About | Temple of Why

(2026 Revision)

I am not here to teach a religion.
I am here to remember what was almost forgotten the sound of feminine wisdom before it was silenced,
the whisper that rose not from pulpits, but from trees, wind, and the quiet knowing of the soul.

The Temple of Why is not a church.
It is a threshold.

It is for those who tried to belong and could not.
For those who longed to kneel and believe, but whose questions burned too bright.
For those who still know something sacred lives among us, just not where we were told to look.

I once tried to be Catholic. I loved the beauty, the ritual, the mystery.
But my soul did not speak Latin.
She spoke in roots and rivers and bells that rang without churches.

She led me to the Grove, and to the great turning—the Path of the Why.

The Temple of Why was founded as a circle of remembrance,
a place to reawaken the sacred feminine wisdom that once lived in balance with the masculine flame.
Here we honor Soul Mother, Sophia, Hekate, and Bear;
the powers of creation, wisdom, threshold, and strength.
We gather to ask not what to believe, but why
because every “why” is a spark that lights the way home.

Our work is a living theology, shaped by wind and witness, ritual and renewal.
It is not ancient, but it is eternal.
We learn from the old mysteries, yet write our own myth anew.
Through our Circles, initiations, and the Asking Flame, we remember that the Divine is not distant.
She is here in matter, in laughter, in tears, in the question that will not rest.

This is a place for seekers, for soul-rememberers.
For those who sense that the world itself is holy,
and that each of us is a flame within the body of Soul Mother.

Welcome to the Temple of Why—
where remembering why is sacred and the beginning of everything.

Temple of Why™, The Sacred Why™, The Path of the Why and related names, images, and concepts are trademarks of Winnie Sokolowski, used in connection with educational and spiritual projects within the Temple of Why framework.