“The Sun’s path has returned to where it was at Samhain. Take some time to notice the quality of the light, for it is the same now as that shimmering magical glow of late October. But instead of the season of dark and silence before us, in the Northern Hemisphere, the season of light and growth […]
Goddess and Orisha Yemaya
Goddess Calendar and HolyDays for September 2019 by Kimberly F. Moore
Hera Alone on the Mountain by Patricia Monaghan From this height I can see everything. I watch the day recede, I watch the light fade into red, I watch the brown leaves fall to earth. It is time to strip to the bone. Time to measure the worth of each moment, to catch the last […]
Yemaya – Mother Goddess of All by Brandi Auset
Yemaya is an orisha, or a deity and guardian spirit of the Yoruba people in Africa, specifically Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast. Originally the Orisha Goddess of the Ogun River in Nigeria, Yemaya’s worship and domain expanded to include the ocean when her people were transported to the New World via the Atlantic slave […]
GODDESS CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 2019 by Kimberly F. Moore
When winter comes to a woman’s soul, she withdraws into her inner self, her deepest spaces. She refuses all connection, refutes all arguments that she should engage in the world. She may say she is resting, but she is more than resting: She is creating a new universe within herself, examining and breaking old patterns, […]
Goddess Calendar for September 2018 by Kimberly F. Moore
Hera Alone on the Mountain by Patricia Monaghan From this height I can see everything. I watch the day recede, I watch the light fade into red, I watch the brown leaves fall to earth. It is time to strip to the bone. Time to measure the worth of each moment, to catch the last […]
Goddess Calendar and Feast Days for July 2018 by Kimberly F Moore
Welcome to JULY! Goddess is opulent and profuse. Berries are thick and dripping on the vines, begging to be added to pies and other summer treats. I am delighting in the farm stands full of tomatoes, peaches, and corn! The air is heavy with humidity and we lift our faces eagerly at the hint of a […]
Goddess Calendar and Feast Days for February 2018
“The Sun’s path has returned to where it was at Samhain. Take some time to notice the quality of the light, for it is the same now as that shimmering magical glow of late October. But instead of the season of dark and silence before us, in the Northern Hemisphere, the season of light and growth […]
Why We Need the Goddess by Judith Shaw
I have been drawn to the Goddess for a variety of reasons. Initially, as a young woman, She spoke to me of my own power, self-worth, self-determination and my/every woman’s inherent beauty. She lent Her hand to my emerging sense of independence from male domination. Over the years my experience of Goddess deepened. At times […]
Goddess Calendar and Feast Days for December 2017
For the advent of our Winter Season, we are celebrating by setting magickal intentions and inviting manifestation for the New Year. Don’t forget to join me and Brandi Auset for our Winter Solstice Goddess Full Moon Group, when we will be planting seeds for the New Year with the West African Goddess Mawu! Beginning with Winter Solstice (December […]
Goddess Calendar Feast Days and Celebrations for September 2017
Altar of the West a cobalt bowl brimming with water a necklace of sequins or mermaid scales a velvet pouch heavy with coins a black mirror framed with shell amber perfumed oil redolent of spices a brass trident a golden salter two silver chalices a crystal vial of tears ~ Patricia Monaghan, Seasons of the […]
