Skadhi was not a Goddess who could settle down. She did have an attempt at marriage, after she was tricked into thinking she was going to marry the most beautiful God and instead got the god of the sea, Njord.

I think that it is more in their wild freedom, in their choices that they make and their self-knowledge that inspires me. They are remit to no-one and will not allow anyone to tell them what to do, think or feel.

I see the many Goddesses that have populated cultures across time and space as reflections of the greater Truth – that Divinity exists, and that it can (and should) be envisioned as feminine. While I don’t work with masculine deities in my own spiritual practice, I recognize the validity of envisioning Divinity as male – and as genderless, and as

One of my favorite ritual practices when working with a group is to invoke The Goddess – by the name – and ask those in circle to call out the names of specific Goddesses they wish to welcome. It is powerful to hear the names spoken, and to hear the chorus of names grow as each person speaks and reminds others of Goddesses they know and love. It

There is no-one to tell us. We have to begin again to learn about Goddess in the same way as our ancestors, from experiencing Her many faces as they are revealed to us in the cycles of the seasons of Her nature.

For many within Paganism their deities are paired under a myriad names, titles and associations. The generic Lord and Lady, for example, encompasses a plethora of Gods and Goddesses into one association that can be used in group ritual language, where specific deities may not be applicable to all participating.

They come seeking the Lady of Avalon, Her Priestesses, Her Temple and Her land, as if returning to a Place of Origin, a place called home, where the Goddess lives and is honored today.

Goddesses that are whole in and of themselves, who have no need or desire for union or prolonged relationship with another deity in order to live their true soul songs. For me, these are the Goddesses that really shine, often seen as Maiden Goddesses.

They were once a pair, the Goddess and her consort. Throughout the ancient world Goddesses were worshipped alongside their male counterparts, and the further we go back, the more it would appear that the Great Goddess took precedence.