Goddess Icons spirit banners are sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world. Icons connected to the deep soul expression of the divine mystery of life. Each image was created and revered at some time in human history. The first banners were created for an exhibition at the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey. They fly at sacred sites to empower, teach and share their stories around the globe. They hang in museums, colleges, kindergartens, temples, golf courses, conference halls, studios, palapas, galleries, and a women's prison. This book is about the images, their journeys and stories. Lydia Ruyle is an artist scholar on the visual arts faculty of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Arts from UNC and has studied with Syracuse University in Italy, France, Spain, and with the Art Institute of Chicago in Indonesia. She works regularly at Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Center in Florence, Italy and Columbia College Center for Book and Paper in Chicago. Her research into sacred images of women has taken her around the globe. She exhibits her art and does workshops throughout the U.S. and internationally. She is the owner operator of Goddess Tours / YA-YA Journeys, spiritual pilgrimages for women to sacred places in the world. Lydia invites YOU to explore the divine feminine with art, stories, journeys, resources, and links. She is an artist /scholar who has been pursuing Goddess research for several decades with my mind, body and spirit. As an artist, she creates icons, sacred images of the divine feminine from the many cultures of the world. Since 1995, the icons have become spirit banners which fly around the globe weaving the sacred energies of the divine feminine.