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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Artemis:

Guardian She is a Goddess I identify with as Greek mythology tells us that Artemis, despite her "wildness" (her refusal to conform to conventional ways or tradition) and her fierce independence, was depicted as one of the most compassionate, healing goddesses.

Of all the Greek goddesses, she was the most self-sufficient, living life on her own terms, comfortable both in solitude and in holding the reins of leadership.

The Greek goddess Artemis was frequently called upon to nurture her needy and somewhat ineffectual mother. Many times she came to the aid of her mother healing her from sickness. Artemis very naturally became the patron saint of childbirth, the protector of children, and the goddess who especially heard the appeals of women. Helping women in childbirth by relieving them of the pain they suffer on several occasions.

Artemis is unsurprisingly associated with the wilderness and the natural world. She symbolizes the untamed spirit, never being tied down by things such as love, being the eternal huntress of the forests.The Greek goddess Artemis was famous for her hunting skills, especially with her bow and arrow. She had unerring aim that never missed her target. She was a very able hunter taking down some of the most terrifying beasts with ease and grace.

Patron saint of childbirth and protector of children, she is the goddess who especially hears the appeals of women. Artemis is associated with the moon, especially the crescent or "new" moon and as the "Goddess of Light" she has the divine duty of illuminating the darkness..

Despite her "wildness" (her refusal to conform to conventional ways or tradition) and her fierce independence, she is one of the compassionate, healing goddesses. Of all the Greek goddesses, she was the most self-sufficient, living life on her own terms, comfortable both in solitude and in holding the reins of leadership.

The Greek goddess Artemis gives us courage, she illuminates those places that terrify us and lends us her strength to bring us safely through our fears.

Artemis Original Painting
$275.00

Aine:

A Goddess of fecundity, she ruled over and protected both crops and the reproducing of humans and the animal kingdom. Aine, beautiful, bright and glowing, is a muse to every poet and artist. Aine is also symbolized by brightness, glow, joy, radiance, splendor, glory, magic, popularity and even fame.

Aine encourages us to take a risk and to put our heart's true desires into action. She tells us that procrastinating about our dreams will not make them go away and it will not make them happen. Not following our dreams, makes our lives stagnant. Aine appeals to us with the revelation that indecision is the death of the Soul's burning passion to improve, grow and learn. She says not to worry about making the wrong decision, to worry about not making any decision at all. She instructs us to take time to pray, meditate, go on nature walks and, then, take a step towards our heart's desire.

Aine represents a huge Go for IT!

“Your dream will come true.” Take action toward the realization of your dreams and Aine will have your back.

Also, Aine says, “The mirmagic of life is all around you.” She calls on you to find a way to awaken it in your life.

AIne is the Goddess of Love and Light and beckons you to discover the beauty all around you! Awaken to the *mirmagical" in your life by noticing the "small" things.... the flowers beginning to bud, a winter's moon hanging from the sky assuring us that life is eternal and beyond our understanding= live in the now! Conect to your inner child...connect to the children in your life, the animal and nature.... your life is your gift, your responsibility... LIVE and be reminded your life will always be what you make it!

Aine Original Painting
$275.00

Friday, November 22, 2013

Goddess of endings and beginnings: Kali

Kali:

Endings and beginings

Kali energy.. the dark and the light; she will shake you to reNEW you. She will shake you to self awareness and awakening to your true self and your true relationships with the earth and each other.
I can see in this her face is fierce and her mind is strong..she def. is *owning* her power... my initial drawing had her much softer looking.. Kali is both..the representation of the compassion and kindness of the drawing and the "the Beginning and the End and the purpose for everything in between"...she destroys (ignorance, apathy, ego) only to REcreate ... very much what I have experienced working with her through this painting.

Kali's message: I am the ‘black one’, Shiva’s consort. I am also known as the Goddess of Time and Change. There is much said of me as being the Shining One and the Goddess of Darkness. I encourage change and for one to accept themselves truthfully as they are, not what they pretend to be.

The pain and sorrow that you have witnessed, experienced and gone through must not be denied it is intertwined with your very existence, it holds freedom to greater knowledge. Honesty within yourself is a must.

When entering the unknown it is not unusual to enter darkness. Do not fear this darkness. You cannot embrace the light you seek without facing some darkness. As you move along your destined path, you move forward as you pass through different doors, either from removing past events that have been draining your energy for so long, facing the truth about yourself and those around you, letting go of old ways in order to adopt new, more efficient ones, etc.
As you successfully move through each part, you are seeing and finding more light. Its this light that entices you to continue.

The path you are on requires you to work together, learn and share as much as you can and to love with your whole being.

Kali Original Painting
$275.00

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Butterfly Maiden

Finished my latest Goddess... The Native American Butterfly Maiden.

Her themes are: rebirth, beauty, fertility, balance, freedom, and nature. Her symbols are butterflies, seedlings, rainwater, and spring flowers.

Butterfly Maiden flutters into our lives today to reconnect us with nature and ourselves, to help us rediscover that graceful butterfly within each of us – the one that effortlessly rises above all troubles/problems and disappointments....making the world its flower....

It is quite interesting that she is my last Goddess for this year (I will begin again in January).... 2013 has been a difficult year for me in so many ways- and quite unexpectedly as 13 is my favorite number and I had high expectations for this year... nevertheless.. I am sure that *much* has stirred at a spiritual level within me...

Butterfly Maiden reminds me that this is the year where I have had to face my own darkness without fear.

I have had very difficult years in the past... 6 straight awful years with "the ex" suing me at every turn, false accusations-though he never won in court- he always continued to sue me-- his way of punishing me for having left him.Unfortunately, he punished my son in the process using him as a pawn.. this was excruciating for me to see.. and so I was in battle-protecting my 'young' as a fierce Lioness for all these years. Now, it is over.He moved away in May... and without even realizing it (until writing this)... this is when I was able to *breathe*.

And so, unconsciously, I entered the cocoon of darkness--Damp, dark and sometimes frightening.

A cocoon to 're-group', face truths, let go of lies and false dreams...everything I overlooked when I had to focus on protecting my son.

A journey back to the essence of being....

Dark and lonely though not alone.

Yet, I trust the process, knowing that when the time is exactly perfect, I will emerge from the mystery, bringing back a little bit of *mirmagic* from a dark place- transformed and "come through" the necessary molding of my heart and spirit.
I trust fully that when I am finally ready to spread my wings again, I will ascend higher and faster than ever did I imagine my dreams would lift me... higher and higher!

I feel the movement already of these wings.... I already see the light... yet I continue to wait patiently for the process to gently coax me forth...

And so I wish the same for you.... may you cocoon when needed, to reshape and be again and again, be renewed to higher realms...!

I also wanted to share with you a beautiful poem written by my Facebook friend Patricia (thank you for sharing this with my readers Patricia!)

One Dream

by Patricia DeMarco

A night mist rose from the shallow waters of an inland lake 

Following a path formed by the breezes gently blowing towards me. 

My breath shared its pulsing rhythms.

The myst enveloped me with a shimmering vagueness. 

Inviting me to journey above the earth, we flew upwards into the heavens 

Above the town lights glimmering softly through the clouds below.

A feminine essence intersected our path, slowing our upwards journey. 

Lying amidst a shimmering mist reflecting crystalline glaciers and flowing rivers, 

Her heart beat rhythms of peace and forgiveness.

We eased in alongside, waking her with gentle speech and soft touch. Breathing musical tones of singing birds and showering raindrops, 

She opened eyes revealing gentleness of soul and depth of beauty.

The mysts dispersed, slipping beyond form, function and time Leaving us to continue the journey of exploration and understanding, 

That we are one dream seeking a divine union with light.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Yemaja, Goddess of opportunity

Yemaja:

The Goddess of the Oceans... she brings with her a message of opportunity.

Yemaja's message: I nurture, heal, touch, bless, comfort and make whole that which is incomplete.

I am within you and you need only look inside yourself to find my eternal presence.

Pearls are her adornment (and what I myself wear on a daily basis as earrings).
Yemaja is a perfect Goddess to be called upon for blessings of compassion, wisdom, fertility, creation, riches, inspiration, motherhood, female power, natural wealth, women's issues, having children, sustaining life, washing away sorrow, revealing mysteries, acquiring ancient wisdom, protecting the home, learning not to give your power away, and comforting children in crisis.

Wear pearls or crystal beads to ask Yemaja to grant a wish or bestow a blessing, write her a letter and cast it into the sea....

She was painted in watercolors on Arches Cold Press paper.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Green Tara:

Start delegating

feminine representations of the Buddah or Buddhavistas (metaphoric representations of Buddhist virtues)-there is Red Tara, White Tara and more. The Goddess of compassion. She is said to have been born when the bodhisattva Avalokiteswara cried the first tears of compassion as he witnessed the suffering of humankind. From his tears, Tara was born.
Her name means "star" in the ancient Sanskrit language and like the North Star in the sky guiding lost travelers, Tara appears to us when all is... dark and leads us to a meeting with our inner selves.
Her many personalities and aspects are represented by different colors. Green Tara is known for being a speedy helper who offers emergency aid and provides rapid understanding of situations and relationships. She rescues us by empowering us to save ourselves.

Green Tara Original Painting
$275.00

Sulis:

Bodies of water.

Celtic Goddess Sulis. She is the keeper of health and healing and is associated with water, blessings, wishes and building community; she oversees all sacred wells and springs which give healing.
About a hundred miles outside of London, you can visit Sulis’s ancient natural healing spa/shrine in Bath, England. They look much as they did for over seven thousand years until they were di...scovered by the Romans, who used them for ritual and healing.
Her waters are said to be miraculous in their ability to cure.
"The Romans equated Sulis with their Minerva, and so She was known to them as Sulis Minerva–which is somewhat unusual, since the Romans generally used the native Celtic deity name after the Roman name. This is taken as an indication of Her importance and fame.

Though famous for healing, Sulis could curse as well as cure, and in Bath many ‘curse tablets’ have been found, asking Her to punish people suspected of wrongdoing.

She is shown here with one of the small offering-vessels dedicated to Her by worshippers which were found at the site of Bath; they were usually inscribed ‘DSM’, short for the Latin Dea Sulis Minerva, ‘to the Goddess Sulis Minerva’. Her dress is the milky greeny-grey of the water of the springs, and Her hair is the bright orange of the deposits left by the mineral-rich waters.”
(adapted from: Journey to the Goddess)

Sulis Original Painting
$275.00

Tlazolteotl

she is the goddess of earth, fertility, sexuality and the moon, but she is also the goddess of garbage and decomposition.
She is the cycle of death feeding life, of life cycling to death; she represents purification and regeneration as she turns all garbage, physical an...d meta-physical, into rich life!

Tlatzolteotl was the Goddess to whom the Aztecs confessed their worst deeds and sins and in return the confessor received forgiveness. Tlazolteotl is that shadow part of ourselves that we fear because it is so powerful, yet when we touch/approach her we find absolute mercy.
She is proof that anything that can overwhelm and destroy us ....also has the power to heal and grant forgiveness!

She is a reminder for us to embrace the crap within us--so that we CAN release it....because if we don't "hold it" we can never release it...(think about it, how can you 'let go' of something you don't 'have'...)-she helps us to be free of the shtuff that ties us down, binds us...so that we can be ALL that we are!

Tlatzaolteotl Original Painting
$275.00

Oonagh:

Easy does it.

Oonagh, the ancient Irish Goddess of nature, love, magic and relationships, who is also known as the queen of the fairies. She is said to be a most beautiful Goddess with an aura of opalescent, shimmering and glittering light.
Her message is one of hope through gentle perseverance, she guides us to: basically have faith and perseverance!
Put your head down to the wind->keep on keeping on- you can do it, there IS a light at the end of the tunnel-and we can reach that light with "ease: with a ...slow, steady progress using our wit and ability to find CREATIVE ways to solve problems without rushing anything or forcing things to happen, TRUST that everything is occurring in perfect timing.

"Nurturing a cause or a relationship is a long-term commitment, and one that can't be rushed. This level of devotion comes from a place of deep loving and concern. I listen to the passionate stirrings of my heart. I reach out and take action to let my loved ones know... that I deeply care about them. I take action to spur on my pet causes. Never mind what other people think; you will benefit by carrying through with your priorities. You'll feel so good about yourself if you make time for the relationships and projects that truly count in your heart. Do what's important to you, and do it with absolute devotion! But remember that there's no competition for your true life's purpose, so there's no need to worry, hurry, or feel that you have to force things to happen."

Oonagh Original Painting
$275.00

Hecate:

Goddess Hecate/Hekate one of the most ancient images from a pre-Greek mythology and the original embodiment of the Great Triple Goddess, the queen of the Night.

She is most often linked with the dark of the moon and presides over magic, ritual, prophetic vision, childbirth, death and the secrets of regeneration. She is the mistress of the crossroads, the lunar goddess who dwells in caves, walks the highways at night, makes love on the vast seas, and is the force that moves the moon.

Hecate Original Painting
$275.00

Pachamama:

She is Mother. Unconditionally loving, giver of life who nourishes and protects. In Her role as Earth Mother, She oversees planting and harvesting and is responsible for the well-being of plants and animals.

The Goddess Pachamama teaches us that work is a supreme virtue that when done with love and devotion in our hearts, it is sacred, as such-we are vessels of the work of All that IS.

Pachamama Original Painting
$275.00

Guinevere:

True love. Guinevere Original Painting

$275.00

Hator Goddess of Receptivity

Hator:

Receptivity.

Allow yourself to receive as this will increase your intuition, your energy and your ability to give to others.

The daughter of the sun, the Goddess of music, dance, and love...the Mistress of Heaven.
Hathor represents the sensual aspects of femininity and procreation. She is often represented wearing a crown formed of horns supporting the disc of the Sun or as a woman with the ears of a cow, sometimes suckling a child, stressing her fertile, procreative nature.The sycamore is sacred to Hathor.

Hathor, was the daughter of Ra, the Sun God, and was at times known as the "Eye of Ra", and identified as an avenging deity in the form of a lion called Sakhmet. Sent out by Ra, in the form of a large all seeing eye, to watch over mankind, When she was too fiercely aroused she could become savage and destructive. Hathor, was probably the origin of the concept of the 'evil eye'. The Ankh, is thought to have been derived from Hathor's Eye and is a symbol of good luck, keeping fortune dwelling on the inside.

Original Painting
$275.00

Ixchel:

Medicine Woman

The Mayan Moon Goddess. Ixchel is associated with fertility and childbirth. She’s a powerful healer who many go to when in need of physical and emotional healing.

Message from Ixchel: ...
“Commanding power is not the same as demanding it. Demanding comes from a childlike place akin to a tantrum, based upon the fear that it might be withheld. Commanding comes from the sure and steady knowledge that you are part of the Great Spirit’s grace and wisdom. You are a lightening rod that can conduct the power. Simply connect to the power through unyielding clarity of your thought processes. Don’t waver for a moment: be a conduit of the power that already resides within you!
Connect to Divine Spirit and allow it to amplify YOU.
You are a steady connector of the Infinite, from the Infinite, to the Infinite. In other words, it’s all Spirit: around you, through you”.

(adapted from Doreen Virtue’s Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards)

In the early 16th century, Maya women seeking health and fertility would travel to the sanctuary of Ix Chel on the island of Cozumel, the most important place of pilgrimage after Chichen Itza. To the north of Cozumel is a mu...ch smaller island baptized by its Spanish discoverer, Hernández de Córdoba, the 'Island of Women' (Isla Mujeres) because of the idols he found there, of the goddesses of the country, Ixchel, Ixchebeliax, Ixhunie, Ixhunieta.

Ixchel has many symbols, including the serpent.
Serpents swallow their prey whole, and that is big magic. In this act, the serpent illustrates the potential of metamorphosis. Serpents are also associated with the sky in Mayan wisdom. In fact, we see countless depictions of snakes with feathered wings in ancient ruins. With their connection with the sky, serpents are divine and in this way, they are also connected with water because rain falls from the skies, and snakes are sky creatures. Transformation, Initiation, Divine Communication. All three of these themes are germane to Ixchel's many roles in the community. In short, the serpent of Ixchel is a Mayan symbol of complete alteration of the mind, body and spirit. (text adaptation from http://www.whats-your-sign.com/mayan-symbols-of-ixchel.html)

Ixchel Original Painting
$275.00

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Friday, November 22, 2013

Goddess of endings and beginnings: Kali

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Butterfly Maiden

Butterfly Maiden

I also wanted to share with you a beautiful poem written by my Facebook friend Patricia (thank you for sharing this with my readers Patricia!)

One Dream

by Patricia DeMarco

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Yemaja, Goddess of opportunity

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Hator Goddess of Receptivity

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