Carol Christ holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of the widely reprinted essay"Why Women Need the Goddess," which has introduced many to the rebirth of the ancient religion of the Goddess. She has written five influential books on women's spirituality and feminist theology: She Who Changes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Rebirth of the Goddess (Routledge, 1998), Odyssey with the Goddess (Continuum, 1995), Laughter of Aphrodite (Harper, 1987), and Diving Deep and Surfacing (Beacon, 1980/1986/1995). With Judith Plaskow she co-edited the classic anthologies, Weaving the Visions(1989) and Women Rising (1979/1989), which have changed women's lives and revolutionized the teaching and study of religion in North America. Carol has taught at major universities in the United States, including Columbia University, Harvard Divinity School, Pomona College, San Jose State, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 1987, experiencing a glass ceiling in her field and burned out after years of feminist activism, she resigned a tenured full professorship and moved to Greece, where she has continued to teach and write, in an ever more embodied way.

Carol loves the Greek land, the Greek language, and the Greek people; and shares this love with all who come on her tours. She has lived in Athens and Lesvos where she, like Sappho, has heard the muses sing. In Crete she discovered the sacred tree in the center of the garden and descended four levels into the darkness of a cave, experiencing personal transformation. It is her great joy to be able to share both knowledge and intuitive wisdom with participants in Ariadne Institute programs. Carol has been leading tours to Greece since 1981.

Carol was the featured speaker at Brigid's Place annual celebration of Brigid's Feast Day in 2004.

Carol's books may be purchased locally at Lucia's Garden, 2216 Portsmouth.