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“Like people from all times, we who long for the Goddess need Her stories to know Her.”
Carolyn McVickar Edwards The Storyteller’s Goddess
The divine female energy is once again being sought out by men, women and children. The Goddess has emerged from the shadows to be worshipped and adored openly. While goddess worship has remained a force in some cultures around the world, the recognition of the goddess as a positive choice for worship has only recently emerged as acceptable in many more cultures. People today are looking for a solid connection to the earth and the forces of nature. Goddess worship offers people a way to honor the planet and the forces therein. I am the eternal Goddess For goddess worshippers life becomes vibrant. The world around them is colored with all the aspects of the love, the security, and the justice of the goddesses they look to for guidance. Goddess worship affirms life and explains to many people the reasoning behind the reality. People seek to simplify their lives and return to the community feelings that survived for so long as part of our spiritual culture. It is apparent that with the continued growth of the goddess communities, there is a need for accurate and easy to understand information on the various goddesses. There are thousands of goddesses and each one unique in characteristics, style, and following. Each goddess serves to represent a piece of the Goddess as a whole. In the neo-pagan community it is not unusual to find much talk of the Triple Goddess. She is seen as One with three faces/phases. The maid represents youth and possibility. The Mother represents birth, creativity and nurturing. The Crone represents wisdom, accountability and transition. There is more to this concept than I have covered in this small paragraph, and I plan to take a long look at this in a following article. Most early images show the goddess as a rounded, full figured, abundant, and peaceful being. The full figured body was seen as a positive aspect of the goddess. She was a symbol of prosperity, freedom from hunger, and security. Go To Page: 1 2
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