Stephanie | August 21, 2011
Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene have been with me as spiritual guides for a long time now and lately, Mother Mary has been coming to me in unexpected places. I bought two statues of Mary that caught my eye at a couple of vintage stores I recently stopped into. One is of her face, which [...]
Stephanie | July 16, 2011
I’ve been thinking about Ariadne, who, the story goes, was a princess whose father was the King Minos of Crete. She was the one who helped the hero, Theseus, who came to slay the Minotaur — half-man, half-bull — by giving him a ball of red thread so that he could find his way out [...]
Stephanie | July 2, 2011
Corn Mother is a Native American goddess from the Seminole tradition. In this time of bountiful plenty, abundance and fertility, the Corn Mother reminds us to be grateful for all the gifts Grandmother Earth has to share with us. My garden is healthy and happy and it gives me pleasure to go out and water [...]
Stephanie | June 15, 2011
to be a fool while spring is in the air my soul approves. –e.e. cummings As spring gives way to summer and the return of the sun on the solstice, June 21, we are in the time of these two goddesses. Persephone, the maiden, represents the new moon, the emergence of spring, rebirth. Demeter, the [...]
Stephanie | May 25, 2011
The Native American Bear Woman is protector of Mother Earth and the tribes and clans that walk upon her. Bear Woman is in her cycle of power during spring and summer. She has moved out of her cave with her cubs underfoot, and is foraging for food and water. She is a shapeshifter who moves [...]
Stephanie | May 17, 2011
Selene, Greek goddess of the Moon (Luna in Roman mythology), is a wild woman moon goddess who had many lovers, including Zeus, Pan, and a mortal shepherd, Endymion, who was given eternal life, albeit asleep, and with whom she begat 50 children. She is part of the lunar Triple Goddess. In this triumvirate, Selene represents [...]
Stephanie | April 27, 2011
It’s May! It’s May! The lusty month of May!… Those dreary vows that ev’ryone takes, Ev’ryone breaks. Ev’ryone makes divine mistakes! The lusty month of May! – from Camelot, Lerner and Loewe I don’t know what you have planned for the month ahead, but in the olden days, lusty young men and maidens were running [...]
Stephanie | April 17, 2011
As Easter approaches, the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Ostara, fills our days with spring blossoms, colored eggs, and bunny sightings. Like all spring goddesses, she brings with her new ideas, new beginnings, rebirth, and hope. In the Christian tradition, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, but in ancient times spring festivals celebrated the arrival of the goddess [...]
Stephanie | April 3, 2011
A springtime goddess in the Hopi tradition, she flutters into our hearts to remind us to taste life–butterflies taste flowers by walking on them–and to connect with nature. Butterfly Maiden is a kachina spirit of fertility and spiritual growth. Kachinas carry the prayers of the people to the ancestors in the spirit world. For the [...]
Stephanie | March 18, 2011
In keeping with my commitment to write about the goddesses and their meanings as the wheel of this year turns and as we approach the first day of spring on March 20, we celebrate the Egyptian mother goddess, Isis. She was revered for over 3,000 years in Egypt, Rome, Greece and throughout the ancient world. [...]
