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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
This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes also they called him the archon. Under these different names of king, prytane, and archon we are to see a personage who is, above all, the chief of
... See moreNuma Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
Reclaim the Sacred Feminine
If you were taught that God is only male, seek the stories that were erased. Speak the names of the goddesses who were cast into shadow. Remember that the divine exists within you—not outside of you.
Ask yourself: If I truly believed in my own sacred power, how would I move differently in this world?
The cult of the Goddess goes right back to those early caves. There, She is the cave itself, so that initiates who passed through the rites deep under the earth were returning to and reborn from Her womb.
Joseph Campbell • Goddesses
A prayer to seal the story:
May you dance with danger in order to be wild.
May you strip your skin in order to be wild.
May you be Otherwise and Mother-wise to learn what is underneath.
May you approach the well of mystery alongside your kin.
May you let the temple burn and trust yourself to remember.
May you seek answers against the worn rocks.
May
... See moreBridget (Briget, Brede)-Goddess of the Sacred Fire, the sun, hearth, and home. Fire of fire, the bride Goddess of inspiration, poetry, medicine, healing, and smithcraft. Associated with the fire pot, her brass shoe, and the spindle and distaff.
Sarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
Maeve (Medb) is an exceptionally interesting deity, and also a historical figure as the Queen of Connaught.
