The People of Cybele
The Cybeline revival is unique in modern
paganism, a return to the ancient model of the Divine Feminine
principles and the celebration and devotion to the restoration of
women's mysteries, the restoration of feminine nature and values,
and as a viable answer to the mess the patriarchal principles
have made of the world. It seeks nothing less than a top to
bottom change in societies of the world not to put women ahead of men
but rather to restore the balance of principles needed if the world is
to survive the next century, let alone beyond that. We have
always taken a long view of our work, not expecting to see fruition of
our goals within our lifetimes but rather sowing the seeds of a better
future. The Divine Feminine principles have never been fully
suppressed but rather keep arising within even the most patriarchal of
models. The recent resurgence of interest in these principles
within Christianity with the fiction of Dan Brown and the never erased
Marianist movement within the Catholic Church are excellent examples.
Recently a group of people drawn to our principles originally have
decided they were more comfortable with a God/Goddess model of the
Divine and have returned to that path. All paths can lead to
enlightenment. We wish them well in their path and recognize that
many will not be capable of full embrace of the path of the Divine
Feminine principles. The Cybeline path remains dedicated to our
own celebration of the inate divinity of the feminine, the restoration
of women's mysteries as a spiritual celebration of that divinity and
the establishment of communities of like minded women as the
seeds of change for a world so desperately in need of that change.
If you share this vision, please contact us or at least help us
by making a contribution towards that end.
The Life of the Cybeline Priestesses
With our adaptation of the Rule of the Women of Cybele a giant leap has
been taken by reconstructionist paganism. Our future path as a
faith
is lit with tried and true and historically accurate ways for us and
future
sisters to live together in a religious community. As among the
first
of true pagan reconstructionists we Cybelines once again are taking a
giant
step forwards (or backwards if you prefer) to a living faith in more
than
name only and beyond just celebration of our holidays. No longer
can we be called a cult, we are a religious movement in our own
right.
We take this step ensure that we don't become yet another "cult of
personality"
in the future, as happens all too often in neo-paganism, but
rather
remain a faith of Sisters, initates and seekers. The link to our
formal organizational structure leads to the three primary models under
which the Cybeline Revival is dependant, The Rule, the Ordering
and the Conclave of Phrygianea. We also are clearly
stating the basics of Cybeline theology for those ready to embrace them
or seeking the fundamentals of who we are and what we believe.