Wild Women are women who reject the traditional limitations that patriarchal society has placed upon them.

Lilith is the original Wild Woman. Lilith was the first wife of Adam according to the Jewish Bible. She was created by God equal to man. However, she rejected Adam's attentions to her and flew off to the desert to live in the wild with the animals. It was after this that God created Eve out of Adam's rib.

In the 3rd century when the Bible was edited under Christianity, the earlier story of Lilith was eliminated, thus limiting the power of women. The story of Eve is a reflection of the subservient role women were expected to play under patriarchy.

Lilith's origins predate the Jewish Bible story. She first appears in ancient Sumerian text as the right hand of Innana, the Sumerian Goddess and is considered to be a Goddess in her own right. Stories of Lilith have often demonized her under patriarcy as a demon and temptress, but the mythology about her has persisted through the centuries.

Today's feminists have resurrected Lilith as the original "wild woman" to represent the rejection of limitations society places on women. The new feminine sprituality sees Lilith as just one of many powerful manifestations of the Great Goddess that pre-date patriarcy. Followers of feminine sprituality are made up of women and men who seek a return to a nature based earth-centered pagan religion. They believe that the patriarcal religions, by denying the feminine aspect of God, have failed to understand and preserve our sacred earth. This failure threatens the future of life on earth.

The celebration of the Goddess does not seek to replace the masculine with the feminine, but recognizes the natural balance between the two. We celebrate the Goddess, the wild women and important feminine voices, because they have been and continue to be silenced by the domination of those who would impose their "truth" on others by any means.