Featuring Contributions

Angie Twydall is the Founder of the Sanctuary of Sophia, the UK’s longest-established Womb Temple rooted in Avalonian, Celtic, and earth-based lineages. Her path opened through a journey of healing endometriosis, guiding her to reclaim the womb as a portal to other dimensions and a source of power, intuition, and embodied creation. She has decades of experience in shamanic womb work, eco-somatics, and rites of passage.

Creation is not an idea but a sensation that rises through the body, and the Earth Mother awakens in us when we return to the wisdom of the womb. In this talk, Angie explores the womb as a microcosm of Earth’s own creative force.

Anne Baring: PhD, Researcher, Scholar, Jungian Analyst, Cosmic Poet

'I travelled widely in India and the Far East during the 1950’s before training and practising as a Jungian analyst. I am a member of the Scientific and Medical Network and, until my retirement from private practice in 2000, I am an honorary member of The Association of Jungian Analysts, London.'

Anne examines how feminine wisdom was removed from religious traditions, the enduring impact of this loss, and why reconnecting Spirit and Nature is essential for healing ourselves, our culture, and the Earth.

Brooke Medicine Eagle is a legendary indigenous Earthkeeper, wisdom teacher, women's mysteries carrier, healing and shamanic practitioner, visionary, singer/songwriter, ceremonialist, sacred ecologist and catalyst for wholeness. She is the  author of the American literary classic, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing, and of The Last Ghost Dance. Her work with White Buffalo Woman gives foundation to the power and magic of the Feminine. 

Brooke shares with you the ways of a special North American indigenous goddess: White Buffalo Calf Woman. She is a representative on Earth of the Great Mother Creator who birthed all of material reality into being.

Caroline Glazebrook is a modern mystic and sacred alchemist who guides others into deeper soul remembrance and spiritual clarity. As an authentic channel for Mary Magdalene and Saint Germain, she offers a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental presence, creating a safe and sacred space. Caroline shares the wisdom teachings of Mary Magdalene and the Divine Rose through her Magdalene-Cathar initiatory retreats.

Caroline shares how the beautiful Rose is a portal of sacred connection with the Earth Goddess of Creation. She is calling us to remember her power of creation and the vibration of love that she offers to everyone.

Dave Balian, Head Gardener Chalice Well: "My life has been spent in nature, listening to plants and trees while all the time putting Gaia first. The healing masterclass that is Chalice Well, is the latest in a line of beautiful gardens that flow back through my life. The wonder that is Holland Park, where my grandmother took me to play and later where I served my apprenticeship, was another love.“

Dave will talk about connecting with energy as it flows through the garden, serving Mother Nature. He will share some of the tools he uses that reveal the multi layered universe that Gaia weaves.

Donna Gerrard is an initiated Priestess of Brighde-Brigantia, of the Avalon Rose lineage, and of the Sacred Bee. She has a deep soul connection with Mary Magdalene and the oil-bearing tradition, and now offers courses dedicating into the lineage of the myrrhophores, the oil-bearers. Donna is also a poet and her classes often interweave poetry and the spirituality of these other ancient traditions with that of yoga.

A mountain lake known as Llyn-y-Fan-Fach, the Small Lake in the Mountains has a ‘Lady of the Lake’, or more specifically a ‘Morwyn y Llyn’, the Maiden of the Lake. In my talk, I will tell how Her story is also my story.

Elyse Welles is the bestselling author with Llewellyn Books for “Sacred Wild: An Invitation to Connect to Spirits of the Land”. A native Greek Priestess reviving the lost earth temple arts of the Mediterranean in her work with land spirits and the frame drum, she is also an initiated High Priestess in the eclectic Faery Tradition of witchcraft. She holds an MA in spiritual studies, and teaches online and guides pilgrimages to Greece.

Elyse shares the path of the Sacred Wild, a way of practice devoted to relationship with land spirits and the living presence of the earth. She explores the ways nature spirits move beyond human ideas of gender.

Graellyn Kolebrii has been a practicing Priestess since 1991, leading circles, retreats, classes, workshops, camps, and immersions. Her full dive into the Priestess Arts fueled 12 Guidebooks that support the evolution of the Path of Sacred Living. Graellyn’s holy communion was a significant memory that led to her devotion to Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene and into the temple arts of dance, ritual, ceremony, and Doulaship.

Learn to cultivate a relationship with the sacred Elements in an entirely new and heightened way. Vow to care for the earth as you would care for the heart of your beloved. 

Gülçin Önel (Mavi’nin Sesi) works on mythology, depth psychology, and the language of symbols, offering seminars and presentations on both national and international platforms. For her, the most fundamental wound of the human being is the disconnection from one’s own essence and nature; the deepest healing lies in remembering the ancient language of the soul. For this reason, she calls her work “Journey of Remembrance.”

The veil between the visible world and the unknown has been one of the oldest mysteries. In mythology, crossing this threshold is not merely a journey into another realm; it is a descent into the depths of the psyche.

Music therapist, interfaith minister, qualified chaplain and bereavement counsellor, loves to amplify Brigid’s healing presence into the world.

The current, worldwide rise of neo-fascist movements all over the world is a wake-up call to action for the peace-loving Goddess Community. In this talk, you will learn how to become aware of the abuse of these tainted symbols.

Katie Hoffner is the niece, steward, and storyteller of Lydia Ruyle – a visionary artist, scholar, and beloved wisdom-keeper – whose deeply researched and transformative collection of goddess banners have helped reintroduce the Divine Feminine into global consciousness. Katie inspires others to embody authenticity and self-expression, drawing a bold vision for making the sacred feminine accessible.

Through storytelling and image, Katie Hoffner guides us on a journey through ancestral representations of the Great Mother from around the world, exploring how the Earth Goddess of Creation births spirit into matter.

Katinka is a Ceremonialist of the Goddess, a Sacred Sexual Priestess of Rhiannon and Priestess of Avalon. She works as course facilitator, healer, tantric initiator, teacher of the sacred mysteries and workshop facilitator on empowerment through the Divine Feminine. Director of the Path of Love Mystery School, she is passionate about honouring the spiral of life grounded in the indigenous spirituality of the European lands.

The Great Goddess of the Three Realms has been symbolised through the pottery and images that our ancestors have left us, the amazing symbolic language of the Goddess that we are only just beginning to relearn.

Laurie Sue Brockway, D.Min, MAPH, is a journalist, historian, and interfaith wedding officiant, and is the author of more than 25 books. She has written extensively on the world’s spiritual traditions and on goddess history, spirituality, and theology. Her work often focuses on connecting people to Divine wisdom through education, ceremony, prayer, and creative spiritual practices.

Are you ready to invite Lakshmi’s magic into your life? Would you like to learn more about her rituals for wealth and wellbeing? Join Laurie Sue and discover Lakshmi’s fascinating mythology and her prominence in her culture of origin.

Manon is an experienced facilitator in music, nature experiences, and creative writing. With a background in singing and group coaching, she combines rituals, vocal work, and nature sounds into inspiring workshops where participants intuitively connect with the landscape and their own inner voice. Manon has been connected to Glastonbury and Avalon for many years.

How can you connect to power places? How can you communicate with the Mother Earth in a way that speaks to your own inner being? By connecting to these places, you have the opportunity to use the energy for transformation. 

Marion ‘Brigantia’ van Eupen is a Priestess of Brighde-Brigantia, and of Avalon, Sister of Rhiannon and Goddess Luminary Leader. Marion is the teacher-founder of “The Brighde-Brigantia Teachings”, which are a myriad of in-person and online trainings and workshops remembering, reclaiming and celebrating the Goddess Brighde and An-Bhean-Brighde (the woman (Saint) Brighid).

When I was pondering about the theme of 'creativity' I was drawn to talk about the beautiful and often spiritually connected Murals in Glastonbury. & Re-imagining ancient creative traditions of Brighde-Brigantia.

I'm Morag Scally, of Indigo Spring. I work with touch, sound and soul. Last year, I felt the pull of the North, and took a solo Pilgrimage to the North East of England, to Scotland, Highlands and Islands. Walking upon ancestral lands, using inner guidance to plot my route, Sacred Sites, Stones, wells and lands. At each place I sang to the stones and in return, I was gifted a folk song.

Morag shares a story which describes her Pilgrimage in the style of a Latvian Poem, a Daina. The attached songs are for you to sing, to share, to bring into your circles and communities.

Queen Rev. Mutima Imani is the visionary behind Awaken to Love, a transformational movement and forthcoming book that calls humanity to return to love as our original instruction and sacred duty. As an international facilitator of the Work That Reconnects, she weaves ancient wisdom, collective healing, and deep ecology into spaces where spirit meets matter and love becomes embodied action.

When a woman discovers—truly discovers—that the Goddess is not a myth, not a memory, not an external power to bow before but a living presence within her own body, something profound happens.

Ness Bosch, La Huesera, is an Iberian Shamaness and Priestess. Author and independent researcher and founding member of the Goddess Community Scotland. Founder of The Path of the Bones and the Clan of the Bone Woman (La Huesera), she shares the teachings of this path with those ready to move on into advanced animistic ways of working in the realms, with the spirits and teaches the ways of shadowhunting.

This is a healing journey for anyone wanting to work with their ancestral wounds. This journey is a gift of the Goddess Cailleach, as Keeper of the Bones, keeper of our ancestral memories here in Europe.

Nicole Andrea “Oshia” Pemberton is a Master Alchemical Dance Ceremonialist, Certified Akashic record reader, Temple Body Artist/Mentor/Priestess, Womb Priestess, Multidimensional Goddess Channel, Certified Crystal and Reiki practitioner, Traditional African healing and core shamanic apprentice, Speaker, Certified Trauma informed facilitator, Embodiment coach, and Dance artist.

A guided visualization and drum journey to reconnect. Deepen the connection to your lineage, the spirits of the land, nature, the Kemetic teachings of Auset and Ausar, and the powerful healing Mother energies within you.

Sabrina Moon, Creatrix and High Priestess of Renegade Witchcraft: Ceremonialist, Healer, Educator, and Artist, Sabrina Moon has practiced Goddess-centered Spirituality and Witchcraft for over 25 years. Her sacred work is rooted in healing through the embodiment of self-love and the desire the ritualize life. She is devoted to providing sacred service to all Beings.

Rooting into the majestic energies of the great Coastal Redwood Trees through ritual, meditation, and embodiment, we pilgrimage through the Astral to the heart of the forest to commune with the majestic Great Mother Tree.

Sandra Román is a Priestess of Avalon, teacher, writer and researcher dedicated to recovering and reimagining the ancestral wisdom of the Goddess. Born in Argentina, she has devoted more than three decades to exploring sacred sites, myths, and traditions of Goddess-centered cultures around the world. She is the founder of El Camino de la Diosa, a project that combines pilgrimage, teaching, and creative expression.

This workshop is dedicated to women who have not been biological mothers yet embody profound creative and nurturing power. Across cultures, Goddesses have been revered as Mothers without giving birth in human form.

Sara Ramadoro is a Priestess of the Goddess of the sacred lands and caves of central Italy, and also devoted to Rhiannon and Avalon. She weaves at the intersection of Goddess spirituality and the digital age. As an international wanderluster, hiker, interpreter, and workshop facilitator she is fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish. Sara loves to travel and help others to reconnect with ancient sacred sites and stories.

She began as water. For millennia, drop by drop in the dark silence of the Frasassi caves, a pearl-white stalactite formed. Then, human hands found Her, carving the stone into a shape they knew to be sacred.

From my earliest years, I have felt a deep connection with the natural world, a place where I have always felt at home. As a teenager, I was drawn to Transcendental Meditation and Yoga, beginning a lifelong path of wellbeing and inner exploration. My studies in Anthropology deepened my appreciation of the sacred relationship between people, culture, and the land.

Shonaid shares how creativity is a natural flow we all have, not a special gift and guides you through the five elements, Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether, as expressions of the Mother.

Tiffany Lazic (RP, BAA) is a Registered Psychotherapist, Spiritual Director, and Certified Havening Techniques Practitioner with a private practice in individual, couples, and group therapy. She is the founder of the Soul Alchemist Academy offering online courses in personal transformation, energy healing and psychopomps work. She is an author and an international presenter and retreat facilitator.

This talk and ritual explores the particular landscape of a mother's grief, from scientific research to mythological guidance, through logos and mythos. Ritual will invite you to meet the Mother Goddesses and the Roman Goddess.

Yuri Leitch has been a Glastonbury-based artist and has written a number of books about Glastonbury and its esoteric history – from the Celtic Iron Age through to Dark Age Britain; the medieval Arthurian intrigues of Avalon and the Holy Grail; to the occult intrigues of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is particularly focused upon the return of the divine feminine in the original expressions of the many goddesses of the Brythonic Celts.

A presentation about the Mother Goddess of the Celts - looking at her star-lore, archaeology and stories; with a specific focus upon her archaeology in the West-Country - the land of the Celtic tribe known as the Dobunni.

Freddie was born into the ancient Etruscan and later Oscan lands of Campania, beside the River Volturno in southern Italy. His lifelong bond with the landscape of his homeland, above all Mount Tifata, sacred to Diana, kindled a deep devotion to the Goddesses and living traditions of his region. Freddie is a Priest of Avalon and Soul Healer, serving The Glastonbury Goddess Conference for many years.

Guided by the quiet wisdom of flowers, leaves, and wild plants, we enter the landscape as seekers, gathering Earth offerings with reverence and respect. An act of beauty, remembrance, and silent magic in honour of Her.

Amelie Rowan Summer is a Priestess of Aphrodite and Sacred Sexuality, with over 30 years of experience in earth-based spirituality, druidry, ritual, and somatic coaching. She is a VITA™️️Love, Intimacy, and Women’s Empowerment Coach, currently completing her training as a psychosexual therapist, and is the founder of Earth Spirals. Amelie holds an MA in Folklore Studies and is also a storyteller and writer.

This ritual invites you to root yourself in the land and draw the creative force of the Earth Mother through your own being, awakening and energising the nwyfre that sings within you, and also within every stone, tree, river and soul.

Carmen Edwards is a Rose Priestess of Brigantia & Co Facilitator of the Sheffield Goddess Temple Priestess of Brigantia Training. She is also a Priestess Practitioner of the Avalon Rose Chapel, Ceremonialist, Women’s Circle Facilitator & Multidisciplinary Holistic Therapist- currently based in Sheffield with her husband & son. To find out more about Carmen, her courses & temple offerings at: ‘Way Of The Wild Rose’.

I invite you to join me in this ritual to create a sacred devotional altar to the Earth Goddess of creation and empower our creative lives.

Cat Lupton is a Priestess of Avalon with Glastonbury Goddess Temple and an Elder Bard of Gorsedh Ynys Witrin. In 2024-2025 she was the 17th Chaired Bard of Ynys Witrin. She is a poet, storyteller, writer, ceremonialist, Temple melissa, tarot reader and oracle priestess, and is blessed to live in and walk upon Her sacred land of Glastonbury Avalon.

In this short ceremony, you are invited to celebrate your life as an expression of the Mother of Creation. Get creative and make yourself a set of five matryoshka nesting dolls and feel into the different stages of your own life.

Cristina Granada is a Priestess of the Goddess and of Rhiannon, she is a Professional Tarot Reader, and organizes Ceremonies and Tours on the Isle of Avalon for Spanish-speaking groups.

Sound Bath to Connect with Gaia, Mother Earth in Avalon. Open you heart to receive her blessings.

Hayley Nightingale is a priestess of Brigantia and co facilitator of the priestess training at the Sheffield Goddess Temple. Hayley holds monthly women’s circles, working in a deep and embodied way with the changing seasons, myth and mystery. Hayley is a holistic massage therapist and womb practitioner, working independently and as part of the Sanctuary of Sophia.

Join Hayley as she explores her local woodland which is an urban green space in the city of Sheffield, UK. Embrace your inner child and allow yourself to fall into the arms of The Earth Mother and learn a moving meditation sequence.

Joyce A. Sanders is a Priestess of Avalon with a shamanic focus, ceremonialist, and guide working at the intersection of nature-based spirituality and real-world crisis experience. With 17 years in humanitarian emergency response, she has accompanied people through some of life’s most intense outer thresholds, while her work as a spiritual counsellor since 2000 is devoted to guiding inner transformation.

This ceremonial film explores the concept of spiritual bioregions; places defined not by political borders, but by landscapes, waters, ecosystems and the relationships that sustain them.

Roberta Tromboni is Priestess of the Goddess dedicated to Rhiannon, to Bridhge and to Jana, Goddess of Sardegna. Her commitment is to find new forms to bring the sacred into everyday life, as ceremonialist, teacher and sport ambassador. Living in the ancient land of Sardegna, she guides the visiting souls through the Goddess mysteries of this sacred land.

What is abundance? How do we connect to the creative part of us that generates abundance? A journey of discovery and meditation to connect and bring abundance in our life and enjoy the Earth Goddess of Creation's gifts.

Sophia Blanton is a renowned world dancer, somatic practitioner, and mytho-somatic pioneer whose work bridges ancestral movement traditions with contemporary embodied practice for soul-integrated transformation. Sophia is the creator of Pelvic Floor Barre and Prayerformance, and she teaches internationally, guiding participants to reconnect to their innate, embodied wisdom.

Sharing my "Prayerformance" embodied ritual practice! A communion between the Earth and the Body flowing in easy, feel-good patterns, a template for expressing the symbolic arc of planting, fertilizing & harvesting.