Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender

By: Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University and Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of Houston, The Conversation

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Published: December 9, 2025

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By Anya Foxen, California Polytechnic State University and Sravana Borkataky-Varma, University of Houston

The notion of the divine feminine is a recurring motif in American pop culture, playing with the assumptions people make when referring to God – often the deity described in the Bible – as “He.”

Whether it’s Alanis Morissette’s iconic portrayal of God in the 1999 comedy “Dogma” or Ariana Grande’s titular declaration in her 2018 track “God is a Woman,” …

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