What if I told you one of the greatest of Witches went without notice for millennia? What if I told you she was often dismissed as a charming seductress who trapped men on her tropical island? What if those men were turned into pigs, and satyrs, and werewolves and all kinds of beasties? Would you know this episode is about Circe? The witch that lived on her own island, grew her own herbs, made her own potions and slept enveloped by lions and wolves. The original boss lady :)) Joi...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 114
**trigger warning - brief discussion of self-murder** The Harpies have long been depicted as screeching daemons, with half woman, half bird bodies. They are the hounds of Zeus when you piss him off, and Jove (Zeus) help you if you try to eat around them. The Furies are something even more frightening. They were goddess born before Zeus was even a blink in his mother's eye, and a ball of rock in his father's belly. They guard the prisons of Tartarus and are Hades' lieutenants of torture and pain....
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 113
What happens when women want too much? Too much space, too much sex, too much food? They become monsters. Join me this week, and lets talk about how the insatiable appetites of women is frightening and horrific to ancient and modern heroes alike. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: She Who Hunts by Dr. Carla Ionescu SHE WHO HUNTS explores the ancient Greek Goddess Artemis through myths, hi...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 112
#vampirewomen What's more frightening than a beautiful woman seducing you into a false sense of love and security and rips out your heart and eats it right in front of you!! Yeah, thats frightening :) But is there more to the story than we have been led to believe? Join me in this discussion of women who devour men, children, and bleeding hearts! ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: She Who...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 111
#sphinx #mysteries The Sphinx stands at the gateway of temples, pyramids and even the Vatican. She is the keeper of mysteries and the protector of the gods. She is the embodiment of the term "knowledge is power". Join me in this revealing discussion of why and how the Sphinx was thrown off her perch of power, and learn who stood to gain from her demise. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: ...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 110
#scarywomen Medusa has been one of the most 'misunderstood' figures of ancient mythology. Often represented as a 'monster' she has suffered thru centuries of defamation and contempt. Join me as we look back at Medusa's original story, her true purpose and her modern resurrection as a symbol of protection and knowledge. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: She Who Hunts by Dr. Carla Ionescu ...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 109
#oracles From Ananke to the Pythia, to Eve, snake knowledge has always been central to women's power and wisdom. In this episode we discuss how that power was initially celebrated, then ostracized and eventually destroyed. Join me and let's talk about how serpent goddesses played a key role in the development of human history and continue to be a part of our collective unconscious. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 108
#snakewisdom From Ningishzida, to Ladon, to Nehushtan, come join me in this fascinating adventure down the rabbit... umm, snake hole? In this first part of what has quickly become a trilogy on serpent lore, we discuss ancient snake cults of immortality, salvation and altered states of consciousness. ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: She Who Hunts by Dr. Carla Ionescu SHE WHO HUNTS explor...
May 06, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 107
#caves Triangles have always been a tool of power and mystery. From prehistoric cave art, and hand sculpted figurines, the pubic triangle, the 'original' geometric shape, has fascinated archeologists and anthropologists for centuries. In addition, Egyptologists have come up with several answers to the question, 'why triangular pyramids?' using myth and modern interpretations of the symbolic meaning of geometric shapes? But could there be another answer? Join me in discussing the earliest depicti...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 106
#wombwisdom What is it about caves that have held us in metaphysical awe for more than 70,000 years? Why is it that every major spiritual leader in history, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, has found revelation and resurrection in caves? We enter a different realm when we descend into caves, and our discovery of self in darkness is only made more significant as we make our ascent back to the 'real' world. Join me in this informal talk about the human experience of the natural womb, and why caves continu...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 105
#artemis The version of the Greek Artemis has long been a thorn in my side. As I collected more and more stories of a goddess that can be as vicious as she is caring, and as vengeful as she is protective, I realized early on that she was being purposely overlooked as a powerful divinity of righteous rage and dark vengeance. She is very clearly a goddess who kills without a second thought — a mercenary, a goddess who takes no prisoners and often offers no forgiveness, her arrows shoot to kill, an...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 104
#egyptianmythology Isis, the Queen of Heaven has been too long forgotten. In this episode we discuss at length, the magical powers, festivals and ancestral origins of She who resurrects the dead, and offers salvation to the living. As the most influential goddess of Egypt, and much of the ancient world, Isis has long been ignored by scholars and story tellers outside Egyptian history. It is time we remember how this Goddess of the Throne ruled the realms of the living and the dead, and how her r...
Mar 25, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 103
#mothersanddaughters The myth of Demeter and Persephone is one of the most powerful stories of the ancient world. Join me as we talk mothers and daughters, abduction and deceit, burning babies and all the ways this myth continues to be applicable to our modern lives! ▶️ TAKE A GODDESS COURSE WITH ME! ▶️ https://artemisexpert.disco.co GET MY BOOK! ▶️ https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Hunts- ... ▶️ABOUT THE BOOK: She Who Hunts by Dr. Carla Ionescu SHE WHO HUNTS explores the ancient Greek Goddess Arte...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 102
#lilith This episode is an informal discussion of Lilith the Queen of the Night! According to scholars no other goddess has ever achieved as fantastic a career as Lilith, who's mythological highlights include 4 legendary birth stories, denying Adam sexual gratification, becoming the Queen of Demons as the bride of Samael the demon King, and finally ending up as one of the most infamous female characters to be forgotten by history and minimized by Hollywood. Join me for an hour of radical goddess...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 101
