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Childbirth as a Rite of Passage
The loss of women's initiatory traditions and the modern exile of Mystery
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When the sacred becomes a spectacle
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To be swallowed by the monster of your art
On investigations at the British Library, Orphean dismemberment, and the erotic chaos of creativity
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Hera: Mother Sovereign
(Part 9) On the Prehistoric Roots of the Greek Gods
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Monthly Newsletter | February 2026
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Gabriela Gutierrez
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Aphrodite: She Who Initiates Through Beauty
On the Prehistoric Roots of the Greek Gods (Part 3)
Dec 7, 2025
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I think I made this little girl proud
On submitting my manuscript, the tenderness of realising a dream, and doing the work for the child we once were
Nov 9, 2025
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Death of an Elder
The Legacy of Jane Goodall
Oct 5, 2025
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Gabriela Gutierrez
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Singing over the bones of the Red Lady
On the 19,000-year-old female shaman of Northern Spain
Sep 7, 2025
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Gabriela Gutierrez
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The Sacred Oak
Dodona and the Origins of the Oracular Tradition
Aug 3, 2025
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Gabriela Gutierrez
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My book has found a publishing home!
Monthly Newsletter | July 2025
Jul 6, 2025
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Ritual Dismemberment
On the wisdom of symbolic death
Jun 1, 2025
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