SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1 FEMININE SPIRITUALITY, SPIRITUAL FEMINISM, THE CULT OF THE GODDESS AND THE SACRED FEMININE

Friday, June 26, 2026, 4-6 p.m. – ROOM 0.2 (Altabix Building, Elche Campus, UMH)

Coordination:

– Dra. Ana María Martí de Olives. Miguel Hernández University of Elche.
– Dra. Rocío Cifuentes Albeza. Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR PAPERS:

The Spirituality of the Goddess. Revaluation of the sacred feminine. The Goddess Movement or Cult of the Goddess. The Avalon Tradition. The Sacred Feminine and Gender Equality. The Archaeology of the Goddess. Art and Mythology: goddesses. Feminine spiritualities. Spiritual Feminism: a debate within academia and activism. Fourth-Wave Feminism and Spirituality. Women’s Circles across the world. New feminine narratives that sacralize nature’s and women’s cycles. Feminine divinity prior to patriarchal religions. Transforming religious practices through a gender perspective. Rituals and ancestral practices: placing the feminine at the center. Symbolic reformulations free from patriarchal, androcentric, and sexist bias of traditional discourses on the divine feminine. Spirituality that re-symbolizes the feminine divine. The relationship between contemporary feminism and the spirituality of the Goddess. Red Tents. Self-awareness circles. Rituals of the Goddess: marketing. The spirituality of the Goddess and “cultural products” (literature, cinema, theater, music videos, advertising, music, series, audiovisual media, etc.) as tools for education and awareness. The commodification and the Cult of the Sacred Feminine in the 21st century. Goddess-related spiritual tourism. Discourses on the Goddess: myths and legends about the feminine divinity; individual narratives outside the discourses of traditional religions. The Cult of the Goddess today.

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2 WOMEN’S CIRCLES

Friday, June 26, 2026, 4-6 p.m. – ROOM 0.4 (Altabix Building, Elche Campus, UMH)

Coordination:

– Dra. Montserrat Jurado Marín. Miguel Hernández University of Elche.
– Dra. Laura Cortés Selva. Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR PAPERS:

Women’s circles. Circles and sorority. Feminism and Women’s Circles today. Integration of corporeality: women in circles. Circles of wise women: ancestors. Women’s Circles: dance and music. Women’s Circles, coaching and personal growth. Women’s Circles and the cult of the Goddess. Women’s Circles: personal transformation and creation of a social movement that promotes gender equality, women’s leadership and social justice. Women’s Circles and women’s life cycles. Pachamama, the Earth, nature and Women’s Circles. The role of new technologies and the Internet in the expansion of Women’s Circles. Women’s Circles: leadership, health and well-being. Women’s Circles and prevention of gender violence. Alliances and feminine collectivities from a group point of view: the power of circles. Circles as spiritual and communal spaces: feminine empowerment through sisterhood. Women’s Circles as places of support, self-knowledge and personal and social transformation. Critical awareness and political activism in search of gender equality through Women’s Circles. Women’s Circles as collaborative spaces: shared discourses and practices for the promotion of gender equality and cultural transformation

For both scientific sessions, we aim to welcome experts from different parts of the world to present their contributions. While in person participation is prioritized, there is also the possibility for online participants to share their knowledge, experiences, and research, providing both a global and local vision of the phenomenon—an approach that enriches the debate and opens paths for concrete action.