S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies (Volume 5 Number 2, 2026)

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S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies (Volume 5 Number 2, 2026)

Published by Mago Books

November 13, 2026

ISSN 2693-9363

A total of 161 pages

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION (1-2)

POETRY

“A Poem for the Dragon Mother,” by Sanna Pöyhönen (3-4)

“I, Baubo,” by Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis (5)

“for the Snake Goddess of Knossos” by Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis (6-7)

“Hypatia of Alexandria” by Margaret R. Sáraco (8-9)

“Providence” by Margaret R. Sáraco (10)

ESSAYS

“The Dawn Goddess at Akrotiri: Possible Hittite Influences at Xeste 3” by Andrew M. Pochatko (11-28)

“Hekate at the Threshold: Torchlight, Witness, and Transformative Female Divinity in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter,” by Shelly M. Nixon (29-43)

“Lived Thealogy: Immanence, Ritual, Nature, and Embodied Goddess Practice in a Contemporary Goddess Temple,” by Shelly M. Nixon (44-61)

“The Feminine Fertilizing Force: An Eco-Thealosophy of WomanEarth Parthenogenesis,” by Jsabél B. Venerári (62-89)

INVITED ESSAY

“Is Magu a Chinese Female Immortal? Exploring the Magoist Root in Early Daoist Records” by Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (90-135)

BOOK REVIEWS

“Dilşa Deniz, Shamaran: The Neolithic Eternal Mother, Love and the Kurds,” reviewed by Annalisa Derr (136-140)

“Christena Cleveland, God is a Black Woman,” reviewed by Heather Gehron-Rice (141-143)

CONTRIBUTORS (144-147)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mago Academy’s Creatrix Studies Programs (148-149)

PURCHASE AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (150-152)

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Mission Statement

S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies is a web-based, peer-reviewed international scholarly journal committed to the academic exploration, analysis and interpretation, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, of Goddesses and the Female Divine in all religions, traditions, and cultures, to be ancient, historical, or contemporary. The journal is a multi-disciplinary forum for the publication of feminist scholarship in Goddess Studies and for discussion, comparison, and dialogue among scholars of differing feminist perspectives.