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Blodenwedd (Blodewedd, Blodeuedd)- The most beautiful and treacherous sun and moon Goddess. Called "White Flower" or "Flowerface."Associated with the white owl, the dawn, primroses, broom, cockle, oak, and meadowsweet.
Sarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
O Goddess of the Moon, Goddess of the night sky, of brilliance and of darkness, please bless this seeker of the ways!
Philip Carr-Gomm • Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca and Druidry
an immense Śrīcakra (see Figure 2) arises from the great sacrificial fire. The astounded devas watch as this Cakrarāja Ratha grows out of the pit that had consumed so many of their comrades. Ratha is chariot; Cakrarāja is the King of Cakras. It simultaneously emits the brilliance of a million suns and the cooling effect of a million moons. Seated
... See moreKavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Light is the mother of life. The sun brings light and colour. It causes grasses, crops, leaves and flowers to grow. The sun brings forth the erotic charge of the curved earth; it awakens her wild sensuousness.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
In her many forms, Devī resides in the Śrīcakra, with the nine enclosures (āvaraṇas) representing nine types of borders around her palace in Śrī Nagara15 in the midst of a forest thick with Kadamba trees, which bear highly fragrant flowers that she favors
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
Unlike the fierce (Raudra) forms of Devī such as Kāli, Lalitā is playful and sweet. Like a concerned mother, she indulges our petty desires at times, and scolds us at other times for our follies, but at all times she leads us to the highest truths of the path.