heal the earth. trust the spiral.
Who we are
The Goddess Coven is actively building a living community of priestesses, students of psyche, witches, healers, and seekers who understand that healing the Earth begins with healing ourselves—and that healing ourselves requires each other.
We are humans including oracles and shamans, psychologists and shadow workers, seasoned practitioners and raw beginners. We are people in initiation—some by choice, some by crisis. We are the ones who refuse to spiritually bypass, who know the path isn't always gentle, and who are willing to do the real work.
The Goddess Coven is an educational platform where we learn together—through teachings that integrate psychology, spirituality, and somatic wisdom; through rituals that honor Earth's cycles; and through community that witnesses our transformations.
We believe the divine feminine exists in the earth and in every body. Regardless of your gender identity, if you're called to this work, you're welcome here. This aims to be a queer-inclusive space where all humans can find teachings that resonate, and we acknowledge our ongoing growth and imperfections in this commitment.
Building community takes time, patience, and the right people. If you're ready to help shape what The Goddess Coven becomes, we invite you to join us as a founding member.
Our Mission
We exist to heal the Earth by healing the relationship between divine feminine and divine masculine within ourselves. The wounding of the feminine—in our bodies, our lineages, our relationship to the land—is the wounding of the world. But healing the feminine requires the witnessing presence of the sacred masculine—the inner Shiva who holds space for Kali's transformation, the container that allows wildness to be fully expressed. We cannot separate personal healing from collective transformation. They are one spiral.
We teach this integration through three pathways: psychology (understanding our patterns), spirituality (remembering our wholeness), and soma (where both land in the body). Our Earth Healing Rituals offer embodied practices for working with Gaia's consciousness and the elements. When you heal your relationship with your body, you heal your relationship with Earth. When you learn to hold yourself with both fierce compassion and steady witness, you become the container for your own transformation.
We teach from the threshold, tell the truth, and create community. We share what we're learning as we learn it—vulnerable, in process, real. We name shadow, honor rage, and speak the wounds that live in our bodies and lineages, refusing spiritual bypass. And we do this work together. We witness and hold each other through transformation.
We honor the spiral—maiden to mother and back again, descent and emergence, death and rebirth. You return to the same goddesses, the same wounds, the same gifts, but you're different, so the teaching is different. This is how transformation deepens. This is priestess work.
Descend into shadow.
Integrate mind, body, and spirit.
Hold yourself with witness and wildness.
Rise together.
Walk the path from maiden to mother—and back again.
Trust the spiral.
what we offer
The Goddess Coven provides sanctuary in an increasingly disconnected world.
The spiritual path can feel isolating—especially when you're in initiation, when you're being shattered open, when the people around you don't understand what you're going through.
Here, we say: No more.
Through our educational platform, we learn together to:
Reclaim divine feminine power (not the sanitized, palatable version—the REAL, wild, messy, powerful version)
Celebrate our intuitive gifts (oracle, empath, witch, healer—whatever you are, you're seen here)
Co-create community knowing that building something real takes time and patience. We're in the founding stages, which means you get to shape what this becomes. It's small right now, and that's the gift—your voice matters, your vision matters, your presence shapes the container
Support each other through initiations (the breakups, the losses, the identity deaths, the chrysalis moments that crack you open)
Practice goddess embodiment (not just learning about the goddesses, but BECOMING them through ritual, movement, and lived devotion)
Heal in relationship (with each other, with nature, with the sacred web of life)
Weave collective healing (because individual transformation ripples out, and collective healing requires us to show up for each other)
We teach from lived experience AND theory. Expect honesty, edge, and the kind of wisdom that comes from walking through the underworld and coming back transformed.
If you have ideas for workshops, rituals, collaborations, or ways to build this community together—we want to hear them. This is being built BY priestesses, FOR priestesses. Your offerings are welcome here.
Our Hope for You
We hope you find sanctuary here. A place to land when you're in the fire. A place to celebrate when you've survived. A place to learn, to practice, to mess up, to try again.
We hope you reclaim your power—your golden shadow, your wild nature, your sovereignty, your truth.
We hope you find your people—the ones who can hold you when you're being shattered, the ones who witness your becoming, the ones who celebrate your wholeness.
And we hope you take this wisdom forward. Create your own covens. Build your own communities. Teach what you've lived. Hold space for others the way you've been held.
Because healing the Earth Mother isn't a solo mission. It's a collective awakening. It's a spiral we walk together—honoring the sacred, loving the earth and each other, releasing what no longer serves, and mending what was broken to build a better world.
Trust the spiral. You belong here.
FAQs
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The membership community we are building lives on Patreon, but all podcast episodes and free resources remain available to everyone. You can also join our email list for free and come to our free nature healing circle events in spring/summer!
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The Short Answer: Yes! All genders are welcome. Occasionally, we may offer women-only events or teachings, which will be clearly marked.
The Long Answer: Casey (she/her) is a cisgender woman, and her lived experiences naturally influence her teachings from that perspective. That said, embodiment practices, shadow work, and archetypal work are accessible to everyone—the goddesses speak to the psyche, not just to one gender. The divine feminine exists in all bodies.
Part of The Goddess Coven's mission is to Heal the Earth through integrated personal and collective work. Right now, we're in the Awaken phase of that mission—building foundational awareness and community.
All events related to the Heal the Earth mission are intentionally open to all humans, regardless of gender identity, race, sexuality, body size, religion, or ethnicity. These events are offered on a free/donation basis to ensure accessibility.
We aim to be a queer-inclusive space and acknowledge we're learning and growing in this commitment. If you have feedback or questions about inclusivity, we welcome that conversation.
The Spiral: Maiden to Mother (and Back Again)
The maiden transforms herself.
This is the path of personal sovereignty, shadow work, and reclaiming what was lost or stolen. The maiden learns to trust her intuition, honor her wild nature, and explore the hidden depths of her psyche. She heals her wounds. She retrieves her power. She discovers she is whole, not because she's perfect, but because she's willing to face what's broken and alchemize it.
The mother transforms through relationship.
This is the path of holding space, teaching what you've lived, and recognizing that healing requires community. The mother tends the sacred web of interdependence. She creates containers for others' transformations. She understands that her power isn't just for herself—it's in service to the collective, to the Earth, to the future we're building together.
But this isn't a one-way journey.
You don't graduate from maiden to mother and stay there forever. The spiral turns. Sometimes you're the one being held, and sometimes you're the one holding. Sometimes you need to retreat into maiden wildness to remember who you are. Sometimes you're called to step into mother leadership even when you don't feel ready.
And through it all, you're learning to cultivate your inner witness—your Shiva consciousness. In Hindu mythology, Shiva is the god of consciousness and witness awareness who lies beneath Kaali's feet, grounding her destruction without trying to stop it. Your inner Shiva is the part of you that can hold yourself through the shattering, that can witness your own transformation without being consumed by it. It's the divine masculine within that allows you to survive initiation, to stay present through the fire, and to remain soft even when everything is falling apart.
The work is learning to trust the spiral—to move fluidly between receiving and giving, learning and teaching, shattering and reassembling. And to cultivate the inner witness that can hold it all.
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Help us continue offering free resources while deepening your own practice.
Our Founder
Casey Dunne, MA, LPCC – Founder of The Goddess Coven
Casey Dunne is a body psychotherapist, practicing priestess, author, and educator walking the threshold between maiden and mother. Born with deep sensitivity to the energies around her, she embraces the title of witch to honor her connection to nature, body wisdom, universal mysteries, the collective unconscious, and her Celtic heritage.
The Maiden Journey: Intimate Knowing
Casey's spiritual path has been guided by dark goddesses—Persephone, Lilith, Hecate, Medusa, and Isis—all of which appear retrograde on her 4th house south node in Taurus. This placement marks her maiden work as deeply private and internal: intimate relationship with these goddesses through her own sovereignty, shadow integration, death and rebirth, and embodied power reclaimed through the body and earth.
In spring 2025, a near-death experience (a 75-foot rappelling fall) became her priestess initiation, catalyzing the shift from private devotion to public teaching. She survived. She was shattered. She was reborn. The retrograde goddesses were asking her to rework her relationship with them—to take what she knew intimately in the 4th house and bring it into the world through her 10th house north node.
The Mother Journey: Public Teaching and Collective Healing
Now, Casey walks the threshold between maiden and mother, between the 4th house (private spiritual practice) and the 10th house (public priestess work). Her north node in Scorpio in the 10th house calls her toward public leadership in shadow work and transformational healing, with Selene sitting directly on her north node opposite her Scorpio sun—illuminating the path from personal descent to collective teaching.
Kali and Hygeia, positioned in Sagittarius in her 11th house near her north node, guide this transition into community building and collective work. Kali teaches her to wield transformational power in service of healing the collective. Hygeia calls her to create containers for holistic wellness that serve the whole web of life. Selene, on her north node, calls her to bring lunar wisdom and shadow work into her public teaching, illuminating collective shadows.
This is the priestess path: reworking her relationship with the goddesses who shaped her privately, now offering their teachings publicly to serve collective transformation.
Clinical Expertise Meets Spiritual Wisdom
With her LPCC, Master's degree in Body Psychotherapy, and Jungian certificate, Casey teaches somatic psychology and contemplative practices at the graduate level. She brings this clinical expertise in embodiment, trauma healing, and archetypal psychology to The Goddess Coven's educational offerings—bridging psychology with spirituality, always grounded in the body.
The Goddess Coven is Casey's educational platform, completely separate from her therapy practice. Here, she teaches the integration of psychology, spirituality, and somatic practice that helped her heal the witch wound within herself—the intergenerational and collective trauma of fragmentation, hiding, and spiritual persecution.
Inspired by her mini coven of close spiritual friends, Casey founded The Goddess Coven to create a larger, inclusive community for students, seekers, and practitioners on the path of healing themselves and the Earth through embodied spiritual practice.
Author & Priestess
Casey is also an author who explores archetypes, embodiment, and the maiden-to-mother journey in her poetry and fantasy writing. Through Priestess Initiations, her podcast, she offers reflections on goddess archetypes, transformation, earth wisdom, and the sacred feminine. Visit her author page to explore her writings and listen to Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven Podcast on any major platform to deepen your journey.
The Goddess Coven Community Guidelines
The Goddess Coven is a sanctuary for those seeking to embody divine feminine energy, heal their relationship with Earth, and reclaim their power. These guidelines help us maintain a space where all members feel safe, supported, and free to explore their spiritual journey authentically.
By participating in our new community—whether through Patreon, workshops, events, or any Goddess Coven space—you agree to honor these principles.
Thank you for being part of this coven from the beginning. Your presence, your growth, and your commitment to showing up with integrity is the foundation of what we are building.
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Our community is built on these foundational principles:
Respect for All Beings - We honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, ability, body size, spiritual path, or background. The divine feminine exists in everyone.
Shadow-Positive Growth - We embrace the full spectrum of human experience, including our shadows, wounds, and edges. We hold space for difficult emotions and transformations while maintaining safety and boundaries.
Earth-Centered Practice - We recognize our interconnection with the natural world and commit to practices that honor and heal Mother Earth.
Consent & Boundaries - We respect each other's autonomy, boundaries, and right to say "no" without explanation or apology.
Integrity & Authenticity - We show up honestly, acknowledge when we're wrong, and take responsibility for our impact on others.
Confidentiality - What is shared in our community spaces stays in our community spaces, unless given explicit permission to share.
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We Encourage:
✨ Curiosity and Questions - There are no "stupid" questions. We're all learning together.
✨ Diverse Perspectives - Different spiritual paths, practices, and interpretations enrich our community.
✨ Vulnerability and Authenticity - Sharing your struggles, doubts, and growth edges helps us all feel less alone.
✨ Mutual Support - Offering encouragement, resources, and witnessing for each other's journeys.
✨ Constructive Feedback - Sharing thoughtful reflections when something doesn't resonate, offered with care and respect.
✨ Creative Expression - Sharing your art, writing, rituals, and unique gifts with the community.
✨ Holding Complexity - Embracing nuance, "both/and" thinking, and the reality that transformation is rarely linear.
We Do Not Allow:
❌ Harm or Harassment - Any form of bullying, threatening, stalking, doxxing, or targeted harassment of community members.
❌ Discrimination - Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia, or any other form of oppression or bigotry.
❌ Spiritual Bypassing - Using spiritual concepts to dismiss, invalidate, or avoid addressing harm, inequality, or legitimate concerns.
❌ Unsolicited Advice or Healing - Offering medical, mental health, or spiritual advice unless explicitly requested. Saying "have you tried..." when someone is simply sharing can be dismissive.
❌ Proselytizing - Insisting your spiritual path is the only correct one or pressuring others to adopt your beliefs.
❌ Cultural Appropriation - Taking sacred practices from closed cultures without proper initiation, permission, or understanding. We practice respectful engagement with spiritual traditions.
❌ Spam or Self-Promotion Outside Designated Spaces - The Coven Shop is for member businesses. General community spaces are not for unsolicited promotion.
❌ Sharing Others' Personal Information - Including photos, stories, or details about other members without their explicit consent.
❌ Sexual Advances - This is a spiritual community, not a dating space. Keep interactions respectful.
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On Spiritual Practices
Respect Closed Practices - Some spiritual traditions are closed and require initiation, lineage, or cultural belonging. Examples include: smudging with white sage (Indigenous), voodoo/hoodoo (African diaspora), and many others. If you're uncertain whether a practice is open to you, ask for permission from the lineage and community. If that is not possible ask for permission from the land, your guides, and your ancestors. They will guide you toward what is yours to practice.
Honor Your Own Limits - Not every practice will be right for you. It's okay to skip rituals, modify practices, or say "this isn't for me right now."
Disclaimer Understanding - Casey offers spiritual education and priestess training through The Goddess Coven LLC, not therapy or medical treatment. If you're experiencing mental health crisis, please seek support from licensed professionals outside this community.
On Difficult Conversations
Assume Good Intent, Name Impact - Most harm is unintentional. We can address impact while assuming people mean well.
Use "I" Statements - "I felt hurt when..." rather than "You always..." helps keep conversations productive.
Take Space When Needed - If you're activated or overwhelmed, it's okay to step back, breathe, and return to the conversation when you're grounded.
Apologize and Repair - When you've caused harm (even unintentionally), acknowledge it, apologize sincerely, and commit to doing better.
On The Coven Shop
Accurate Representation - List your business honestly. Don't make false claims about products or services.
Honor Commitments - If you offer a service or product, follow through professionally. Your reputation affects the whole community.
Handle Disputes Privately - If you have an issue with another member's business, address it directly with them. Don't air disputes publicly.
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Reporting Concerns
If you experience or witness behavior that violates these guidelines:
Direct Communication (if safe and comfortable) - Sometimes people don't realize their impact. A private conversation can resolve many issues.
Contact Casey - Visit www.the-goddess-coven.com/contact and fill out the contact form with specific details about the incident, including dates, screenshots if applicable, and how it affected you.
Trust Your Gut - If something feels off or unsafe, report it. We take all concerns seriously.
Our Response Process
When guidelines are violated, we may:
Issue a private warning and request for behavioral change
Require a public apology and commitment to repair
Temporarily restrict access to community spaces
Remove the person from the community permanently if they are continuously unresponsive to restorative justice models
Remove business listings from The Coven Shop
Report illegal activity to appropriate authorities
Our response depends on:
Severity of the violation
Pattern of behavior vs. one-time mistake
Willingness to take accountability and change
Impact on community safety and trust
Appeals
If you believe you've been treated unfairly, you may visit www.the-goddess-coven.com/contact to request reconsideration. Include your perspective on what happened and any relevant context.
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You have the right to:
✓ Be treated with respect and dignity
✓ Set and maintain your own boundaries
✓ Disagree or question without fear of retaliation
✓ Leave the community at any time
✓ Request that your content or information be removed
✓ Privacy regarding your personal information
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These guidelines may evolve as our community grows. We'll notify members of significant changes and welcome feedback on how we can create the most supportive container possible.
Last Updated: December 2024
Become a Co-creator!
We would love to have you collaborate with us at the Goddess Coven as we grow our community.
If you are interested in any of the opportunities below, please fill out the contact form and get in touch!
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I'm available to guest facilitate at retreats, workshops, festivals, and gatherings—bringing goddess wisdom, embodiment practices, and shadow work to your community. I'm also seeking collaboration opportunities as I prepare to launch The Goddess Coven's own programming this spring and summer.
What I Offer:
Goddess Archetype Workshops - Persephone, Artemis, Lilith, Medusa, Hekate, Isis, and more
Embodiment Practices - Grounding, breathwork, somatic awareness, movement
Ritual Facilitation - Ceremonies, seasonal celebrations, moon rituals, Earth healing
Shadow Work - Guided explorations and integration practices
Maiden-to-Mother Journey - Supporting major life transitions and identity transformations
About Me:
MA in Body Psychotherapy with Jungian training | Podcast host: Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven | Ordained officiant | Teaching graduate students in somatic counseling
All facilitation is spiritual education, separate from any clinical practice.
Ideal Events:
Women's retreats, goddess festivals, wellness gatherings, seasonal celebrations, transformational workshops, Earth-centered events
Logistics:
Location: Based in Boulder/Lafayette, Colorado (available locally or can discuss travel)
Format: In-person preferred, virtual available
Compensation: Flexible—open to sliding scale or exchange as I'm building experience and connectionsLet's Connect:
Fill out the form below with your event details, what you're envisioning, and your budget. I'm especially interested in connecting with organizers who might want to collaborate on future Goddess Coven events!
Blessed be,
Casey -
Help Spread Our Mission
If you enjoy our content and would like to promote The Goddess Coven on your social media, we would be so grateful for your help spreading our mission. We have chosen not to engage with Meta platforms (Facebook/Instagram), so community support in sharing our work is invaluable.
What We Offer:
Free Podcast:Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven - Weekly episodes on goddess archetypes, shadow work, and the maiden-to-mother journey
Free Resources: Embodiment Practices Library and Ritual Grimoire at www.the-goddess-coven.com
Goddess Teachings: Feminist retellings and practical workings with goddess archetypes
Community Mission: Empowering divine feminine energy and healing Earth
How You Can Help:
Share podcast episodes that resonate with you
Post about our free resources
Tell your community about The Goddess Coven
Share links to our website or goddess pages
Where to Find Us:
Website:www.the-goddess-coven.com
Podcast: Search "Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven" on any podcast platform
Patreon:www.patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiationsCompensation:
Currently unfunded—this is purely community support to help spread goddess wisdom and Earth healing practices to those who need them.
Interested?
Fill out the form below with your name and social media handles if you would like to, or just go ahead and post away. We trust you. Thank you for helping us reach more people with this work!
Blessed be,
Casey -
Co-Create Goddess Coven Events
The Goddess Coven is beginning to host in-person events in Colorado Spring/Summer 2026. If you're a facilitator, teacher, or healer aligned with goddess wisdom and Earth healing, I'd love to explore co-creation.
Potential Event Ideas:
Goddess archetype workshops
Seasonal celebrations and lunar ceremonies
Embodiment retreats (day-long or weekend)
Shadow work circles
Earth healing rituals (free community offerings)
Maiden-to-mother journey series
What I'm Seeking:
Collaborators offering movement/embodiment, goddess expertise, ritual leadership, healing modalities, Earth-centered practices, creative expression, or shadow work experience.
Collaboration Approach:
Values: Shared authority, community-centered, shadow-positive, ethical practice, Earth reverence
Compensation: Varies by event—some are free community offerings (Earth healing rituals), others are paid with revenue share or flat fee
Location: Boulder/Lafayette/Denver area, Colorado
Interested?
Fill out the form below with your name, practice/modality, what you'd love to co-create, and links to your work.
Blessed be,
Casey
EDUCATIONAL DISCLAIMER
The Goddess Coven is an educational platform dedicated to teaching the integration of psychology, spirituality, and somatic wisdom.
This content is for learning purposes and does not constitute therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Casey Dunne maintains a separate therapy practice that does not overlap with The Goddess Coven LLC. All educational content includes proper disclaimers and for mental health crisis, students of The Goddess Coven are directed to call 988.
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357
All teachings honor the ethical boundaries of education while drawing from Casey's clinical expertise and priestess lineage.
The body is where science meets sacred. Your soma knows the way home.