Disruption, Reclamation and Delight: A Critical Organic Autoethnography of a Black Mother’s Childbirth as Liberatory Transpersonal Consciousness

Abstract: The notion of monotheism, conventionally understood as the worship of a single male deity, has undergone extensive exploration. However, a remarkable and transformative narrative has been often overlooked - the era of monotheism, centered around a single Mother Goddess. This proposal seeks to illuminate this largely uncharted terrain, presenting compelling evidence for the existence of a prolonged era of monotheism preceding the rise of pagan polytheism and the subsequent emergence of monotheistic religions.

Presenter bio: tayla shanaye (she/they) is an integral somatic decolonial feminist and relational educator, mother of two young children, and Women's Spirituality scholar.

Affiliation: California Institute of Integral Studies