Salons

Joan Marler is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology. She is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) by Marija Gimbutas and From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas (1997). She worked closely with Marija Gimbutas as her personal editor from 1987-1994 and lectures internationally on Prof. Gimbutas’ life and work. Joan Marler initiated courses in Archaeomythology at two graduate schools in San Francisco: New College of California and the California Institute of Integral Studies. She taught modern, folk and ethnic dance for 28 years through Santa Rosa Junior College in northern California. From 1982-1996 she worked as an independent producer and radio journalist for KPFA FM, Berkeley, California. More information @ archaeomythology.org.

Dr. Annine van der Meer is a historian, theologian and symbolist. She has written several authoritative books on the hidden history of the feminine and of women and their forgotten contribution to evolution and civilisation, digging Her-Story out from under His-Story in order to write Our-Story. Where necessary, she balances the established image of woman and man for the purpose of achieving equality, harmony, balance and peace for the world. In 2008 she set up the Pansophia foundation as a school of Wisdom in the 21st century, where the raising of consciousness, spirituality and empowerment of women are combined. As a speaker, Annine is very much in demand both in the Netherlands and internationally. She lectures comprehensively on women’s studies all over the world in an integrated and interdisciplinary manner. More information @ annine-pansophia.nl