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# EP 88 Mayumi Oda – I Opened The Gate, Laughing
- URL: https://www.missingwitches.com/88-mayumi-oda-i-opened-the-gate-laughing/
- Published: 2021-04-18T06:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-05T15:34:51.000Z
- Description: In this episode, Amy paints a picture of Goddess Artist, Anti-nuclear/Anti-War Activist, Shinto Buddhist, Gardener Mayumi Oda.Through Mayumi’s lens we’ll connect the Garden to the Land, war and nukes to paint and silks, art to activism, Hindu Gods to Buddhist monks, birth to death, and in death we r
- Author: Amy Torok
- Tags: Missing Witches, Podcast, Art Witchcraft, #wp, #Import 2022-12-12 16:34, Witch History

In this episode, Amy paints a picture of Goddess Artist, Anti-nuclear/Anti-War Activist, Shinto Buddhist, Gardener Mayumi Oda.  
Through Mayumi’s lens we’ll connect the Garden to the Land, war and nukes to paint and silks, art to activism, Hindu Gods to Buddhist monks, birth to death, and in death we return to the garden.

[mayumioda.net](https://mayumioda.net/?ref=missingwitches.com)

Referenced books by Mayumi Oda:

[I Opened The Gate, Laughing](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1569230.I%5FOpened%5Fthe%5FGate%5FLaughing?ref=missingwitches.com)

[Sarasvati’s Gift](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49295869-sarasvati-s-gift?ref=missingwitches.com)

[Goddesses](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4526034-goddesses?ref=missingwitches.com)

A selection of Mayumi’s artwork:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b0/b2/b0b2b0c5-0324-4ded-8c78-fb468356e3e1/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-17-at-9.26.52-am.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b0/b2/b0b2b0c5-0324-4ded-8c78-fb468356e3e1/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-17-at-9.27.17-am.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b0/b2/b0b2b0c5-0324-4ded-8c78-fb468356e3e1/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-17-at-9.27.06-am.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b0/b2/b0b2b0c5-0324-4ded-8c78-fb468356e3e1/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-17-at-9.26.35-am.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b0/b2/b0b2b0c5-0324-4ded-8c78-fb468356e3e1/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-17-at-9.26.22-am.png)

Mayumi’s appearance on The Goddess In Art show with Starr Goode