“When I gave up religion, I gave up the nonsense I was taught that this experience of transcendence was named God, that it was male, that it was other, outside of me, independent of me, and much superior to me in every way, superior beyond description or imagination. I gave up the idea of ‘worship’ altogether. It made me feel small and weak and I knew by then that the true expression of my spirit made me feel invincible.”

-- Sonia Johnson