Sunday, February 15, 2015

First sketches




"The Goddess can be seen as the symbol, the normative image of immanence.  She represents the divine embodied in nature, in human beings, in the flesh.  The Goddess is not one image but many - a constellation of forms and associations - earth, air, fire, water, moon and star, sun, flower and seed, willow and apple, black, red, white, Maiden, Mother and Crone.  She includes the male in her aspects: He becomes child and Consort, stag and bull, grain and reaper, light and dark.  Yet the femaleness of the Goddess is primary not to denigrate the male,  but because it represents bringing life into the world, valuing the world.  The Goddess, the Mother, as symbol of that value, tells us that the world itself is the content of the world, its true value, its heart and soul."
Starhawk
Dreaming The Dark




  










Elements Of The Divine Feminine

She gives us totems to hold
a pocketful of charms
reminders of 
Her presence
in all creatures.
 The tiny rabbit 
the black crow
The lady with feathers
on her brow 
the miracle of motherhood
She Is The Earth.

Her power so great 
we see Her move 
in every breeze.
She carries the bees from flower to flower 
invisible under their wings.
She gives us life
  in every breath.
She is The Air.

She is the flame 
with me in circle 
she flickers in the trees
and in the sky,
She is the reflection in the stars,
the glow in the moon.
She is the sun.
She Is The Fire.

In the morning 
She is drops of moisture 
clinging to all leaves. 
In every cloudburst
 She is the rain 
that quenches our thirst.
We sail on Her powerful waves
She is the mighty ocean.
She Is The Water.

She is
 The Earth
The Air
The Fire
The Water

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The Symbol of the Pentacle
The 5 ponts represent the five elements and their metaphyscial aspect.  The element of EARTH represents physical endurance and stability and is the symbol of the lower left point.  The lower right point is symbolic of FIRE which represents courage.  The element of WATER represents intuition and emotion and is represented at the upper right point.  The upper left point stands for AIR and represents intelligence.  The fifth point is symbolic of the element SPIRIT, and represents the Divine.