ARTISTS STATEMENT

Although I come from Sweden originally my images are inspired by pilgrimages in the Celtic world as well as to Andalucia in Spain, to Malta etc. The indwelling spirits in the sacred places speak to me in visions and dreams. The Goddess - here in the form of Spiderwoman, a Moorish queen in Andalucian mountains, a Paleolithic African ancestral Mother in the caves - is again rising within us in these too dangerous when our Mother Earth, who gives us life and spirit, is now so threatened. We must fight for her, on life's behalf. I am an "Eco Witch" and activist, a life-time feminist. I'm also a writer and co-author with Barbara Mor of "The Great Cosmic Mother: rediscovering the Religion of the Earth" and sole author of "The Norse Goddess" and "Return of the Dark/Light Mother or New Age Armageddon".

Blessed Be

Monica Sjoo