We, Creatrix Studies Learners (faculty members and prospective students), are happy to announce the Special Event Session during the 2025 Creatrix Studies online conference. For other details, go to the virtual Plaza of the S/HE Conference here. This special session is to follow up the first virtual Open House held on May 17th. Next Open House is scheduled on August 9th (Sat) 11AM to 1PM PT.

Registration is open here.

Special Event Session

Time: Time 18 (10-11:30 AM 14^th Sat) PT

Title: Community Gathering of Creatrix Studies Learners

Summary: This is an event of coming together to meet and celebrate our connections in the ever-unfolding matriversal reality of WE/HERE/NOW, as Creatrix Studies Learners (including faculty members and students of the Creatrix Studies programs). Speakers will address some of these guided topics: (1) I call myself a Creatrix Studies Learner because… (2) What I would like to see happening among the Community of Creatrix Studies Learners for the coming year is… (3) This is an online ritual to share with you today: … Then, we will invite you to share your story. You may bring an image or instrument to show/play for the community gatherers.

Moderator: Helen Benigni (USA)
Speakers: Faculty members and active participants from Creatrix Studies programs 

Meet Helen Benigni, Ph.D.

Helen Benigni (Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania) is a published author and Professor Emerita in Comparative Mythology at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. For several decades, Helen has been teaching classes in Comparative Mythology with an emphasis on Goddess studies. Her books, The Myth of the Year (Mago Books, 2023), The Goddess and the Bull (University Press of America, 2007), and The Mythology of Venus (University Press of America, 2013) incorporate the research findings of archeoastronomers to determine the myths associated with the cycles found on the ancient calendars of the Greeks and the Celts. Identifying the Goddesses of the matri-local cultures of the ancients with the seasons represented by the lunar, solar and stellar bodies has been a major endeavor in the study of archetypes, with an emphasis on the feminine archetypes of the celestial realms. Helen’s research with the Hellenic Studies Center in Washington D.C., her many trips to ancient sites, and her collaborative efforts with scholars in mythology, astronomy, archeology, and art have led to her discovery of the presence of the Goddesses in the night sky and the continued renewal of the Goddesses in contemporary times.

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