Artist's Statements:

   LYDIA RUYLE is an artist /scholar who has been pursuing Goddess research for several decades with her mind, body and spirit. As an artist, LYDIA creates icons, sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world. Since 1995, the icons have become spirit banners which fly around the globe weaving the sacred energies of the divine feminine.

In her own words from www.lydiaruyle.com: "How did I find the Goddess ? The Ancient Mothers gave me many wake-up calls. They asked me to listen, see, touch, learn, laugh, cry and share with art, stories and sacred places of Mother Earth.

In 1993, I invited other women to travel to sacred places with Goddess Tours in England, Wales & Cornwall. Since then, over two hundred have joined me in Britain, Turkey, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Malta, the Czech Republic, Russia, Mexico, Peru, the Himalayas, Hawaii and southwestern U.S. On the journeys, we sing, dance, play and learn about the Goddess from very special wise women and each other. The journeys are soul journeys. They are about finding the divine feminine within and without in the culture of the particular pilgrimage.

In my teaching, travels, exhibitions and activities, I meet thousands of people interested in the Divine Feminine. The Ancient Mothers have called me to weave a web to bring about a greater consciousness of the divine in each human and nature, the oneness of ALL. I call the ALL the Goddess with a Billion Names, Faces & Places. We are ALL one."