About Tora Moon
The woman behind the Temple, and the path that shaped its creation.
If you’ve spent any time wandering through the Temple, you may be curious about the woman tending it.
Perhaps the simplest place to begin is this: Who I am isn’t separate from the work you’ll find here. This temple grew from a lifelong relationship with the Goddess, a love of stories, and a curiosity about what it means to live a sacred life. My desire is to help women remember who they are beneath patriarchal conditioning and inherited expectations that make us hide parts of ourselves.
I don’t see spirituality and ordinary life as separate worlds.
I don’t separate creativity from devotion, business from vocation, or the body from the spirit. For me, they have always belonged together. That way of seeing shapes everything I create.
Whether I’m writing an essay, painting a mandala, crafting a Goddess guide, recording a podcast, or telling a fantasy story, I’m exploring the same question:
What becomes possible when we begin living in relationship with the Goddess and with our own sacred selfhood?
For me, the Goddess isn’t simply an archetype, a symbol, or a collection of ancient myths, but a living presence. I call her:
She of many names and no name.
The Feminine Avatar of Source.
The many Goddesses I write about are the ways I dance with her to know Her more intimately, and through that relationship, know myself more deeply. That relationship continues to unfold. I don’t write because I’ve reached the end of the journey. I write because I am still walking it.
This temple is an expression of that journey.
I don’t have all the answers. I’m still learning, remembering, and discovering what it means to live this path more fully.
The Path That Brought Me Here
Long before I called this place a temple, I was following threads that, at the time, didn’t seem connected.
I spent more than twenty-five years as a Certified Public Accountant, eventually serving as the Chief Financial Officer for an international software company.
At the same time, stories were always waiting for me. So were the Goddess, creativity, and the longing to understand how I could live my spirituality within my ordinary life. I didn’t want my spirituality to remain something reserved for rituals or special moments.
For years, I lamented that those parts of my life appeared unrelated.
Looking back, I can see they were subtly weaving themselves together to reach this place I am now.
My business experience supports women who want to share their own stories and build sustainable creative lives.
The fantasy novels I write explore many of the same questions that appear in my spiritual writing, only through imagination and story.
My art becomes another form of contemplation.
My essays, guides, and conversations invite women into relationship with the Goddess and with themselves.
None of these are separate paths.
They are different expressions of the same devotion.
The Way I Walk Beside You
I don’t think of myself as a guru, coach, or someone standing at the finish line waiting to tell others how to arrive.
I think of myself as a priestess: a woman tending the fire, holding sacred space, and sharing what I’ve lived, questioned, discovered, and continue to learn. Sometimes that takes the form of an essay. Other times, it’s a meditation, a guide, a conversation, or a story.
Whatever form it takes, my hope is the same—that something within these offerings helps you recognize something that has always been true within yourself.
Not because I gave it to you.
Because it was already there.
Beyond the Temple
Curiosity has been one of my lifelong companions, leading me to discover new worlds while reading fantasy novels, drawing new mandalas, or experimenting with colored pencils.
I’m also a lifelong student, and I love exploring mythology, spirituality, creativity, psychology, Human Design, or the many ways women remember who they are.
My curiosity and desire to learn new things continue to shape both my life and this temple. I suspect it always will.
An Invitation
If something here resonates with you, you don’t need to understand everything before you continue. You don’t need to agree with every belief I hold or even call yourself Goddess-centered.
If you’re longing for a spirituality that honors women, welcomes curiosity, and invites you into a living relationship with the Goddess and with yourself, you’re welcome here.
Stay for a while. Grab a cup of tea and sit beside the fire, reading an essay or listening to a conversation.
There isn’t any rush.
The dance unfolds one step at a time.
