Exhibit at the Vietnamese Women's Museum

From the article: "A spiritual and cultural space has opened at the Vietnamese Women's Museum to help people understand more about Mother Goddesses worship. . . The exhibition features an altar of Mother Goddesses, the related rites and the position of this belief among Vietnamese people. . .  The exhibition is divided into four sections: the Mother Goddesses, Pure Heart, Joy and Beauty. Each section corresponds to one of four colours identified with the four palaces of the Mother Goddesses religion."

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Mother Goddesses worship

Happy Full Moon!

The Full Moon of January is traditionally known to the O'odham as the "Moon of the Cottonwood Blooming." In the low Sonoran desert, this month the Cottonwood tree starts to send out its first new shoots of green. Some other names for this month's moon are: Old Moon, lce Moon, Moon after Yule, and Duruthu Poya. Blessings of the Full Moon!

Happy 2012!

(Painting of Amaterasu emerging from Her Cave by Shunsai Toshimasa, 1887.)

Happy 2012 everyone - May She bless each of you in the new year and always!

"Heaven and Earth are one; there is no barrier between them. The High Heavenly Plain is the high heavenly plain which covers all countries of the world, and the Sun Goddess is the goddess who reigns in that heaven.. .casting her light to the very ends of heaven and earth and for all time. There is not a single country in the world which does not receive her beneficent illuminations…This Goddess is the splendor of all splendors." (Motoori Norinaga, 1771.)

Rio de Janeiro honours Goddess of the Sea

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Solstice Blessings!

The Earth Mother sleeps deeply within the cave of Her inner self,

waiting for the moment of awakening to the light of rebirth.

Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

This photo honors "Our Lady of Guadalupe" on her Feast Day, whom many believe is the modern-day representation of a much older Deity: "Tonantzin", or "Mother Earth" of the Nahuan people.

"I will demonstrate, I will exhibit,

I will give all my love, my compassion,

my help and my protection to the people.

I am your merciful mother,

the merciful mother of all of you

who live united in this land,

and of all mankind, of all those who love me ,

of those who cry to me, of those who seek me,

of those who have confidence in me.

Here I will hear their weeping,

their sorrow and will remedy and alleviate

all their multiple sufferings, necessities and misfortunes."

Articles:
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Wikipedia
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Tonantzin or the Virgin Mary?
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?

Lunar Eclipse

(photo copyright Raval)

An entire month's worth of mystery will be experienced in a few hours during tomorrow's lunar eclipse. In certain areas, it will also include the chance to view a rare selenelion - where the sun and the moon may both be viewed at the same time. Read more at the link below:

December's Lunar Eclipse

Correspondence Courses ~ Priestess Training & Goddess Mysteries

A reminder that applications for our Jan 1st enrollment to our Temple of Learning need to be in soon - by Dec. 15th. Scholarships are still available (full and partial). Many Blessings In Her Name!

Temple of Learning Home-Study School



MFA Boston opens new Indian/Southeast Asian Galleries

Durga as Mahishasuramardini (Buffalo Demon Slayer)

© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

"Two new galleries are set to open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this month. One will celebrate rare sculptural works from India and neighboring countries (South Asia) and Southeast Asia. The other will showcase rotations of the rich painting traditions of India, Korea, the Himalayas, and Persia beginning with an important collection of Indian works in the exhibition Gems of Rajput Painting. The two new galleries will reflect a broad range of cultures—from Iran to the west and Indonesia to the east, and from the Himalayas to the north and Sri Lanka to the south. . ."

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