1.0The Queen of My Selfhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyselfDonna Heneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/author/dhenesOn Valentines and Vulvas - The Queen of My Selfrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lxhllWOTYQ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2011/02/on-valentines-and-vulvas.html">On Valentines and Vulvas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2011/02/on-valentines-and-vulvas.html/embed#?secret=lxhllWOTYQ" width="600" height="338" title="“On Valentines and Vulvas” — The Queen of My Self" data-secret="lxhllWOTYQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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From the beginning, women were exalted as the image, the echo, the counterpart companion of the Goddess. Their access to ecstasy, imbued with spiritual significance. As priestesses, they tended the fires and fanned the generative flames from Her sex, the seat of Her power. Paleolithic carved figures refer to woman as matrix, as creatrix, to…