Andrea Goodman combines her reverence for the wisdom of the ancients with a modern, multicultural aesthetic to create uniquely memorable ceremonies, including:
- Weddings and vow renewals
- Birth and naming ceremonies
- Coming of Age rituals
- Life events and transitions such as divorce, menopause, or special birthdays
- Funerals, memorials, celebrations of lives well-lived
- Special days
- Blessings and cleansing for your land, home, boat, business, or any space that may be holding negativity
Each ceremony is tailor-made for the event and the individuals involved. Andrea works with you to choose content that is most meaningful to you. She has experience with various spiritual traditions, with ancient and native cultures, and the ability to create original ceremonies. She will often draw on astrology to identify the energies of dates chosen and to gain insight into the lives of the people celebrating. She uses her remarkable voice to open portals, to heal and to bless.
Costs for ceremonies and events vary depending on the size of gathering, time involved, and which of Andrea’s skills are needed: her services include writer/composer, astrologer, singer, teacher, healer, and minister/priestess.
Andrea is available to perform Sacred Rituals in person in mid-coast Maine, as well as in Kingston, NY, and New York, NY. Please inquire regarding the next available dates.
“I felt very moved by the beauty of the ceremony. I shall always treasure the song and the memory.”Alina Blakesley, owner Harborside Foot Reflexology
Life Events
Humankind has long used ritual to mark important life events and rites of passage. Yet many people today who may not have been raised with a strong religious or cultural practice still crave a means of celebrating life’s significant milestones. Andrea Goodman specializes in creating touching, memorable ceremonies and rituals spiritually suited to each participant and occasion. Her beautiful voice, whether applied to traditionally structured or organically inspired musical expression, lends an air of divinity to each proceeding.
A ceremony may be crafted to celebrate any of life’s most important moments, including:
- Birth and naming ceremonies
- Coming of Age rituals for teens
- Weddings and vow renewals
- Life transitions such as divorce, menopause, and special birthdays
- Funerals, memorials, and celebrations of lives well-lived
Blessings
Many cultures consider the energetic preparation of personal or community space a necessary component to achieving harmony. Andrea can assist you in either blessing a new site, home, boat, or business space, or cleansing a space that may be holding negative energy.
Weddings
Andrea has performed marriage ceremonies for all kinds of couples in a variety of settings. She can help you write your vows and design a ceremony that is the perfect expression of your unique love, whether you’re planning a simple, romantic elopement or an elaborate, magical event.
Andrea works with couples to:
- Create original, custom-made, interfaith ceremonies
- Maintain a spiritual and multicultural orientation rather than religious
- Offer the use of the Ruby-Throated Sanctuary, Garden, and Labyrinth for small weddings
- Sing requested songs or original compositions
- Provide Astrological counseling: couples readings and date selection
- Read Tarot for individuals, couples, and groups
“We had an incredibly beautiful wedding ceremony thanks to Andrea. She wrote vows just for us and sang to make our wedding the most memorable day possible.”Susan Webster
Reverend Andrea Goodman is an ordained minister and High Priestess of the MINISTRY of MAAT, Inc., and holds a Master of Ministerial Studies (MMS) degree. Andrea has been studying and teaching Women’s Mysteries and Egyptian Mysteries since 1988, assisting Reverend Mother and High Priestess Ione on numerous retreats and sacred journeys to Egypt.
MAAT, depicted as a woman with wings, is the Egyptian embodiment of Truth, Justice, Universal Harmony and Balance. Her function is to determine the order and flow of all things in the Universe. She is the heart of creation. The work of the Ministry is to promote world harmony and balance through ceremony and education.
“I have been divinely blessed as I have realized more and more the vast amount of knowledge and spiritual gifts that flow through Andrea Goodman. What began as simply an astrology reading, expanded into Tarot, sound-healing work, vocal lessons, various classes she has offered, a re-commitment ceremony with my husband, and mostly recently a Life Transition Ritual which we co-created for my 40th birthday. She does it all! Divine connection flows through her as steadily as a warm river nourishing all life along its path. My body and spirit are growing and loving exponentially with each passing day and I can’t help but have the most enormous amount of gratitude for Andrea sharing what she and her spirit are able to share. Her ear penetrates not only the spoken word, but also the spirit within. For me, this meant a divine connection through which our spirits helped me to heal, grow, learn and LOVE. I am so happy to have met Andrea.”
Jane Solorzano
Ruby-Throated Spirit 