Anique Radiant HeartInvoking The Goddess

Northern Crete

Meet the Goddesses

Explore how the Goddess was so exquisitely adored, and experience Her alive through the land, through Her sacred waters, and through Her beautiful iconography.

The faience Snake Goddess from Knossos, arms raised, a serpent in each hand, in the Heraklion Museum.

The Snake Goddess

In the newly renovated Heraklion Museum, a jewel box of Minoan magic, you will stand face to face with Her treasures: the luminous Snake Goddesses, the golden Priestess rings, the frescoes of lilies and dolphins. The sacred evidence of a culture that adored Woman and honoured the Goddess in all things.

Knossos, one of the largest and most legendary Temple Complexes in Crete, is the home of the famous Snake Goddess Herself.

Where we meet Her: The Heraklion Museum (Day 2) and the Temple Complex of Knossos (Day 4).

The great chamber of the Skotino Cave, its vaulted rock roof arching over the boulders below.

The Dark Mother

Skotino is one of Crete’s most enormous and awe-inspiring sacred caves. We descend slowly, deep into the belly of the Earth, into Her cool, hushed embrace, until we reach the very bottom.

There we sit in complete darkness. In the Womb of the Dark Mother, where the ancient Priestesses once chanted and made offering, we remember the Mystery. We listen. We are reborn.

Where we meet Her: The Skotino Cave (Day 3).

Inside the Eileithyia birthing cave, with its sacred stalagmite.

Eileithyia

The Eileithyia Cave is the women’s birthing cave, honoured for thousands of years. From all over Crete women made pilgrimage to this womb-like sanctuary to sit upon the Omphalos Stone, the Navel of the World, and ask the Goddess for the blessing of a child.

We too will sit upon this sacred navel and ask the Mother to help us birth our dreams, our projects and our heart’s deepest yearnings. Deeper inside, we hold a ritual of release and healing for the Souls of any children we have had to let go of, with love, with compassion, with no judgment. Held by Sisters.

Where we meet Her: The Eileithyia Cave (Day 6).

The ancient Myrtle tree at the Paliani Convent, its gnarled branches spreading over a stone courtyard.

Aphrodite

At the tranquil Paliani Convent lives a most sacred treasure: a beautiful, ancient Myrtle tree, gnarled and wise and deeply beloved to the Goddess Aphrodite. This tree is a living Priestess. Centuries old, Her branches whisper blessings.

Beneath Her holy boughs we gather in a circle to offer our prayers and chant, our voices rising together in the soft afternoon light.

Where we meet Her: The Paliani Convent (Day 5).

An illustration of Minoan Bee Priestesses in bright robes offering honeycomb, with the hills of Crete behind them.

The Goddess of the Bee Priestesses

The magnificent Temple Palace of Malia was home of the Bee Priestesses of ancient Crete. Here the famous golden Bee Pendant was found: two Bees laying down honey in the sacred vessel, the symbol of the Goddess Herself.

With eyes to see, we understand what truly happened here: the rituals, the processions, the golden honeycomb ceremonies. You will never forget Malia. She stays in your heart.

Where we meet Her: The Temple of Malia (Day 7), Anique’s favourite day of the tour.

Walk in the footsteps of the Ancient Priestesses

And feel their power awaken in our own.

19–26 August 2027 · Northern Crete, Greece

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Twenty-two goddess figures in a row on black, among them a painted Halaf figurine, the Bird Lady of Naqada, the Queen of the Night, the Minoan Snake Goddess, the Venus of Willendorf, the Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, the Sleeping Lady of Malta and a white porcelain Kuan Yin.
The Goddess of a thousand names and faces