She Who Weaves

Spider Woman, by Susan Seddon Boulet.

New Year's Blessings

 

May your aim be true in the manifestation

of all your wishes and dreams in 2016!

(Artemis, copyright K. Yutaka)

News article: Yemaya celebration in Brazil

From the article:
"During the Festival of Yemanja, people honor the goddess by wearing her colors — white, silver, and blue — and bringing flowers and other offerings to the beach for her. Some even carry a statue of her to place near the water. Finally, people send their prayers and desires out on little boats, asking Yemanja to help make them a reality in the New Year."

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Full Moon Blessings

May the December Full Moon be a beacon of hope

for you into the New Year!

(Lighthouse moon by A. Lee.)

Yuletide Blessings

 

Blessings of the Winter Solstice to you!

(Winter Spirit, painting by Josephine Wall)

News article: Phaistos Disk Mystery

 

From the article:

"The goddess of love, the Minoan Astarte, is the key figure that unlocks the mystery of the Phaistos Disk, according to linguist, archaeologist and coordinator of the program Erasmus of Crete Technological Institute .. . . The archaeologist said he believes, moreover, that one side of the Phaistos Disk is dedicated to the pregnant mother goddess and the other to Minoan goddess Astarte."

 

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(photo copyright Greekreporter.com)

Virgen de Guadalupe

 

This is the Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom many believe evolved from the much earlier Goddess Tonantzin, (Mother Earth) of the Nahuan.

"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."

 

 

 

("Virgen de Guadalupe" painting by Coopercat, quote from the Nican Mopohua)

Teach us, and show us the Way

 

Traditional Chinook Blessing Litany

 

We call upon the Earth, our planet home,
with its beautiful depths and soaring heights,
its vitality and abundance of life,
and together we ask that it:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon the mountains, the Cascades and the Olympics,
the high green valleys and meadows filled with wildflowers,
the snows that never melt, the summits of intense silence,
and we ask that they:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon the waters that rim the earth,
horizon to horizon, that flow in our rivers and streams,
that fall upon our gardens and fields
and we ask that they:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon the land which grows our food,
the nurturing soil, the fertile fields,
the abundant gardens and orchards,
and we ask that they:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon the forests,
the great trees reaching strongly to the sky
with earth in their roots and the heavens in their branches,
the fir and the pine and the cedar,
and we ask them to:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon the creatures of the fields and forests and the seas,
our brothers and sisters the wolves and deer,
the eagle and dove, the great whales and the dolphin,
the beautiful orca and salmon who share our Northwest home,
and we ask them to:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

We call upon all those who have lived on this Earth,
our ancestors and our friends,
who dreamed the best for future generations,
and upon whose lives our lives are build,
and with thanksgiving, we call upon them to:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

And lastly, we call upon all that we hold most sacred,
the presence and power of the Great Spirit of love and truth
which flows through all the Universe...
to be with us to:
Teach us, and show us the Way.

 

 

Happy Full Moon!

 

Blessings of the Frost/Beaver Moon in Gemini!
May your ideas be full of wisdom and meaning.