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Rev. Ava*
Minister . Artist . Activist
FOUNDER
& DIRECTOR of
THE GODDESS TEMPLE of ORANGE COUNTY
... the only temple of its kind in the world Ava is Founder
and Director of The Goddess Temple of Orange County, and
the area's well-known ritual priestess and minister. A
businesswoman in the 80·s, she left the corporate world
to focus on her life mission: to help return balance to
the planet by bringing The Sacred Feminine back to modern
day religion. Trained in Women·s Spirituality, metaphysics
and Buddhism, Ava founded the Temple in 2002 - and, at
this writing, it serves women's spirituality as the only
Temple of its kind in the world. She currently leads the
women·s congregation in Sunday services, healing circles,
seasonal rituals and special spiritual events.
MARRIAGE
MINISTER, RITUALIST & BUSINESS SPACE CLEARER
Ava facilitates effective and life-changing personal
ritual for clients, including beautiful marriage and
commitment ceremonies, powerful divorce rituals for
releasing past relationships, memorable house and birth
blessings, and meaningful funeral memorials, particularly
those honoring and celebrating the lives of beloved
companion animals. She maintains a loyal client list
of businesses, small and large, who rely upon her for
regular energetic space clearing of their offices and
business spaces. Her most popular service is the "Prosperity
Altar for Business Success," an individually created
and regularly maintained spiritual space inside an office
that promotes a healthy business with happy customers.
COUNSELOR
Her
counseling service for women uses personalized affirmations
on tape, combined with a tailor-made graphic book, and
is guaranteed to ·turn your life around in three to
six months· or your money happily refunded. Few counselors
will offer to refund fees, but Ava's program is so effective
that in fifteen years of counseling, no client has
yet taken her up on it. She also regularly counsels
women of her congregation and their partners and children.
TIBETAN
FREEDOM ACTIVIST
Ava is a Member of the Board of the International Tibet
Independence Movement, and the terrible plight of the
Tibetan people in Chinese-occupied Tibet is of special
concern. In June of 2000, she walked with a small group
the 200 miles from San Diego to Los Angeles in the ·March
for Independence for Tibet.· Walking fifteen miles a
day along Pacific Coast Highway, the group made presentations
each evening to the community in which they found themselves,
and slept in local churches. After an audience with
His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Ava traveled to occupied
Tibet to smuggle into the country money and messages
of hope from American women·s religious groups to threatened
Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
ANIMAL
ADVOCATE & FOUNDER of ORANGE COUNTY PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS
In 1987, Ava founded the area·s most well-known
and respected animal advocate organization, the 501(c)3
nonprofit Orange County People for Animals. After serving
as president for thirteen years, she passed the leadership
of the group to lawyer Tina Locklear; Ava continues
to serve on the Board of Directors. Under Locklear's
excellent leadership, OCPA carries on Ava's work, promoting
"a compassionate, healthy and peaceful planet" through
public education in understanding the interconnectedness
of all life. Arrested more than a dozen times for civil
disobedience during the 80's, Ava has rescued hundreds
of animals and helped to bring about significant improvements
for "our brothers and sisters"during the last fifteen
years.
RADIO
SHOW HOST
A popular radio personality with a metaphysical perspective,
Ava hosted the ·Visionaries· radio show for over five
years continuously. The show aired every Friday at 5
pm at the University of California at Irvine's "KUCI"
(88.9 FM) station, with Ava interviewing prominent local,
national and international leaders and authors in the
areas of human and animal rights, metaphysics, religion,
environmentalism and more.
SPIRITUAL
ARTIST
The ·Gallery of the Goddess,· her performance art exhibit
showing at various locations in Orange County, including
the Santora Arts Building in Santa Ana, is an unusual
blend of public ritual and spiritual art, "encouraging
a return to the experience of the Feminine Divine in
daily life." The art exhibit is an educational interactive
mixed-media presentation in a temple-like atmosphere
predominantly focusing on spiritual themes from a woman·s
perspective. Ava also creates commissioned altars for
special clients, each stunning hanging wall piece focusing
on a particular life goal or intention.
PUBLIC
APPEARANCES
Ava
has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, Orange Coast
Magazine, Awakenings, and others; over the last fifteen
years she has also appeared on numerous television and
radio shows. Her articles on non- violence and spirituality
have been published in periodicals throughout the United
States. She is a regular speaker to professional, community,
civic, school and church organizations, and was named
"Citizen of the Year" for 1998 by OC Weekly.
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