Yesterday I visited a sacred temple in the Kealakekua (Ke-a-la-ke-ku-a) Bay. The temple has been guarded my the women of one family for the last 44 generations. I spoke with the guardian for a while about her ideas of Goddess. I started off by explaining that I am a student at The Evergreen State college, which I described as an "alternative" college. Right as a said this she corrected me, "You mean Alter Native". She continued to explain that all alternative approaches are just a revival of native approaches. She has been a native advocate for the last 20 years with the UN. She has traveled to almost every country on earth to learn and teach with the native peoples of our world. My time with her was short and we made plans to meet for a formal interview next week.
" The Goddess of the West is not gone, she is only sleeping within each of us. It is our own power that will awaken her."
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