sacred feminine
Holy maternal principle
The sacred feminine is a spiritual concept associating divinity, creativity, and life-giving power with femininity.
It appears across religions and mythologies—goddess worship, earth-mother figures, fertility symbols.
Contemporary usage often invokes it in contrast to patriarchal religious traditions: The retreat focused on reconnecting with the sacred feminine.
Sometimes dismissed as New Age spirituality, sometimes embraced as recovering suppressed aspects of ancient worship.
- goddessFemale sacred being
- divine motherMaternal deity figure
- priestessFemale religious officiant
- croneWizened old woman
- wise womanFemale with profound understanding
inner goddess · moon phases · moon cycle · Kali · dark goddess · matriarchy · yoni · fertility rites · red tent · Gaia · Demeter · shadow work · yin · creativity · receptivity · shakti · Mary Magdalene · intuition
- goddess worshipAphrodite, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Diana
- Gender Religiongender hierarchy, patriarchy, matriarchy, gender roles, gender dynamics
- Goddess Spiritualitygoddess, goddess worship, priestess, mother goddess, earth goddess
- religious feminismwomen clergy, ordination of women, inclusive language, Buddhist nuns, prophetesses
- sacred sexualitytantric sex, tantra, fertility rites, sex magic, divine union
- Goddessesgoddess, sun goddess, Demeter, Gaia, Aphrodite