LAURA SHANNON

FOLK DANCE - CIRCLE DANCE- SACRED DANCE - WOMEN'S RITUAL DANCE

Workshops

Crete, GREECE Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete, in the footsteps of Carol P. Christ, in English. Almost full.
From Saturday, 20. September 2025
To Saturday, 4. October 2025

The Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete was developed by feminist thealogian Carol P. Christ, who led the tour for over twenty years. Before she passed away in July 2021, Carol asked Laura to take on leadership of the Goddess Pilgrimage, following the basic template Carol created (with a few changes!). 
The two-week tour for women includes museums and archaeological sites, sacred ceremonies, swimming in the Cretan sea, delicious food, meetings with village women, walking and moderate hiking to visit mountaintops and caves that were sites of ancient worship. The physical aspect of the tour allows insight to take root in the body as well as the mind and spirit. The Pilgrimage seeks to deepen our understanding of the peaceful, egalitarian, art-loving, Goddess-worshipping civilisation of Bronze Age Crete, and an embodied experience of the many remnants still perceptible in the landscape, culture, and art of the island today.
 

Although this is not a dance tour, we will have the opportunity to learn simple Cretan women's dances and to dance with live Cretan music, and the whole Pilgrimage aims to deepen our understanding of the pre-patriarchal Old European cultures of peace in which circle dance has its roots. Several experienced dancers are coming, so we will definitely do some dancing, with fantastic live music from Kostantis Kourmadias and from Cretan musicians! Almost full
For details, contact goddessariadne.org or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Combine the Pilgrimage with Women's Ritual Dances in Aptera, 4-7 or 4.-11. Sep. 2025
 
More information at: https://www.goddessariadne.org
 
There are still spaces on the 2025 Pilgrimage! If you are interested in joining us, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Location Crete