Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Thursdays, September 3 - September 24, 2026
7:00 - 8:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$150 Paid Patreon Members / $175 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Our history has largely been written by men to valorize their activities, but much of it is false—as when women’s contributions are attributed to men—or misleading—as when only a narrow range of human experience is recorded. Yet as scientists and archaeologists look more closely at the historical record, it becomes clear that neither our symbolic nor written contemporary histories fully reflect reality. While men’s and women’s bodies evolved with different strengths and limitations, it is the cultural framing of the male body as normative, and the female body as deviant, that has most disadvantaged women. What if we were to measure human strength by what the female body does best: resisting disease, sustaining endurance, living longer, adapting both physically and emotionally, and enduring pain? What might change if women were recognized as complete and equal human beings?
In this highly collaborative class, please bring your curiosity and willingness to participate as we recover what has been obscured, and restore women to a place of equal value and prominence in shaping the human story. We will examine how prehistoric women, through gathering and hunting, became the earliest scientists, artists, and healers; how patriarchal systems disrupted this life-centered worldview; and how these shifts continue to impact women’s health and the world today. We will also explore how our perspective shifts when both humanity and divinity are understood through the female body, rather than the male. Each session will include class discussion, thought exercises, and optional readings, weaving together modern research and ancient wisdom to challenge the dominant paradigm and expand our understanding of both the past and ourselves. Whether you simply want to honor women as fully human or feel the call to explore the Female Divine, reclaiming women’s authority, agency, and centrality in the human story offers us all the possibility of personal empowerment, a more generous and compassionate community, and a more life-affirming world.
Dr. Blythe ‘Collie’ Collier is a published author, content creator, and instructor in the fields of mythology, ecofeminism, masculinity, and Women’s Spirituality. Her continuing research incorporates the findings of luminaries and foremothers, to unearth both ancient mythologies of times when women were sacred, and practical applications of this empowering worldview for contemporary women, men, and others snared in the scarcity mindset of patriarchy. You can find more of her work on youtube at “Sharing Women’s Spirituality – with Laughing Collie” or on Linktree.
Libyan Sibyl, prophetic priestess - painting by Michaelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy; Byzantine Empress Theodora and her court - mosaic (artist unknown), Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy; the Djanggawo sister-goddesses, Daughters of the Sun, the Mothers Who gave birth to the Australian Aboriginal people - Aboriginal cave art, Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Four Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Thursdays, September 3 - September 24, 2026
7:00 - 8:30pm ET (NYC Time)
$150 Paid Patreon Members / $175 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Our history has largely been written by men to valorize their activities, but much of it is false—as when women’s contributions are attributed to men—or misleading—as when only a narrow range of human experience is recorded. Yet as scientists and archaeologists look more closely at the historical record, it becomes clear that neither our symbolic nor written contemporary histories fully reflect reality. While men’s and women’s bodies evolved with different strengths and limitations, it is the cultural framing of the male body as normative, and the female body as deviant, that has most disadvantaged women. What if we were to measure human strength by what the female body does best: resisting disease, sustaining endurance, living longer, adapting both physically and emotionally, and enduring pain? What might change if women were recognized as complete and equal human beings?
In this highly collaborative class, please bring your curiosity and willingness to participate as we recover what has been obscured, and restore women to a place of equal value and prominence in shaping the human story. We will examine how prehistoric women, through gathering and hunting, became the earliest scientists, artists, and healers; how patriarchal systems disrupted this life-centered worldview; and how these shifts continue to impact women’s health and the world today. We will also explore how our perspective shifts when both humanity and divinity are understood through the female body, rather than the male. Each session will include class discussion, thought exercises, and optional readings, weaving together modern research and ancient wisdom to challenge the dominant paradigm and expand our understanding of both the past and ourselves. Whether you simply want to honor women as fully human or feel the call to explore the Female Divine, reclaiming women’s authority, agency, and centrality in the human story offers us all the possibility of personal empowerment, a more generous and compassionate community, and a more life-affirming world.
Dr. Blythe ‘Collie’ Collier is a published author, content creator, and instructor in the fields of mythology, ecofeminism, masculinity, and Women’s Spirituality. Her continuing research incorporates the findings of luminaries and foremothers, to unearth both ancient mythologies of times when women were sacred, and practical applications of this empowering worldview for contemporary women, men, and others snared in the scarcity mindset of patriarchy. You can find more of her work on youtube at “Sharing Women’s Spirituality – with Laughing Collie” or on Linktree.
Libyan Sibyl, prophetic priestess - painting by Michaelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy; Byzantine Empress Theodora and her court - mosaic (artist unknown), Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy; the Djanggawo sister-goddesses, Daughters of the Sun, the Mothers Who gave birth to the Australian Aboriginal people - Aboriginal cave art, Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
