Goddess Monotheism (tradition, church, theist, worship, God)

[Halcyon]

Hey peepeloids,

I've been researching Goddess-centric religions but i'm having trouble finding extinct or extant Goddess monotheisms.

I've found that the Minoan civilisation may have had a single Goddess early on, and i was already aware of Dianic Wicca.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any other Goddess only religions, ancient or modern?

[Feathers in Hair]

I think that that's the appeal to Goddess-based traditions for many of us- or for me, at least. They're very rarely monotheistic.

[BFD_Zayl]

well, I honestly doubt there is a (known) religion specifically with just a Goddess, now i'm sure if you dig a bit, maybe check into your local secret society then maybe you can find out a bit more. there is however, nothing preventing YOU from worshipping a single Goddess.

[Grian]

I think Goddess Religion is both polytheistic and monotheistic in that there may be a thousand plus faces and names for the Goddess, but the majority of the practitioners believe that she is still one entity.

[bflydad]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Hey peepeloids,

I've been researching Goddess-centric religions but i'm having trouble finding extinct or extant Goddess monotheisms.

I've found that the Minoan civilisation may have had a single Goddess early on, and i was already aware of Dianic Wicca.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any other Goddess only religions, ancient or modern?

Isn't the Church of Wicca (www.wicca.org) also monotheistic?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by bflydad

Isn't the Church of Wicca (www.wicca.org) also monotheistic?

How can it be when Gerald Gardner set it up to have a God and a Goddess?

[Grian]

I don't think so. The Church of Wicca is the center of the Correlian Trad I think. In their statments of belief they worship both God and Goddess.

[bflydad]

Here is a quote from the Church of Wicca's website. They definitely claim to be monotheistic. You can decide whether what they are doing is Goddess worship as you would define it or not.

In the center of everything is the God-ess (This is our shorthand for the deity construct and should not be mis-taken to mean a specifically female or male deity construct.). Like Gravity, God-ess is impersonal. It treats everyone alike. It transcends gender and human emotions. Certain ideas cluster around the Deity. We, here, are syncretic monotheists

http://www.wicca.org/church/basictenets.html

[Grian]

Okay, so their poly and mono at the same time. They see a polarity of male and female in deity - separated for individual worship - yet believe it is actually one entity. That makes sense.

[Gentoo]

I don't think that can really be called monotheism though.