Laura Amazone (Durga/India/Nepal) & Stephen Gerringer (Recovering the Goddess)

Sacred traveler and pilgrim, Laura Amazzone, author of the soon to be released book, Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power, will discuss her rich experiences traveling to Goddess sites of India and Nepal, as well as share her knowledge of the Goddess, Durga, the Kumari or Living Goddess, and Durga's festivals. At the bottom of the hour, Stephen Gerringer, of the Joseph Campbell Foundation will discuss Recovering the Goddess as we touch on his transcending programming from a fundamentalist cult to becoming a Goddess Advocate. Stephen will discuss the male contributions to rediscovering the Goddess, Joseph Campbell's evolution of mythological thinking, emergence of the patriarchy, and how to engage the dominant patriarchal paradigm today by not being adversarial but by promoting Goddess virtues.