Fire of Desire:
The Way of the Feminine Mystic

A Free Sacred Gathering with Mirabai Starr

For people of all genders seeking to embrace the fiery wisdom of the Divine Feminine

Sunday, June 8th, 2025 | 11am Pacific | 60 minutes

(Join live or receive the recording)

Could it be that your spiritual longing isn't something to transcend—but a sacred fire to tend?

The mystics across traditions speak of fire as the great metaphor for the heart ignited with yearning for the divine. Yet how often are we told that desire itself—that fierce burning within—is something to overcome on the spiritual path?

The feminine mystic tradition offers another way: one that embraces longing as holy ground, fusing our personal desires with our wish for liberation and a collective dedication to gathering the world's suffering into our arms and transforming it.

The feminine face of the Holy One is as fierce as she is tender, as demanding as she is compassionate. She does not ask us to transcend our desires but to follow them like breadcrumbs home to the heart of the Beloved

SAVE YOUR SEAT

“More than anything, I received the gift of permission to explore and embrace, with curiosity and passion, the desires of my heart. I so appreciated Mirabai blowing my mind with her encouragement that all my desires deserve to be honored.”

- Diane C.

Join us for this free gathering where we will:

Explore poetry and teachings from women mystics across spiritual traditions
Engage in contemplative writing practices to awaken our connection to sacred desire
Experience the power of silence and song as gateways to the Divine Feminine
Discover how our personal longing can fuel our service to the world
Reclaim desire as integral to our spiritual lives

This Gathering Is For You If:

You're seeking alternatives to patriarchal versions of spirituality
You long for a deeper connection to the sacred feminine (Divine Mother, Mother Earth, goddess traditions)
You're curious about women mystics across spiritual traditions
You feel called to a more embodied and relational spiritual path
You want to engage a more feminine approach to spiritual practice, regardless of your gender

All live gatherings are recorded and available to registrants until June 12.

“So grateful to have been a recipient of Mirabai's extensive wisdom about the Divine Feminine as I facilitate a men's group on grief - the single most sacred journey of a man's life if they are ever going to open up to the Divine Feminine within themselves thus transforming not only their lives but our Collective Consciousness as well”

- Jeff

If any of these questions resonate with you, we welcome you...

Have well-meaning people in your life given you the message that you should be "over it" by now?
Do you feel like you need to hide your grief because it seems to make other people uncomfortable?
Are you troubled by the sense that you are grieving the wrong way?
Have you sensed the fragrance of the sacred rising from the fire of your loss?
Has loss reconfigured your priorities and you don't know how to meet these changes?
Do you worry that your personal grief seems insignificant compared to global suffering?

Are you ready to...

Unmask false and harmful messages about the grief process?
Affirm that you are not doing it wrong and that your personal timeline is just right?
Rest in a brave place to get real about how you feel?
Befriend grief as an intimate friend and wise teacher?
Experience the blessing of exposing your tender heart in a safe space?
Discover how your personal losses and grief for the world can nourish rather than compete with each other?

“I found many new approaches to dealing with grief day to day. I am in a better place now than I was when I came to the group.”

- Leonard F., Unraveling the Myths of Grief Participant

Through Our Time Together, You'll:

Discover Your Ancestral Lineage

Learn about women mystics, goddesses, and feminine archetypes across traditions that can serve as wisdom figures on your path.

Reclaim Holy Desire

Replace the image of a remote and judgmental deity with a powerful, embodied, and unconditionally loving divine presence.

Find Sacred Refuge

Take shelter in the nurturing arms of the feminine form of the godhead when the world feels overwhelming.

Activate Your Purpose

Connect your personal spiritual fire with collective transformation and the healing of our world.

JOIN US

"What [Mirabai] gave us was openness, expanded awareness, growth, finding and creating both searching and peace, and helping us to see now with broader awareness.
Very nourishing, I found, this whole meeting."

- Grietje S.

Your Guide for This Journey

Mirabai Starr

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author, teacher, and translator of the mystics. Her acclaimed translations include John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Hildegard of Bingen. She is also the author of Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics and Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation.

Mirabai teaches at retreat centers worldwide on feminine spirituality, contemplative practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss. Her interspiritual approach honors the world's diverse wisdom traditions while celebrating direct connection with the divine.

Event Details

Date: Sunday, June 8th, 2025

Time: 11am-12:00pm Pacific Time

Format: Live Online Gathering via Zoom

Cost: Free (registration required)

Recording: Available to all registrants for one month after the event

What if the fiery core of your longing isn't leading you astray, but is instead your most trustworthy compass guiding you home? This is what the women mystics teach us—to tend the flames of desire rather than extinguishing them.

"Oh my goodness! I just finished the Fire of Desire recording with Willow and Mirabai.. it took me almost two hours to finish the recording because I stopped soo many times to write notes, to text friends ideas that were popping in my head, to think and reflect, and to cry many times.. ♥️ wow, what was shared in that call resonates SO deeply.. the way Mirabai speaks and writes lights a fire in me that I’ve never quite been in touch with before 🔥 truly."

- Angelina K.

What You'll Need:

A quiet space where you can be present
Journal and pen for writing
An open heart ready to embrace the power of sacred desire

We look forward to welcoming you into this circle of fire and devotion.

SAVE YOUR SPOT

Fire of Desire: The Way of the Feminine Mystic