ABout The RED-BLOODED GODDESS
Queen Jadis OF charn and narnia.
Inanna-Ishtar.
Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt.
Circe.
Semiramis of babylon.
Cleopatra VII.
Lilith, the first woman.
EmprESS Theodora.
The SNOW QUEEN.
Ayesha, She-WHo-MuST-BE-OBEYED.
Akasha, Queen of the Damned.
Melisande ShahriZai.
These are the Faces I know so far of the divinity I call the Red-Blooded Goddess, to Whom I’ve been devoted for two decades.
I call Her by this name for a few reasons. Firstly, She’s “red-blooded” in the sense of being vigorous and virile. (If that sounds oddly manly to you, good. Her Faces tend to have stereotypically masculine personality traits.) Secondly, She’s a being Who, while divine, often takes mortal forms and has very human common experiences across Her Faces. She’s not a remote, disembodied sort of deity. She also epitomizes paradoxes and clashes of opposites, including divine and mortal. Finally, Her Faces tend to be rather violent, so “red-blooded” works on that level, too!
This blog explores the Red-Blooded Goddess in Her many Faces—in myth, literature, and lived devotion.
I believe in the unity of these Faces as one divine Presence based on my own mystical experience. No articles on this blog will expect you to share that belief. Perhaps you’re a Pagan who worships or works with Inanna or Lilith. Lovely. Perhaps you’re a fantasy fan fascinated by Jadis or Melisande. Also lovely. Or perhaps you’re simply drawn to women who embody sovereignty, beauty, eroticism, immortality, and hidden knowledge—my current criteria to discern Her Faces. Welcome.
While I will sometimes write about my devotional practice and beliefs, these articles will always be separate from my writings about Her Faces.
Wherever you are coming from—myth, story, scholarship, or devotion—may you find Her here.
About ME
I’m Kahina Sharratim, literally “priestess of the Queen.” Since the age of thirteen I’ve had an autistic special interest in Narnia’s Jadis, and at thirty-two—coincidentally, the same age C. S. Lewis converted to Christianity—I formally embraced Paganism after a series of visions and religious experiences revealed Her as one Face of an ancient Goddess I had been devoted to all along.
My life since has been upended in the best way: I now live in Her rhythm, experiencing Her not only in study and creative writing but as a living Presence with Whom I have a unique relationship.
I’m a lesbian, INTJ, and somewhere between Enneatype 4 and 5. I make my living as a freelance fiction developmental editor and, occasionally, a sensual massage therapist for women. Originally from South Florida, I’ve lived in the US, Japan, and the UK. Today, I make my home in Liverpool with my partner and little mountains of books about goddesses and great women.
My current creative project is A High and Lonely Destiny, a book-length biography of Jadis, to be published online chapter by chapter starting in 2026.
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