EPISODE #65 THE BLACK GODDESSES WITH DR. GIAVANNI WASHINGTON

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle card deck, joins me to discuss how her new deck is about liberation and remembrance, changing the narrative of Black bodies, Black women, and Black people through the images of Goddesses from all over Africa.

Dr. G, as she is affectionately known, shares not only how we can use the deck, but why it is important to change the way the world sees the Black body. She also talks about how the images came into being – A deeply transformative experience for the women photographed representing the Goddesses. And her own personal experience and inspiration for creating this stunning deck.

If you seek to support and uplift Black voices and perspectives, this deck is an empowering way to learn about these powerful Goddesses and their history. I hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new. 

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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The discovery of the African unicorn - a stunning card to pull.

  • How Queen Caliphia, the goddess of California, written about by a Spaniard in the 1500s called to Giavanni, inspired her original Goddess oracle deck.

  • Why we never see the African goddesses, and why it’s important to get to know these incredible beings.

  • How Giavanni embodied each goddess she portrayed for her deck. She is featured in three cards. And how this powerful experience affected the other woman.

ABOUT DR. G:

 Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is an intuitive healer, mother, speaker and spiritual guide who holds a doctorate from UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and was recently selected for the California Creative Corps Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship by the California Arts Council. 

Called to the medicine of ancestral restoration, Dr. Giavanni creates healing opportunities for other Black diasporans to reconnect with lost histories and ignite hidden ancestral wisdom. Dedicated to amplifying Black Beauty, reconnecting to the deep roots of Black Divinity and encouraging the full expression of Black Joy, her latest creative expression, the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is a 44-card deck and guidebook featuring photographs of real Black Women embodying Goddesses from Africa. When she isn’t talking to ancestors or helping Black women connect to their divinity within, Dr. Washington enjoys hiking with her husband, son and her pup called Pumpkin.

RELATED LINKS:

https://www.drgiavanniwashington.com

https://www.instagram.com/blackgoddesswithin/