“Women and Spirituality”…clips and review

After the last post of two Salem Witch documentaries a comment in that post from Rev. Mary Miller brought up another wonderful documentary called “Women and Spirituality”.  This was a three part series of documentaries that were created by Donna Read for the National Film Board of Canada and released between 1989 and 1993.  The films feature interviews with Pagan and feminist leaders including Starhawk, Margot Adler, Carol Christ, Liusah Teish and Merlin Stone among others.  The three films included “Goddess Remembered”, “The Burning Times” and “Full Circle”.  Each film is approximately a hour long.

The first film, “Goddess Remembered”, examined Goddess worship in ancient European times while looking at how these believes have become reawakened in the feminist movement today. “The Burning Times” looks at the Witch Trials, mainly as they happened in Europe, while looking at how the mistreatment of women accused as Witches transformed into abuse, violence and neglect toward women by future generations.  And the final film, “Full Circle”, looks at the modern day Witch and Goddess worshipers while looking forward and discussing ways that the Goddess may continue to flourish in the future.  This final film features a beautiful glimpse of a ritual lead by Starhawk with the amazing Gypsy Ravish singing an invocation to the Goddess.

Below are a handful of highlight clips of the films.  You can find the films for say in a box set that contains all three direct from the distributor for around $35.  The box set can also be found on eBay and Amazon.com. This really is a fantastic set of films and perfect for helping as either teaching tools for beginners of Wicca or to help others understand the concept of honoring the Goddess both in the past and the present.