Why Do We Need the Divine Feminine?

Contemporary Christianity represents the Divine Feminine through The Virgin Mary. Some scholars see the Holy Spirit as feminine.

In ancient Gnostic Christianity, Sophia, the goddess of wisdom, represents the Divine Feminine.  According to the Brooklyn Museum Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Gnosticism followers “…worship Sophia as both divine female creator and counterpart to Jesus Christ. According to Gnostic beliefs, Christ was conceived of having two aspects: a male half, identified as the son of God, and a female half, called Sophia, who was venerated as the mother of the universe.”

Mary Madelene is also a Divine Feminine figure in Gnostic Christianity. In the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Jesus passes on his role as teacher to Mary before his death.

Norea, who was featured in many Gnostic Christian texts, was the daughter of Eve and a fierce warrior. She is represented in pop culture as Mazikeen in the Netflix show, Lucifer. 

Wicca, which is one of the fastest growing religions today, was founded by an Englishman named Charles Gardner who was born in 1884 and lived until 1964.  Gardner, a botanist who was interested in indigenous magic and ritual practices, claims he received Divine Feminine knowledge from a group of witches. The word “witch” means “wise woman.” Wiccans worship the Divine Feminine through the goddess of their choice.

Some believe that the Divine Feminine goddesses were real. In ancient Greece, there were priestesses who served Athena, the virgin goddess of war.

For the priestesses to serve Athena, they also had to embody her purity and therefore also be virgins. In Athena’s temple, priestesses served statues of Athena and offered gifts.

The priestesses represented the goddesses of Olympia here on Earth. When Christianity arrived, the Divine Feminine goddesses around the world, and the priestesses who embodied them, were persecuted as witches.

While Wiccans primarily worship the goddesses, the gods are also very sacred to them. They see the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine working together in harmony. Wiccans believe the Divine Feminine is represented as Mother Earth, Mother Nature, and Gaia, and see the Earth as Divine.

I see the popularity of Wicca as one of the many ways the Divine Feminine is returning to humanity. Another way the Divine Feminine is growing is through social justice and climate activism.

I am so happy the Divine Feminine continues to stand its ground as a counter energy to unhealthy masculinity, which can be seen in both men and women. Divine Femininity and Divine Masculinity are energies meant to work together for spiritual uplifting.

How does the Divine Feminine show up in your life? Leave a comment below and start a discussion.