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Welcome to the Goddess Divine Podcast! My name is Deanna - I am a teacher, author of Awakening the Psychic Self and Higher Self Oracle, Reiki Master, and Divine Goddess practitioner. Join me as I: Unveil the stories of goddesses from across time and cultures. From the fierce warrior queens of Celtic lore to the all-encompassing Mother Earth of indigenous traditions, we'll explore the diverse tapestry of the divine feminine. Dive deep into the archetypes and energies these goddesses embody. W ...
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A series of short interviews with postgraduate students in the Geography Department of Maynooth University. Students discuss their original research on diverse topics relating to environmental and spatial justice in Ireland. The series is part of the Critical Ecologies class on the MA in Geography and Spatial Justice.
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Today's episode includes a meditation to meet a goddess aligned with your higher self. Buckle up because a goddess will be stepping forward to be your mentor. Grab a journal, candles, sage (or cedar/mugwort/pine) and let's get going. Enjoy!By The Goddess Divine Podcast
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This week I channeled a few messages from the goddess Hestia from ancient Greece. In this episode she discusses: 1. Humility 2. Issues of Self-worth 3. Her tools to help you if you connect with her energy. Enjoy!By The Goddess Divine Podcast
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19: Greek Goddess of the Home and Hearth, Hestia
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Hestia is a significant deity in Greek mythology, representing the goddess of the hearth, home, and domesticity. She embodies the central fire of the household and plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability and harmony of family life. Hestia is closely associated with the hearth, which was considered the central element of the home. The hear…
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In this episode, I am channeling the sacred messages of the Roman Goddess, Vesta. Some of her messages touch on the following topics: 1. Tending to the scared hearth within 2. The power of elder/crone energy 3. How to connect with her energy Enjoy!By The Goddess Divine Podcast
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17: The Sacred Flame of the Goddess Vesta
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The goddess Vesta, known as Hestia in Greek mythology, is a prominent deity in ancient Roman religion. She is the goddess of the hearth, home, and family, embodying the sacred flame that symbolizes the warmth and security of domestic life. Vesta represents the hearth, the central fire of the household, and by extension, the home itself. The hearth …
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This week's episode includes a channeled session with the Olympian Queen Goddess Hera.By The Goddess Divine Podcast
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This week I am sharing my piece on the Greek Goddess Hera. I am sharing the information that we least know about her rather than the jealous stories we all know about her from the Iliad. Hera is one of the principal goddesses in Greek mythology, known as the Queen of the Gods. She is the wife and sister of Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods. Hera …
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This week I am sharing a channeled message from the goddess, Lilith. Lilith is a figure from ancient Mesopotamian mythology who has evolved over time to become a prominent figure in various religious and cultural traditions. While her origins are complex and multifaceted, she is most commonly known as a figure associated with Jewish folklore, Kabba…
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14: Lilith: The First Woman, Mother of Demons, Whisperer of Rebellion
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This week's episode is all about the goddess, Lilith. Lilith is a fascinating figure who has taken on many forms throughout history. Here's a breakdown of her key characteristics: Origins: Her roots are murky, possibly linked to Mesopotamian demon figures called lilitu. Jewish Mythology: In Jewish folklore, she's often depicted as: Adam's first wif…
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9: Channeling The Primordial Goddess Asherah
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In this episode I channeled the ancient goddess, Asherah. Asherah is an ancient Semitic goddess who was worshiped primarily in the ancient Near East, including regions such as Canaan, Israel, and Phoenicia. She was often associated with fertility, motherhood, and the nurturing aspects of the divine. Asherah was commonly depicted as a mother goddess…
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13: The Canaanite Mother Goddess, Asherah
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This week I am sharing the story of the ancient Canaanite mother goddess, Asherah. Asherah was a prominent goddess in the ancient world, particularly in the Canaanite and Israelite religions. Here's a breakdown of her key aspects: Role: Asherah was a powerful mother goddess, often associated with fertility, sexuality, and warfare. Titles and Relati…
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11: Unverified + Verified Personal Gnosis
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This week I am discussing the knowledge we receive from deity. VPG (verified personal gnosis) refers to personal spiritual insights or experiences that are corroborated by established religious texts, teachings, or traditions within a particular belief system. UPG (Unverified Personal Gnosis) refers to personal spiritual insights or experiences tha…
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This week I am discussing the Dark Goddess. Dark goddesses are figures in mythology and folklore who embody aspects of the feminine divine associated with transformation, destruction, rebirth, and the mysteries of life and death. They are often seen as powerful and independent forces, representing the darker or more challenging aspects of existence…
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Romanian bodies, Irish berries: Migrant horticultural work through the lens of cheapness
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Irish horticulture is heavily reliant on seasonal migrant workers, who are especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. With PhD researcher Rebecca Vining, this podcast uses the case study of Romanian-Irish labour migration to identify how this exploitation has been built into the global agri-food system. By applying a "world-ecology" approach,…
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Fast Fashion in Ghana and Kenya: The Lived Disaster of Capitalism’s Devaluation of Life
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Fast fashion illustrates the social and environmental disasters that lie in the wake of capitalism’s ever-increasing hunger for profits. Everything in the path to profit is devalued and made disposable: environment, place, and people. The experiences of secondhand clothes traders in Ghana and Kenya are the lived reality of this devaluation in pract…
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Eclipsed Horizons: The Lingering Shadows of the Bhopal Disaster
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Immerse yourself in the shadowy world of environmental injustice and the terrifying reality of "slow violence". Together with Master's student in Environmental Psychology, Elena Jordan, we explore how overlooked forms of harm, such as those caused by environmental change, gradually unfold over time and escape immediate notice. Elena sheds light on …
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Unseen Struggles: Environmental Racism and the Irish Traveller Community
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In a country viewed as full of greenery, folklore, and warm hospitality, join us in this podcast as we explore the overlooked experience of environmental racism faced by the Irish Traveller community. This podcast delves into how members of the Traveller community, a racialised group, experience dual challenges of climate change and societal discri…
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Green Colonialism in Australia: The Storytelling of Climate Injustice by National Parks, Floods and Fires and Tourism
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Some of the currently most pressing global challenges center around climate change, biodiversity loss and habitat destruction. To address these, most nations have adopted strategies for nature conservation and management that are seemingly pro-environmental - "green". This podcast draws attention to the fact that these practices are a continuation …
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This episode discusses the concept of slow violence and the differential impact it has on women and girls when we talk about the environment and climate change. MA student Jenifer Sánchez helps us think about and consider the concept of intersectional ecology to understand that slow environmental violence is not only crossed by the category of clas…
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‘Bolsonarismo’ and other tactics of contemporary capitalism in a world in flames: The case of Indigenous enrolment in soybean mechanized monoculture in central Brazil
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In this episode, MA student Rodrigo Silva delves into the history and contemporary dynamics of the Haliti-Paresi Indigenous group in Mato Grosso, Brazil, amidst continuous capitalist incursions into the region. The historical analysis observes the material exploitation and discursive practices being employed by colonial powers since the eighteenth …
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The urban-rural gap and food regime in Ireland considered through the lens of the metabolic rift
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Urban centres are places of ‘parasitic’ consumption and are highly developed, whereas rural areas are left far behind. Although cities are not particularly involved in food production, they do provide higher food safety than rural areas. We talk about how these inequalities between rural and urban spaces are developed in the context of the Irish fo…
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Rural Ireland vs Wind Turbines: the injustice facing Rural Ireland due to wind farm developments
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Kilraneghlan Hill looks over the rural village of Kiltegan in West Wicklow. The hill is home to a graveyard, flora and fauna, and many historical sites. In 2021, residents were informed of plans for the hill to become a wind farm development site, with planning permission requested for 5 wind turbines to be installed on the hill. Using the concepts…
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Fuelling the Capitalocene: The Damage of Fossil Fuel Extraction
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Join us for an interesting and enlightening podcast delving into the connections between capitalism, environmental change and education. Our guest Stephen Coady, a postgraduate diploma student in geography pursuing a career in teaching, discusses the Anthropocene and Capitalocene. He highlights the implications of the two concepts for understanding…
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Creating Indigenous sovereignty in Mexico: What fair trade coffee has to do with it?
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In the southernmost region of Mexico, indigenous people have been resisting dual colonial and capitalist oppression for at least 500 years, and they have also been selling coffee beans through a global market. Is this an attempt to tap into circuits of economic development or a trade-off between indigenous autonomy and profits? MA student Polina Vo…
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Turf in the Green Transition: Peripheral Development and Local Sovereignty
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Ireland’s bogs are an interesting space to explore competing agendas of the Green Transition, sustainable development and environmental justice. In this podcast, PhD researcher Criostóir King discusses the various visions of development that have historically been associated with turf cutting, how this is changing within the context of the Green Tr…
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This podcast discusses the links between environmental injustice and climate injustice. Diploma student Sarah Morrissey, begins by introducing both the concepts and introduces the links between the two concepts, the major one being the shared roots which both concepts share mainly due to colonial projects which increased environmental impacts and p…
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Gold and Grievance: The Kuria Community's challenge with Extractivism
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In this podcast episode, we go into the heart of North Mara, Tanzania, where the Kuria community faces the harsh realities of extractivism. With gold being one of the sources of revenue in the country, powerful corporations and state authorities play significant roles in shaping the lives within the community. As extractivism threatens their lands …
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In this episode I discuss how to go about finding the goddess you wish to work with! Have you ever felt a whisper in your soul, a call from the depths of ancient wisdom, beckoning you to explore the realms of the divine feminine? Have you sensed the presence of a goddess waiting to guide you on your path? Today we will discuss HOW to actively ident…
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6: On Goddess Spirituality and Cultural Appropriation
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Hello lovely People! This week I am covering goddess spirituality and cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation refers to the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of elements from a culture that is not your own. It's particularly problematic when these elements are taken from minority cultures by members of a dominant culture. Here's a bre…
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In this episode I discuss the various goddess archetypes. Goddess archetypes are universal patterns and symbols embodied by female deities across cultures and throughout history. They represent fundamental aspects of the feminine experience, encompassing emotions, behaviors, and values. These archetypes aren't just about specific goddesses; they ar…
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This week I am discussing the divine feminine. The divine feminine is a multifaceted concept that refers to the feminine aspect of the divine or the sacred. It's not just about biological sex, but rather a set of energies, qualities, and principles associated with femininity on a spiritual level. Here's a breakdown of its core aspects: Essence of t…
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4: The Destruction of the Divine Feminine in the Ancient World Part II
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Hi lovely people! This week I'm covering part II of the destruction of the divine feminine in the ancient world. Last week I covered what the ancient classical world looked like prior to Christianity. This week, I am reviewing what early church fathers did in the 4th century to transition the empire into a new state religion, that being Christianit…
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3: The Destruction of the Divine Feminine in the Ancient World, Part I
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Hi lovely people! This week I am reviewing how the divine feminine was systematically dismantled in the ancient classical world. My goal is to show the erasure of goddess worship before and during the early Roman Empire. In this episode, which is part I of II, I discuss the divine feminine in the prechristian world (and goddess worship) and early s…
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Hi lovely people! This week I am discussing why we are afraid to work with the goddess realm. If you are transitioning away from Christianity you might be afraid to work with deities because you've been taught that they are demons as stated by early church fathers around the 4th century AD! In this episode I am here to tell you NOT to be afraid. Th…
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In this podcast, Aoife Murphy discusses the issue of housing and some of the movements and campaigns that have developed within the past couple of years. Housing is such a large and topical issue at the moment, and many different people within Ireland are affected. In recent years the government has begun to introduce new policies and schemes to tr…
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Hi lovely people! Welcome to the Goddess Divine Podcast! This episode is an introduction to the show but also my introduction to that realm and how and why I started. I am excited to reveal to you my beginning and connection. Thank you for listening! You can find me at infinitesupply.org and on my other podcast, Intuitive Awakening.…
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Agro-ecology as an agricultural practice addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis
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In this podcast, Emilie Jessen discusses the concept of agro-ecology and how the movement emerged and have evolved as a wide concept today. Starting with a discussion on why agro-ecology emerged as a counter response to The Green Revolution in the 1960’s and the dominant agro-food system, we discuss why the movement met resistance in the beginning,…
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Bogs, biodiversity and communities: The value of peatlands beyond energy production
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Historically in Ireland, bogs have been exploited for their resources by colonial powers, governments and semi-state bodies. This has resulted in extensive loss of peatlands in Ireland and this has had negative impacts on the communities and wildlife that rely on these spaces. In this podcast the concepts of spatial justice and multispecies justice…
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Agriculture in Ireland: Specialised, Commodified and Problematic. What can we do?
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Why in Ireland is just 8% of agricultural land used for crops, while the rest is devoted to animal production? This podcast with Shane Hanly delves into some of the reasons why the Irish agricultural system has become specialised with animal production. Factors such as membership of the European Union and globalisation of agri-food systems are disc…
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Spatial and environmental justice in Ireland and community activism in County Leitrim
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In this episode MSc Environmental Psychology student, Róisín Reddy, discusses spatial and environmental justice in the context of Ireland. We explore how these concepts intersect and how both contribute to the critical analysis of perceptions of space and the role they play in unequal distributional patterns. Using the example of County Leitrim, Ró…
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In this podcast with Melanie Johnson, we go back to the 1300s to explore the origins of capitalism as we know it today and talk about the importance of space in its inception. The vital role of common space in human independence is discussed, and enclosure, privatization, and commodification are shown to be its violent antagonists. De-enclosure is …
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Greening is not Always What it Seems: Green Gentrification in the Liberties
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In this podcast, Jasmine Buckley discusses an environmental injustice, green gentrification. She discusses how green gentrification is a good example for demonstrating the links between environmental and spatial injustice. This podcast explores how the procedure of providing green space in urban neighbourhoods may not always have positive outcomes …
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The agro-food industry and climate change: Environmental justice in contemporary Ireland
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In this podcast, Jennifer O’Malley discusses the complex relationship between the agro-food industry and climate change in contemporary Ireland. Jennifer describes the emergence of the metabolic rift in the context of colonial Ireland in the nineteenth century to examine the complex interconnections that exist between nature and society. This syste…
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Dispossessed by Decarbonisation: Rural Repercussions of Irelands’ Agri-Emissions Trade-off
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Ireland has been an exemplar case for the struggle between green commitments and democratic responsibility and, since the Irish Agri-Food sector speaks for over one third of the nations’ emissions profile, the sector has been placed on the frontline of the struggle to combat climate change. By all appearances, Ireland’s climate responsibility divis…
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Slow Violence and Sacrifice Zones - Understanding Afforestation in County Leitrim
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The concept of slow violence is one that has gained recognition in recent years, providing a definition for events that are violent but not normally seen as such, due to its slow nature and continuation over many years. The current destruction being caused to communities and the environment in Leitrim by Sitka spruce plantations can be viewed as sl…
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Inchicore, Gentrification and Cycles of Violence
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This podcast episode explores the ideas of gentrification and slow violence. It also discusses how gentrification can be seen as the eventual product of a long period of slow violence through disinvestment and is functionally dependent upon a history of violence in an area. In order to make the links between the two spatial justice frameworks it lo…
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Beyond bricks: buildings and questions of environmental justice in Ireland
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This podcast examines the intersections between issues of the built environment, sustainability and environmental justice in Ireland. Discussion around the environmental impact of buildings has become more prevalent in both policy and public discourse as we look towards zero-carbon futures, with Ireland taking on board the policies of the European …
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What’s place got to do with it? Climate activism, inclusion and democratic change
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In this podcast, Will Stringer discusses his research into climate activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) and their demand for climate citizens’ assemblies. Drawing upon the idea of participation as an issue of justice through the work of political theorist Nancy Fraser, this episode explores what approaches to inclusion we can see within XR’s st…
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Ireland in the global economy: does Ireland contribute to ecological damage in the global south?
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It is becoming ever more clear that we face widespread and worsening ecological breakdown. However, while these issues are global, their causes and disastrous effects are not evenly distributed. The poorest often already facing the worst of the disruption, endangering lives and livelihoods. Is there a connection between what has made regions poor a…
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Agriculture in Ireland: The past and potential futures of an imperialist industry
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In this podcast, Nicola Whelan traces the historical development of Ireland’s agricultural industry since the colonial period. Starting with a discussion of Karl Marx and his account of the Irish ‘metabolic rift’ under British rule, we consider some of the lasting impacts this period of intensive production has had on the farming landscape of Irela…
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