Darkly Splendid Abodes Lilith, with Annie Matan
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Mar 22, 2025 
Annie Matan, an ordained Kohenet and founder of Matinot Lev, passionately explores the sacred feminine in Jewish traditions. She discusses the significance of Lilith, outlining her story as Adam's equal, and how she became demonized. Annie shares insights on recovering goddess worship, emphasizing its vital role in healing and community connection. The conversation further delves into reframing spiritual practices around pleasure and embodiment, and it highlights Lilith's cross-traditional resonance with figures like Nuit, inviting a deeper appreciation of feminine power.
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Reclaiming The Ancient Priestess
- Kohenet is a modern reclamation of the ancient Hebrew priestess role erased by patriarchal shifts about 2,500 years ago.
- Annie Matan emphasizes a feminist, earth-based, embodied, and queer lens for reconnecting with those practices.
Gendered Images Help Relationship With The Divine
- Matan argues God transcends gender while humans create gendered aspects to relate to the divine.
- Recovering feminine and gender-expansive divine images restores excluded community members and parts of self.
Josiah's Reforms And Lost Goddess Worship
- Matan retells King Josiah's reforms where discovered scrolls led to banning Asherah and Baal worship and ensuing societal collapse.
- She uses this to illustrate how removing feminine worship created long-term crisis and longing for the goddess.
