#goddess religion

[ihearhercalling]

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- Celtic polytheism (Irish, Welsh, Brythonic, Gaulic, any really)

- Celtic witchcraft and folk magic, particularly Welsh

- British folk traditions

- Druidry

- Proto Indo-European polytheism

- Venus, Aphrodite, Ishtar and Inanna worship

- Actual genuine Wicca as opposed to the random stuff that gets passed off as Wicca in mainstream book shops

- Feri tradition

- Goddess-centric paganism (Dianic tradition, Deanism, Filianism, Reclaiming, Avalonian) and female mysteries

- Arthuriana from a pagan or feminist perspective (or pagan/feminist friendly)

- Sacred sexuality and tantra

- Herbalism, particularly with herbs native to the UK

[maidenofsophia]

🌼 Happy Eostre 🌼

Welcomed in the New Year and the return of the Holy Daughter 👸

Also made a deity oil for The Magdalene 🌹

Hope you all had a blessed Equinox 🐣

[moonlight-allure]

THE SIREN.

𝔄𝔫 𝔬𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔱 𝔰𝔶𝔪𝔟𝔬𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 1.

ℑ𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.

siren: 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞.

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historically, sirens were creature half bird half woman, flying above the sky and living near water, alluring men to their death with a song that told of ancient secrets and dark knowledge.

time passes and sirens began to assume another physical form, that which we all are familiar with: half fish, half woman. the two tails mermaid was carved on walls of sacred places, a symbol who spoke to humanity about the old faiths and goddess religions in pagan times. (even though, christianity wanted to use them as a warning from the sins of the flesh).

with time, mermaids and sirens became interchangeable in their essence, uniting themselves in one unique symbol in the human psyche.

the passage from air to water is not without reason, for air and water are of the same core, just in different form. both are the realm of the ancient goddess, who fly up in the sky - the heaven - and who dive deep into the sea - the underworld. everything is her realm, everything is her creation, through which she roams free and wild, uncaring for human laws of right and wrong.

we too, as her children, live time of light and darkenss; the underworld calls to us, like the sirens, singing to bring death to our ego, making as crash on the shore. the storm arrives, it destroys us, it becomes the mirror of our darkest secrets. like the goddess who travels into the darkness to die and rebirth, so do our souls. we are called to death.

only when we let ourselves die, wings grow behind our back. water becomes air again, letting us breath. calling the breath of life, who flows new into our veins, who fertilize our minds with new ideas of who we are, who we are to become. a deep existential understanding takes place in our core, making us grow as human beings. psyche is renewed.

alchemy is the law of this universe: everything must transform, everything must not stay the same. between life and death, phsyical or metaphorical, we as children of the goddess must live. 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚, 𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 - they call to us, like sirens of human psyche. they crash us when we dont listen, they destroy us when we fight them. energy must change and so must we.

[daughterofthesettingsun]

Remember, Our Lady has conquered the underworld and smashed the gates of hell. There is no place into which Her light does not shine. No matter the depths of darkness, pain, and despair you find yourself in, know that She can and will find you to take your hands and lead you into the world of light. You are not lost, She has found you.

[mother-god-sanctuary]

Post-election prayer

O Déa, Divine Mother and Guide of All Souls,
In this time of uncertainty, we come to You with hearts open yet troubled.
Though the path ahead feels difficult, and the future unknown,
we place our trust in Your wisdom and grace to see us through.

Help us to hold compassion and understanding,
to stay true to our values, and to work for the good of all,
regardless of who leads or who follows.
Remind us that Your light is within each of us,
and that we are called to be a source of hope and peace.

Grant us courage to stand firm in what is right,
wisdom to find common ground,
and patience to see beyond the present challenges.
Let us remember that all things are held in Your love
and that even in darkness, Your light endures.

O Divine Mother, strengthen our hearts and minds,
that we may work toward a brighter world,
trusting that with You, all things are possible.
So may it be.
Amadéa

[themiscyreian]

The Golden Festival

Today is Chelanya, the Feast of Regeneration.

Chelanya is the first of the Mysteries of Life festivals, which are an inverted mirror to the Eastre holiday in Spring. These three festivals mark and celebrate the three fundamental mysteries of mortal life: (re)birth, life, and death. The first of the three, Chelanya, celebrates regeneration & continual rebirth, of Maid, Earth, and the Cosmos itself.

The Mysteries of life are also harvest festivals, and this first of them is the Feast of first fruits, of beginning to enjoy the fruit of ones yearly labor, of abundance and thankfulness to Our Mother for this bounty.

It is a more material-oriented season, where we may rejoice in our physical riches and work, but we may remember that Our Lady is with us even in the most mundane tasks, if we find the time to look for Her.

May Our Mother's golden light bring all joys, and may your cornucopia overflow with riches.

[her-hands-and-teeth]

The Moon in Her open Sky

The womb of the forever deep Earth

And the fire of Awen that reaches

Its fingers of light

To bring them together

[deanic-polls]

* High Festivals only because of the limited poll options

[ladybrythwensinclair]

Hail Sai Raya

Hail to the Blazing One Hail to the Grand Duchess of Heaven Hail to the Bearer of Daylight Bless and guide us this day

[haggishlyhagging]

Within descriptions of long-buried cities and temples, academic authors wrote of the sexually active Goddess as "improper," "unbearably aggressive" or "embarrassingly void of morals," while male deities who raped or seduced legendary women or nymphs were described as "playful," even admirably "virile." The overt sexual nature of the Goddess, juxtaposed to Her sacred divinity, so confused one scholar that he finally settled for the perplexing title, the Virgin-Harlot. The women who followed the ancient sexual customs of the Goddess faith, known in their own language as sacred or holy women, were repeatedly referred to as "ritual prostitutes." This choice of words once again reveals a rather ethnocentric ethic, probably based on biblical attitudes. Yet, using the term "prostitute" as a translation for the title of women who were actually known as qadesh, meaning holy, suggests a lack of comprehension of the very theological and social structure the writers were attempting to describe and explain.

Descriptions of the female deity as creator of the universe, inventor or provider of culture were often given only a line or two, if mentioned at all; scholars quickly disposed of these aspects of the female deity as hardly worth discussing. And despite the fact that the title of the Goddess in most historical documents of the Near East was the Queen of Heaven, some writers were willing to know Her only as the eternal "Earth Mother."

-Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman

[pannazmiya]

NB 🥀

From today's contemplation: every emotion and experience, even those considered undignified or unfavourable, is a gate for discovering holiness in our lives. Every aspect of being contains a path to sanctification.

[ihearhercalling]

𝔐𝔶 𝔇𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 || Branwen

origin // cymru, y mabinogi domains // grief, motherhood, resilience, family ties, sovereignty, peace, guardianship of the land, emotion, resourcefulness, messages, compassion, infants, comfort for mothers who have lost children symbols // ravens (particularly white), the colour white, starlings, cauldron or chalice, standing stones & mounds

[maidenofsophia]

A time of fire, both material and spiritual, shall come upon the earth. But take not fear, for out of the fire shall come the fire-jewel of regeneration.

All that has opposed Our Lady over forty centuries, the cruel idolatry of false male gods and all that is material and gross; all that is coming by its own inner laws to its red and blood-drenched climax.

Fire and iron and blood, and the red sphere named by you Mars, shall have their exaltation and their end.

- Prologue / "The Words of Alethea" 2-5

[daughterofthesettingsun]

Blessings for the Commencement of the Advent!

'A Child is coming that shall carry the light of Dea into every part of creation, even to the most desolate of the places of darkness. Rejoice, poor wanderers of the earth and exiles from the house of your Mother, for to you shall come a guide and a deliverer.'

[mother-god-sanctuary]

Popping back in to ask a question.

To those of you who are Déanic Christians or at least include Jesus in your practice, who is he to you? What role does he serve in your faith?

[themiscyreian]

Werdë

Happy Day of Sai Werdë !

Sai Werdë, also called Moira, is the triple-faced Janya of personal fate. Fate in Filianism is alike to karma, being the result of past actions in this life and previous lives, and we call our personal fate "werdë" (small-w) after the Janya.

Werdë herself has three persons alike to the Greek Moirai or Norse Norns (all decended from the same PIE goddess-form). Her name is related to the Old English wyrd--which gave us weird, originally meaning "fate, luck, destiny".

Today is a day to take stock of our lives and our decisions, and resolve to make better choices where we may have chosen poorly in the past. We are morally responsible creatures, and we are encouraged to reflect on and be mindful of the impact of our actions.

Additionally, Werdë's Day marks the near-end of the Filianic Summer, as Autumn begins on September 5th--the 1st day of Abolan. Autumn brings with it the rest of the Mystery of Life festivals, Cuivanya & Tamala, as well as Vois, the Rosary month.

May all you reading act to better your Werdë, that others may benefit now and future you may benefit later.

Every rose plucked and sent forth shall come as a gift to her when her heart is weary, and every cup of wine that she gives to another shall quench the thirst of her own lips in the fullness of time.

The Crystal Tablet