51. Do Ancient Goddesses Hold the Key to a Global Shift in Consciousness? The Rise of the Feminine is the Medicine for Our Time with Dr. Joanna Kujawa

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Dr. Joanna Kujawa is the author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge, scholar, and spiritual detective. She received her BA and MA from the Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her PhD from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. As an active academic for over 20 years, she uses her scholarly training to investigate topics other academics often pass over, such as: Can spirituality and sexuality be experienced as one? Who was the real Mary Magdalene? Is there a lineage of Goddesses now resurfacing in our collective experience of spirituality?

Apart from her writings for academic publications on spiritual travel, Joanna has also had her short stories and essays published through various media and in many prestigious anthologies, including Best Australian Stories, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, She Rises. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Goddess Studies and co-edited an academic volume on Spiritual Tourism.

Episode Highlights

• Reclaiming and embodying feminine energy
• Dr. Joanna’s personal experiences with awakening and initiation, including encounters with Kundalini energy
• The need to de-dogmatize ourselves and choose our own spiritual path
• The power of connecting with different aspects of feminine energy through goddess archetypes
• The balance of masculine and feminine energies as crucial for a more harmonious world
• Embodying the feminine to positively transform ourselves and the world around us
• Mary Magdalene’s relationship with Jesus and challenging the traditional portrayal of her as a prostitute
• How consciousness and non-duality play significant roles in understanding and working with energy
• A redefinition of sin as a consequence of actions based on lower levels of consciousness
• The four levels of consciousness outlined in The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
• How connecting with the archetypes of goddesses can enable us to tap into our vast potential
• Sexuality, spirituality and sexual alchemy

Dr. Joanna Kujawa’s Links

• Website: www.joannakujawa.com
• Instagram: @drjoannakujawa.theothergoddess
• Facebook: Dr. Joanna Kujawa

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Dr. Joanna Kujawa’s Talks and Workshops
• Book: The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge by Dr. Joanna Kujawa
• Book: Jerusalem Diary: Searching For The Tomb And House Of Jesus by Dr. Joanna Kujawa
• Book: Light on Tantra in Kashmir Shaivism: Chapter One of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka by Swami Lakshmanjoo and John Hughes
• Book: First Templar Nation: How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a Refuge for the Grail by Freddy Silva
• Book: Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World by Bill Plotkin
• Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
• Scientist and Educator: Gregg Braden