Citation: S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies, V5 N1 (2026)
Abstract Creatrix Studies is about reviving the pre-patriarchally originated legacy of Matriversalism, the Way of the Matriverse (maternally perceived universe). It is an oeuvre of my life and a contribution to the world as a matriversal feminist of Korean descent. Creatrix Studies has arrived with the aim of guiding the searching mind to Matriversalism in the face of an escalating planetary uncertainty posed by AI-backed technologies in particular in the coming decade. It recognizes that the scope of patriarchal history and teaching is too myopic to assess the course of human ontology on the planet. According to my research on Ceto-Magoism (the Whale-guided Way of Mago, the Creatrix), the pre-patriarchal Neolithic world reached a civilizational apogee in human history. By adopting cetacean intelligence and venerating the Cetacean Providence (the dragon), archaic Ceto-Magoists named and tapped into the cosmogenic force, the Cosmic Music, and reified it in the human world. Simply put, heaven was realized on earth by Neolithic Ceto-Magoists. And it was the Cosmic Mother who was exalted. The Origin Mother — the Cosmic Mother (personal and theistic) and the Creatrix (non-personal and non-theistic) — represents the Cosmic Music, the central tenet of Ceto-Magoist cosmology. The cetacean-human alliance of the Neolithic gave birth to the soteriological consciousness of the Creatrix Mother. Ceto-Magoists of Old Korea (the One Mother People of the Earth) carved out matriversal ontology (the maternal way of intercosmic becoming) in the form of civilization, which I call Ceto-Magoist civilization, for generations to come. Ceto-Magoism entails brilliant, pacific, and spiritual civilizational advancements including matristic governance, calendrics, maritime prowess, architecture, astronomy, linguistics, education, religion, geography, medicines, and cures as well as sono/numeric institutions. That Goma, better known as the Bear/Head Woman among Koreans, was the founder of Ceto-Magoism is largely unknown. As the Shaman Queen of the fourth millennium BCE, she established and flowered Ceto-Magoist civilization. These civilizational inventions were carried out to the world by the “mermaids” and “mermen” under the leadership of Goma and her Mudang Head successors of Old Korea for the mission of restoring matriversal ontology in the human world. The pre-patriarchal world maintained unity not only among peoples but also with the natural world headed by the Cetacean Divine. Based on the plethora of primary sources including The Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City), drawn from Korea, China, Japan and beyond, I have reconstructed Ceto-Magoist Studies to explore and advocate the pre-patriarchally originated matriversal legacy cultivated, flowered, and innovated by the Neolithic cetacean collaborators. Unveiling the cetacean-human alliance, Ceto-Magoism comes to us as the matriversal language shrouded in worldwide religious practices and mythologies.
Keywords Cosmic Mother, Mago, Creatrix, Matriverse, Old Korea, Goma, whales, dragon, Ceto-Magoism, Matriversalism, cosmology, ontology, civilization, soteriology, second-wave feminism, Goddess Studies, feminist spirituality, mythology, Neolithic, Zhuangzi