Goddess Tour 2012

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ON THE TRAIL OF THE
MOTHER GODDESS IN
ANATOLIA
July 16-30, 2012
with Lydia Ruyle
artist of Goddess Icon Spirit Banners, author, scholar
www.lydiaruyle.com
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Rashid Ergener
Turkish guide and author of On The Trail of the Mother Goddess
www.rashidsturkey.com
Istanbul, Troy, Pergamon, Sardis, Ephesus, Magnesia,
Lagina, Bodrum, Aphrodisias, Pamukkule, Catalhoyuk,
Cappadocia, Hattusas, Ankara, Gobekli Tepe, Gaziantepe
YOU are invited to
join the 2012 journey
“On The Trail of the
Mother Goddess in
Anatolia”
Celebrate the Great
Mother Goddess,
whom the Turks call
Ana Tanrica, and
experience her 14,000
year old heritage. Visit
Goddess sites,
museums, do ritual,
enjoy a Turkish bath,
the Grand Bazaar and
Turkish hospitality with
fellow travelers on a
special journey !
July 16! Arrive in Istanbul, an ancient vibrant city
at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, by late afternoon. A
Welcome Circle Ritual is followed by dinner.
July 17!
Begin with a visit to
Medusa in the underground water
cistern. Following a
ritual, we visit Hagia Sophia, the
sixth century architectural
masterpiece dedicated to Sophia
Wisdom. Next we visit the
fourteenth century Chora, where
Mary is revered as the Great
Mother and Zoodochus Pege, an
ancient Artemis spring. A cruise of
the Bosphorus, which separates
Europe from Asia, is followed by
dinner at a fish restaurant.
Overnight in Istanbul.
July 18!
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Our comfortable air conditioned “Goddess Womb” bus takes us through
the beautiful Turkish countryside to Troy the home of the matriarchal
Amazons. Overnight in Ayvalik with a chance to swim in the Aegean.
July 19!
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At Pergamom there are temples dedicated to Isis and Athena, and
an Aesclepion where ritual and dreams were used for healing. Driving on
to Sardis we visit the remains of the temple dedicated to Artemis.
Dinner and overnight on the Aegean in Kusadasi.
July 20!
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Visit the spectacular ruins of ancient city
Ephesus, where Lydia’s Goddess
Icon Banners made their debut in 1995,
the remains of the Artemis Temple, the
Ephesus Museum with multi-breasted
Artemis as the Great Mother, and the House
where the Virgin Mary is believed to have spent the last years of her life.
The House is located near Ortega, the birth place of Artemis. Dinner and
overnight in Kusadasi.
July 21!
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At Magnesia there is a temple dedicated to Artemis. At
Lagina we visit the sacred grounds of the Temple of Hecate. Dinner
and overnight in Bodrum, a lively holiday port and town.
July 22!
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Drive to Aphrodisias, city dedicated to the goddess as the
Great Mother with fascinating remains of her temple, a stadium and an
odeon and an exceptional collection of sculpture at the museum. Drive to
Pamukkale, with its unique limestone terraces. Dinner and
overnight in Pamukkale.
July 23!
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Drive to Catalhoyuk, a world heritage archaeological site where we
will meet with Shahina Farid, chief excavator and the archaeological teams
working there. Catalhoyuk is a neolithic settlement where humans led a
peaceful, egalitarian, non stratified existence, guided by the Goddess 8,000
years ago. Dinner and overnight in Konya.
July 24! In Konya visit the shrine of Rumi, founder of the order of whirling
dervishes. Drive to Cappadocia, a striking lunar landscape created by the
erosion of volcanic ashes. Dinner and
overnight in a cave hotel in Nevshehir.
In the evening, you will have an
opportunity to witness the
performance of whirling dervishes in a
thirteenth century Caravanserai Sari
Han.
July 25! Begin the day with a dawn
balloon ride (optional extra) over
Cappadocia. !Visits to Goreme
Open Air Museum and Kaymakli
Underground City and scenic stops.
Dinner and overnight in Nevshehir.
July 26! A drive through
ripening fields of grain takes us to
Hattusas, the capital city
of Hittites, who ruled over ancient
Turkey from 1600 to 1200 BCE.
Visit and do ritual at the open air
Yazilikaya shrine where we see
the Hittite Pantheon with Hepat
as the Great Mother. We visit the
remains of the magnificent city
walls, shrines, palaces and lion
gate at Bogazkoy. Dinner and
overnight in Ankara, the
capitol of Turkey.
July 27! Visit the
AnatolianCivilizations
Museum in Ankara
with its priceless treasures
including the sculpture of the
Great Mother of Catalhoyuk.
In the evening fly to
Sanliurfa where we
overnight.
July 28! Visit Gobekli Tepe, which means “navel
mountain”, the oldest rock temple in the world. Then visit the Sanliurfa Museum and
Haleplibahce Roman mosaics depicting four Amazon Queens. After a drive to
Gaziantepe, we visit the newly opened Zeugma Museum with Aphrodite,
Europa, Demeter, Psyche mosaics. In the evening fly to and overnight in
Istanbul.
July 29
Return to Istanbul for the last minute
Shopping Goddess at the Grand Bazaar or enjoy a
Turkish bath. Visit Sappho and many Goddesses at
the Archaeological Museum and/or the splendors of
Topkapi Palace. Our journey ends with a farewell
dinner and shared Herstories. Overnight in Istanbul.
July 30
Departure. Transfer agents will take tour members
to the airport for their respective flights. You may
choose to extend your stay in Istanbul. Your airport
transfer can be arranged on your date of departure.
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Tour Price: $2950
Single Supplement: $600
Price includes:
Arrival and departure transfers, transportation including flights within Turkey, hotel
accommodations, all breakfasts and dinners, museum entry fees, local taxes, gratuities
to hotel staff, baggage handling and a free copy of the new edition of Anatolia Land of
Mother Goddess
Air fare is not included ***Itinerary, hotels and guides are subject to change
Sign up for this fabulous journey by sending a deposit check for $700.00 to:
Lydia Ruyle
2101 24th Street
Greeley CO 80631
The remaining $2250.00 paid to Media Travel International by May 15.
See credit card form attached below.
Wire transfer payment available on request.
More info: LYDIARUYLE@aol.com, rergener@superonline.com
YOUR GODDESS JOURNEY TOUR GUIDES
Resit & Lydia Istanbul 1990
Resit & Lydia Catalhoyuk 2009
On the Trail of the Mother Goddess in Anatolia
2012 Hotels
July 16-18:
Aziyade in Istanbul
www.aziyadehotel.com
July 18-19:
HALIC PARK in Ayvalik
www.halicpark.com
July 19 – 21:
KISMET in Kusadasi
www.kismet.com.tr
July 21-22:
EL VINO in Bodrum
www.elvinobodrum.com
July 22-23:
Colossae in Pamukkale
www.colossaehotel.com
July 23-24:
HILTON Garden Inn in KONYA
www.hiltongardeninn.com
July 24-26:
Fresco Mansions (Cave hotel) in Cappadocia (Nevsehir)
www.frescomansions.com
July 26-27:
DOUBLETREE in ANKARA
www.doubletree.hilton.com
July 27-28:
EL RUHA in URFA
http://www.hotelelruha.com/
July 28 – 30:
Aziyade in Istanbul
www.aziyadehotel.com
Turkey Goddess Bibliography
Balter, Michael!
The Goddess and The Bull: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization.
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New York. Simon & Schuster. 2005
Baring, Anne &
Cashford, Juless! The Myth of the Goddess. London: Viking Penguin. 1991
Barnes, Craig!
In Search of the Lost Feminine. Decoding the Myths That Radically Reshaped
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Civilization. Golden CO. Fulcrum Publishing. 2006
Cauvin, Jacques! The Birth of the Gods and The Origins of Agriculture. Cambridge UK. Cambridge
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University Press. 2000
Borgeaud, Philippe Mother of the Gods, From Cybele to the Virgin Mary. Baltimore & London.The John
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Hopkins University Press. 1996
Dedeoglu, Hasan ! The Lydians and Sardis. Istanbul. A Turism Yayinlari. 2003
Dexter,
Miriam Robbins! Whence the Goddess: A Source Book. New York: Teachers College Press. 1990
Drew, Alan! !
Gardens of Water. Random House Paperbacks. 2009
Ergener, Resit !
Anatolia Land of the Mother Goddess. Ankara Turkey. Hitit Publications, Ltd.1988
Gimbutas, Marija The Language of the Goddess. San Francisco, Harper & Row 1989
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The Civilization of the Goddess. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1992
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The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, Myths and Cult Images. Berkeley Los
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Angeles. University of California Press. 1982
Gimbutas, Marija &
Robbins-Dexter, Miriam The Living Goddesses. Berkeley /Los Angeles / London. University of California
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Press. 1999
Haarmann, Harald &
Marler, Joan!!
Introducing the Mythological Crescent. Ancient Beliefs and Imagery connecting
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Eurasia with Anatolia. Wiesbaden. Harrassowitz Verlag. 2008
Harvey, Andrew &
Baring, Anne!
The Divine Feminine. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press. 1996
Hodder, Ian! !
The Leopard’s Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Catalhoyuk. London. Thames &
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Hudson. 2006
Lewis-Williams, David
& Pearce, David ! Inside the Neolithic Mind. London. Thames & Hudson. 2005
Long, Asphodel! In A Chariot Drawn By Lions, The Search for the Female in Deity. Freedom CA.
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The Crossings Press. 1992
Mellart, James &
Hirsch, Udo &
Balpinar, Belkis ! The Goddess from Anatolia. Adenau West Germany. Eskenazi / Udo Hirsh. 1989
Mellart, James!
Catal !Huyuk: A Neolithic Town in Anatolia. New York. McGraw-Hill. 1967
Ozdogan, Mehmet, Ed. Neolithic in Turkey,The Cradle of Civilization. Istanbul. Arkeoloji Ve
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Payne, Holly !
The Virgin’s Knot. New York. Penguin Putnam. 2003
Roller, Lynn E.!
In Search of God the Mother, The Cult of Anatolian Cybele. Berkeley. University of
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California Press. 1999
Ruyle, Lydia!!
Goddess Icons Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine. Boulder, CO: Woven Word
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Turkey Goddess Icons, Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine. Istanbul,Yayinci/
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Publisher: Resit Ergener. 2005
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Woman in Anatolia. 9000 Years of the Anatolian Woman. Turkish
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Republic Ministry of Culture General Directorate of Monuments and Museums.
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Istanbul. 1993
Internet Resources:
Lydia Ruyle / Turkey PDFs available for download by clicking on titles listed
@ https://public.me.com/lydiaruyle
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Embodied Goddesses of Anatolia
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Gobekli Tepe Great Mother
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Great Whore of Babylon
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Turkey Goddess Conversations 2006
Amazon Queens / Archaeology Magazine
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http://www.archaeology.org/1001/abstracts/mosaics.html
Catalhoyuk
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http://www.catalhoyuk.com/
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Into the Stone Age With a Scalpel / NY Times
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08iht-M08C-TURKEY-DIG.html?
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Ephesus
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http://www.ephesus.us/
Gobekli Tepe
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Archaeology Magazine
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http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html
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National Geographic
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text
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Smithsonian
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html
Wikipedia--all topics @ Turkey
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Type in any of our destinations and explore !
Zeugma Mosaic Museum / Gaziantepe
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http://zeugmamosaicmuseum.blogspot.com/
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