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Moon Priestesses, Crescent Moons and the Shapeshifting Reality of the Watery Realms of Creation

by Theresa | Mar 9, 2023 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts

The water is the moon and the moon is the water The moon is mutable and so is the water Some of the the priestesses of San José de Moro were found buried in tule reed coffins that mimic the tule reed boats that were used by actual Moche people for water travel and...

The Moon Priestesses of San José de Moro, Peru

by Theresa | Mar 2, 2023 | About Divination, Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts

300 years after the Moche Mama’s rule, in a temple complex to the north and east, in San José de Moro, we find 8 burials of women, 5 from the late Moche culture (720 CE) and 3 from the “Transitional Period” (850-1000 CE) all receiving the label: priestess. In this...

“La Señora de Cao”: A Powerful Female Leader in Pre-contact Peru

by Theresa | Feb 16, 2023 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts

There is strong evidence that matriarchal cultures populated South America for a long time before being taken over by more patriarchal minded peoples and that the legendary Amazon women or Icamiabas (women without husbands) of the upper tributaries of the Rio Amazon...