1/16/2025

Babylonian Creation Myth

 

"They kissed Her feet, saying: 
'The Creatress of mankind we call Thee;
The Mistress of all the Gods, be Thy Name!'
They went to the House of Fate,
Ninigiku-Ea and the wise Mama.
Fourteen mother-wombs were assembled 
to tread upon the clay before Her.
Ea says, as he recites the incantation.
Sitting before Her,
Mama recited the incantation; 
When She completed Her incantation, 
She drew upon Her clay. 
Fourteen pieces She pinched off;
Seven pieces She placed on the right,
seven pieces She placed on the left,
between them She placed a brick. 
Ea was kneeling on the matting; 
He opened its navel; 
He called the wise wives.
Of the seven and seven mother-wombs.
Seven brought forth males,
seven brought forth females.
The Mother-Womb, the Creatress of Destiny,
In pairs She completed them,
In pairs She completed before Her,
The forms of the people Mami forms. 
In the house of the bearing woman in childbirth,
Seven days shall the brick lie,
from the house of Mah, the wise Mami. 
As the Bearing One gives birth,
May the mother of the child bring forth by herself."


 (© Ancient Babylonian text from "The Great Mother" by Erich Neumann, trans. R. Manheim.
Photo of female figure, Khafajah, Nintu Temple VII, Early Dynastic period, 2600-2500 B.C. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.)


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1/12/2025

Full Moon Blessings

 

Blessings of the Wolf Moon in the sign of Cancer.
May the voices of all beings be heard with respect.


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12/26/2024

Goddess Iunstir Linked to the Planet Venus

 
From the article:

"A team of researchers led by Daniel Iborra Pellín, from the University of Alicante, has presented new evidence about the name and worship of the Iberian Dea Mater, the chief female deity of the Iberians during the Iron Age. According to the study published in the journal Complutum, this deity, a symbol of fertility and associated with the planet Venus, was known as Iunstir, a name that reveals cultural and religious connections with other Mediterranean civilizations."

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12/21/2024

Happy Solstice


Solstice Blessings!  May all your wishes come true
and may peace prevail in the new year.


(© art by Morgainelefee, Deviantart)

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12/19/2024

Hecate torch motif found on Turkish Temple columns

 

From the article:

"Recent excavations at Lagina are part of the "Heritage for the Future Project," which focuses on the sanctuary's ceremonial gate and entrance structure. According to Prof. Dr. Bilal Söğüt, the team discovered a Hecate torch motif on a column and Corinthian capitals dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Notably, a figurative Corinthian column capital from the 2nd century AD was unearthed for the first time."

12/14/2024

Full Moon Blessings

 

Blessings of the Long Night's Moon in Gemini.
May Her healing rays bring peace and clarity.


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12/06/2024

News: Mother Goddess inscription deciphered

 

From the article:
"A centuries-old mystery surrounding a 2,600-year-old inscription on the Arslan Kaya (“Lion Rock”) monument in western Turkey has been resolved. Professor Mark Munn of Pennsylvania State University has deciphered the weathered text, identifying the word 'Materan,' a reference to the Mother Goddess of the Phrygians. Located in the Phrygian highlands near Lake Emre Gölü, the Arslan Kaya monument is carved into a volcanic rock formation approximately 15 meters high. Its façade features reliefs of lions, sphinxes, and geometric patterns, with a niche containing the eroded figure of Materan...The goddess’s image, flanked by lions and accompanied by sphinxes, symbolizes protection and power, key themes in Phrygian cosmology." 



11/14/2024

Happy Full Moon

 

May the Full Moon in Taurus bring you strength
and grounding in the beauty of the Earth Mother.


(© art by Susan Seddon Boulet)

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11/06/2024

Prayer to Hecate

 

"Yes, lend me your hand I pray and reveal to me the pathways of Divine Guidance that I long for. Then shall I gaze upon that precious Light whence I can flee the evil of our dark origin. 

Yes, lend me your hand I pray - and when I am weary, bring me to the haven of piety with your winds.  Hail, many-named mother of the Gods, whose children are fair. Hail, mighty Hekate of the Threshold."


(Proclus Diadochus Hymn, trans. Vogt; marble relief from Crannon, Thessaly, 4th century BCE. The British Museum.)

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