Mother Grove Goddess Temple

Building the Temple
We are holding a vision for a Temple of the Goddess, built with our own hands, where people of all genders and spiritual paths may safely and ecstatically worship the Goddess.
 
We are dreaming of labyrinths and gardens, of stone circles and streams of living water.  Of green roofs and composting toilets.

See yourself standing in ritual on each of the holy days on the Wheel of the Year, standing in a cast circle, in a Temple dedicated to all the aspects and facets that we call Goddess.
Example of Cob Temple
About Cob

Cob structures are not only compatible with their surroundings, they ARE their surroundings, literally rising up from the earth. They are full of light, energy-efficient, and cozy, with curved walls and built-in, whimsical touches. They are delightful. They are ecstatic.

 

The limits of cob are defined only by the builder's imagination. Cob has been a traditional building process for millennia in Europe, even in rainy and windy climates like the British Isles, where many cob buildings still serve as family homes after hundreds of years.

 

Cob is a very old method of building with earth and straw or other fibers. Instead of creating uniform blocks to build with, cob is normally applied by hand in large gobs (or cobs) which can be tossed from one person to another during the building process. The traditional way of mixing the clay/sand/straw is with the bare feet. The wonderful thing about cob construction is that it can be a wildly freeform, sculptural affair.


We need architects, artists, construction workers, sewers, craftspeople, dreamers and worker bees.  Those with highly specialized skills, and those with willing hearts and enthusiastic spirits.  Join us in building the Mother Grove Temple of the Goddess!
Cob Garden Shed Example