Kathe has sought the Sacred Feminine on pilgrimage beginning in 2008 with a journey to Iona, the sacred island off the coast of Scotland.
She was deeply affected by this time immersed in Celtic spirituality and the magic that she encountered in a small circle of women living together in an old house by the sea for a week. Reading one of the books on the shelf in the living room by the coal fire, she read her favorite sentence of all time: “The fairies on the north end of the island have become curious about Christian teachings.”
She has dived deep into the Provencal Tradition and the history of Mary Magdalene in the south of France on several pilgrimages.
In 2017, she joined a Mary Magdalene pilgrimage along with her good friend Kay Lindahl that was lead by Kayleen Asbo ( https://www.kayleenasbo.com/ ). The two of them wrote about their experiences for The Interfaith Observer. https://www.theinterfaithobserver.org/journal-articles/2017/10/3/encountering-mary-magdalene
“It was a profound experience to walk on this beautiful land and to know that the Sacred Feminine has been revered here uninterrupted for thousands of years, layers of spiritual architecture that offer a thru-line of feminine spiritual leadership from Isis to Magdalene and beyond. Something shifted in our spiritual DNA. As we came to know Mary Magdalene, we came to know ourselves in a new way.”
In 2019, she and Kay began planning a pilgrimage of their own with the help of their brilliant friend Veronique Flayol of Magdalene Sacred Journey’s ( https://www.magdalenesacredjourneys.com/ . That pilgrimage had to be postponed several times because of the COVID pandemic and finally unfolded in May 2022. The group of 7 explored the tragic persecution of the Cathars in the historical region of Occitania. Once again they were able to introduce new women to the profound experience of Magdalene’s relics in St. Maximin and her cavern on the side of St. Baume.
Kathe and Kay once again teamed up with Veronique in October 2024 with an intimate group of pilgrims. This time the pilgrims visited more than a dozen Black Madonnas in Provence and Burgundy and dove deep the mysteries of ancient dolman, ley lines and sacred underground water.
