ARCHIVE #22 — Feminist Spiritual Activism and the Great Cosmic Mother with Dr. Alka Arora

After a long pause to pursue my doctoral work, this episode marks my return to the mic—and I couldn’t imagine a more resonant way to begin again. This conversation touches the very heart of my inquiry: the need to dissolve patriarchal paradigms and co-create a world in which the Great Cosmic Mother is once again honoured as the source of life, mystery, and meaning.

I’m joined by Dr. Alka Arora, associate professor of Women's Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Arora is a scholar, educator, and visionary whose work integrates feminist thought, spirituality, and activism into a framework she describes as integral feminist education. For over a decade, she has helped shape a transdisciplinary field that brings together gender, religion, philosophy, and social change.

Together, we explore what it means to birth a new relational paradigm—one rooted not in domination, but in reverence. We speak about the reclamation of the sacred feminine, the wounds of patriarchal religion, and the need for spiritual activism that is embodied, inclusive, and rooted in love rather than reaction. Dr. Arora offers rare insight into how feminist consciousness and mystical praxis can work together to heal, reimagine, and reweave the fabric of our world.

This is a conversation that moves beyond binaries and toward something ancestral, visionary, and urgently needed: a remembrance of the sacred, cyclical intelligence of life.

This episode was originally released under the podcast title Sacred Wisdom, the precursor to The Cosmic Codex. It now resides within The Sacred Wisdom Archives.