Emily & Meg explore their internalized beliefs around the religion of their youth, how they connect to their spirituality now, and wonder how life would be different if we had balancing female imagery for God.
“Santa Claus, God, and The President”
“I was raised with my religion telling me how to think about God. It didn’t work for me.”
“What if young Mary held a baby girl?”
“There really are no rules. Religion tells us how to relate to God, but it’s really a personal relationship.”
“We ignore our natural intelligence and allow it to be controlled and corrupted.”
“You have to see it to be it.”
“We just accept things instead of examining these hand-me-down beliefs.”
“How does our natural intelligence relate to finding our spirituality?”
“If we were to surrender, it would open up the pathway to a higher power.”
“Are psychedelics being pushed as the next ritual for us to connect spiritually?”
“We are talking about Spirituality, which is subjective, versus organized religion, which is a prescribed way to make you feel spiritual.”
References from the episode:
Girl God Books
Indiana Jones
The Holy Bible by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
Notre Dame
Damien Hirst
Genesis 3:16
Liquid Geography Wine
For further exploration, we loved this book:
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter - A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine by Sue Monk Kidd