The Magazine for the Foreseeable Future
About Wadjit
Wadjit was the Egyptian Goddess of Creation who birthed the sun each morning from the sacred papyrus marshes. Known as Buto to the Greeks, her name meant "The Green One" or "The Papyrus-Hued One", referring to her exceptional powers of growth. Wadjit was also the protective hissing cobra of the uraeus. She was depicted in both cobra and human form. In her cobra form, she was the symbol of Lower Egypt and it was said that the papyrus emerged from her. As an inhabitant of the marshes, the otter was also associated with her.
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Table of Contents
JULY 9, 2002
from the goddess
editor's notes by Stephanie Hiller
• Building Anew
burning issue
Feminists have hesitated to join conservatives in opposing human genetic engineering but altering human eggs and sperm could have frightening consequences for generations to come.Why women should be be concerned about human genetic engineering
by Judith Levine
from Worldwatch Magazine
feature profile: Riane Eisler
• Changing the world from the bottom up:
Riane Eisler and the politics of cultural transformation
by Stephanie Hiller• Securing the moral high ground
An interview with Riane Eisler
by Stephanie Hiller
the world at large
• Updates from the Millionth Circle• The Pagan Cluster in Calgary:
Report from the G8 protests
and Solstice in Calgary
by Starhawk• Women's Rights Treaty Gets Second Wind
by Peggy Simpson, WEnewsIsrael and Palestine:
•Women peace activists address UN Security Council
•Spreading the secret
by Gila Svirsky• The Boy who kissed the Soldier
by StarhawkColombia:
for peace
• Report from the Peace Conference at Dubrovnik
by Anodea Judith• A New Movement for Peace
by Marianne Williamson
Goddess is afoot
• The Dark Goddess Today - Part One
by Cristina Biaggihealing words
• Gathering the Gifts
Meditations by Patricia Lynn Reilly• Wise Woman's Tarot
by Viviane Lerner• Uncompromised respect
by Leslie McIntyre• One ground
Rediscovering the Great Mother
by Tsultrim Allione• Energy and Stamina the Wise Woman Way
by Susun S. Weed• Signatures of Sympathetic Magic:
Dancing the Masque of the Goddess
by Lauren Raine• Healing old losses
by Meredith Young-Sowers
poems
• A Little Offering based on Margaret Atwood's "True Stories"
by Viviane Lerner• Three Poems
by Janine Cananbook reviews
• Woven in a New Design
A review of Starhawk's Webs of Power
by Stephanie Hiller• DNA takes us back... to our African Mother
A review of Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum's dark mother
by Leslie McIntyre• Power Politics by Arundhati Roy
reviewed by Theresa Wolfwood• There is an Alternative
reviewed by Stacey Chapel