Archived Radio Show

November 13, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA231113

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Duration 57 minutes

The Guest interview begins at 23 minutes.

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces 

2. Guest:Leslene della-Madre, Author of new book: She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Joining me in the studio today is Leslene della-Madre is an author, poet, artist, shamanic practitioner, death midwife, Nature lover, and truth seeker, feminist philosopher, and independent scholar which I believe is demonstrated in her recent book, She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe, which we will be talking about today. It truly is an amazing work and I can only talk for myself but for me and I only read the introduction thus far it is an empowering moment, can’t find the word but empowering. I love the dedication, To the Restoration of Love for Women, the End of Patriarchy, and Peace on Mother Earth.

Marianne Williamson's basic belief is “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” I believe that if women gathered more or at the very least read and studied works like Leslene’s, women can and will overcome that fear and there are many role models out there today, demonstrating that today.

Speaking of Marianne Williamson, On November 20 the NOW Sonoma County Chapter will be presenting a ZOOM, “A Conversation with Marianne Williamson," and let me tell you I am thrilled about this. Marianne Williamson, a political activist, author, non-denominational spiritual lecturer, and New York Times bestselling author. She also was a candidate for President in 2020 and is putting her hat in the ring again for the 2024 Presidential Election. The time is 6-7pm, followed by their 7-7:30pm monthly business meeting, which all are welcome to attend. She is so inspiring, you do not want to miss this presentation. RSVP required at http://bit.ly/3u3K0Vy . For information go to www.nowsonoma.org .

My granddaughter Katelyn Beverly Jensen's Birthday is tomorrow, November 14th. Happy Birthday Katie, what a blessing it truly was the day you were born.

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2. Our Guest, Leslene della-Madre, credits her going to UC Berkeley during the Flower Children era of the 60’s, for her beginning interest in nature and shamanism. At the time Steve Gaskins held his open conversation Monday Night Class at San Francisco State, where he encouraged people to caravan to find land for an alternative community. They settled on the Farm in Tennessee, and Leslene joined them. She recounts that she enjoyed the connection with women there, and she gave birth to her two daughters there. However, she also learned that the Patriarchy narrative is so pervasive, that it is hard to realize that one is living in it. She needed to learn the language of the Goddess. Her new book She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe, will help us learn that language.

Leslene notes that only the X-chromosome, shared by both female and males, is active in the human embryo for the first 60 days, and only then comes the Y-chromosome, which is only in the male, into action. We each start off in quite a feminine environment. The Goddess represents the PlasMA universe, which is expressed in sacred manner to honor the mystery. The Coil of Creation is the coiled light embedded in each other.

Leslene likes the works of Immanuel Velikovsky, who presented an alternative view of physics, questioning the Big Bang theory, based on gravity, as expressed in the Relativity Theory of Albert Einstein, a cousin of Leslene. She feels that Patriarchy does not acknowledge that we live in a female universe. The Plasma Cosmology of the universe holds that the universe is eternal rather than bounded in time.

Leslene’s mother was active in local politics, whom Leslene credits for the courage to express her views and to educate her daughters in feminism. We can hear this next generation of feminists at the musical break when we play the My Witches song that features her daughter Larissa Dakini Star as one of the singers.

Leslene’s new book She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe is dedicated To the Restoration of Love for Women, the End of Patriarchy, and Peace on Mother Earth.

About our Guest:  Leslene della-Madre is an author, poet, artist, shamanic practitioner, death midwife, Nature lover, and truth seeker, feminist philosopher, and independent scholar. A cousin of Einstein, she has challenged mainstream beliefs in patriarchal religions, physics, and cosmology which has been the focus of her latest book, She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe.
She was born and raised in the Bay Area in California, graduating from UC Berkeley in 1969 and embarked on a deeply spiritual path during the historic flower child era. During that time, she began her shamanic initiation into the realms of mind, body, and spirit and received many teachings from people, plants, and encounters with the spirit world. It is her vision to see the dismantling of patriarchy.

Guest Links:

  Leslene della-Madre website:  www.leslenedellamadre.com

 She Who Spins the Coils of Creation: Sacred Female Cosmology in the Electric PlasMA Universe by Leslene della-Madre book purchase: https://www.amazon.com/She-Who-Spins-Coils-Creation/dp/1669840239

Reference Links:

The Farm description by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_(Tennessee)

Plasma Cosmology description by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cosmology

Immanuel Velikovsy bio by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Velikovsky  

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 Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Events:

November 14, 1903 – The U.S. Women’s Trade Union League is established.

November 14, 1946 – Emily Greene Balch, co-founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Herstory Birthdays:

November 17, 1923 (1988) – Ruth Bleier, trained in neuroanatomy in 1961, worked with Maryland Committee for Peace, lost hospital privileges when she refused to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, studied differences in brain structure between males and females at University of Wisconsin, involved with Women’s Studies from 1975.

November 18, 1948 (1985) – Ana Mendieta, artist, born in Cuba and influenced by minimalist earth and body art as well as by performance art which resulted in her 1976-77 “Tree of Life” series where her mud-covered nude body rested against trees, active with the Sotto Artists in New York.

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Announcements;

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Peace and Justice Center issues new weekly list of events and links to community non-profit organizations:  
PJC website: www.pjcsoco.org  

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Saturday, November 18, 2023, 1 - 4 PM, 50th anniversary of the animated Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special, On that day kids get in free if food items are brought to donate to the Redwood Empire Food Bank. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, CA. https://schulzmuseum.org/calendar/

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Monday, November 20, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature guest MaDonna Feather Cruz on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and on the annual Alcatraz Gathering honoring the American Indian Movement (AIM). Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Monday, November 20, 2023, 6 to 7:30 PM, National Organization for Women - Sonoma County Chapter Meeting, Special Speaker: Marianne Williamson (photo to the right), via Zoom. RSVP required at
                                           http://bit.ly/3u3K0Vy  
See The Sonoma NOW website Event page for details.

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature guest to be announced.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7 PM, Zero Waste Sonoma Teach-In, at Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, Presented by Sloane Pagal, Zero Waste Program Manager at Zero Waste Sonoma. See event posting: https://www.facebook.com/events/722223926462565

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

Dennis Banks wake at Minneapolis American Indian Center 11/01/17, by American Indian Movement (AIM), from You Tube https://youtu.be/KectiU7RiZM?si=TOLvsmNBEXan47SB

Made for These Times, sung by Earth Mama  from the album Herstory (Rhm)

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show