A Quick Summary of R1Q Quantitative Findings

I want to extend a huge thank you to those who responded to and shared my thesis' Round 1 Questionnaire! I received 113 responses that I could use and am delighted!

I thought it would be of interest for many questionnaire respondents to have a glance at some of the trends I found in the quantitative questionnaire data for Round 1. To avoid publishing my research prematurely I have offered non-statistical summaries below.

• The majority of respondents identified as feminists and considered this relevant to their spiritual path. However, not all of them did identify this way, and some who were feminists didn't think it was relevant to their spirituality. Based on the responses of these people, feminism is a common component of 21st century Goddess Spirituality, but is by no means a requirement.

• The majority of respondents accepted the label of ‘Pagan’, with some exceptions who did not think it was a suitable term.

• Respondents demonstrated a high level of theistic flexibility and the view that multiple theisms could coexist at once. Nevertheless, the most common ways of viewing goddesses was either as archetypes or through polytheism.
  
  
• The language most commonly used to describe one's interaction with goddesses was relational: 'connection' and 'working with', rather than in supplication.
  

• Almost all respondents had an interest in ancient history, with just over half having this interest before discovering their spiritual path.
  

• Ancient Greek and Egyptian goddesses were amongst the most popular Mediterranean goddesses mentioned, namely, Hekate, Aphrodite, Artemis, Isis, and Sekhmet. Amongst these popular names, there were over 200 additional ones listed, demonstrating a greater awareness of ancient pantheons than the general public. 
  

• Respondents predominantly learned about ancient goddesses through a combination of scholarly and spiritual sources, considering each to have its own merits and uses. Overall, respondents valued sources that were historically accurate and wanted spiritual sources to make it clear when they were talking about historical facts versus personal gnosis.
• There were a few respondents who said that they preferred scholarly resources, however, their listed favourites would not meet current archaeological approval. As such, what is considered as specialised scholarship is a subjective matter.