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Books
The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene: The Path of the Grail Steward
Mysteries of Demeter: Rebirth of the Pagan Way
Morgan Le Fay's Book of Spells and Wiccan Rites
The Magical Crone: Celebrating the Wisdom of Later Life (coauthored)
Aphrodite's Riddle: A Novel of Goddess Worship in Ancient Greece


Welcome All!
Some may wonder about the use of the word Demeter in the address of this website. Here is the explanation. My public writing began after I took a college humanities class in which I encountered Greek mythology, including the Goddess Demeter. Her myth took hold of me and sent me on some serious inquiry. The result was my first book, "Mysteries of Demeter" (hc, 1999), in which I explored the great sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone of Eleusis and made an attempt at reconstructing the seasonal events and liturgy of what is essentially a dead religion. A passion for the subject took hold of me and sent me on a wonderful adventure.

I've learned that there are lots of ways to link to Our Maker, lots of sacred myths and religions that are just different paths that lead to the same destination. Unfortunately these differences haven't been too well understood and have led to everything from hurt feelings to brutal wars. Sometimes people feel so threatened and angered by other people's choice of religion, that they really fall out of the original reason to even have a religion. That is, to link the individual to God as real personal experience. One of the things that link can give us is the awareness that we were all created by the same Maker and are all part of the family of humankind. I think one of the most important things Jesus said was that we should love Our Maker and love others. So simple, yet often so challenging.

Goddess and God
Some might ask, ‘what is this Goddess thing really about?’ Mainstream religions seem to have the general notion that a Monotheistic Maker is male and that anything connected with the word ‘Goddess’ is somehow less worthy. Logically speaking, if we are going to give Our Maker a gender, either gender should suffice. Many now want a Mother-Father God, a view of Our Maker that reflects both parental aspects. Some envision the Creatress as the One and others see the Eternal, the Everlasting, the Limitless Light, as having no gender at all.

There are many powerful sacred stories that can lead us into the Infinite. However we choose, it is our right to seek out and discover what way of seeing will work to link us with Our Maker.

Kind Regards,
Jennifer

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The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene - Q & A

Mysteries of Demeter - Q & A