The Minoan Snake Goddess and Shamanic Trance

A Livestream Class with Caroline Tully

Sunday, February 22 at 4:45 pm in The Esoteric Alcove

Join Caroline Tully in a workshop on ancient Minoan religion, focusing on the Snake Goddess. The Great Goddess was the original, and only, deity of humankind from the dawn of time up until around 3000 BCE, when Goddess-oriented cultures were conquered by patriarchal, warlike worshippers of a sky god. Late Bronze Age Minoan Crete (1750–1490 BCE) is considered to be the Goddess culture’s final flowering. According to Goddess History, Crete exhibits the last gasp of the feminine values associated with Goddess culture before it was wiped out by warlike, patriarchal Mycenaean Greeks. Before this time, Minoan Crete was peaceful, worshipped the Great Goddess and Her Dying and Rising Consort (who was also Her son), and women and nature were respected.

In this workshop you will learn about:

• The Religion of Minoan Crete
• The Snake Goddesses
• Ancient Methods of Trance

On the island of Crete, the snake appears in the worship of the female deity more repeatedly than anywhere else in the Mediterranean. Ancient artifacts have been unearthed that portray the Goddess or Her priestesses holding snakes in their hands or with them coiled about their bodies, revealing that they were an integral part of the religious rituals. Through discussion and practical ritual, contemporary approaches to Minoan religion will be revealed.