“To Hestia, Fumigation from Aromatics. Daughter of Kronos (Cronus), venerable dame, who dwellest amidst great fire’s eternal flame; in sacred rites these ministers are thine, mystics much blessed, holy and divine. In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and […]
Goddess Hestia
Goddess Calendar for June 2019 by Kimberly F. Moore
“Mine is the Month of Roses; yes, and mine The Month of Marriages! All pleasant sights And scents, the fragrance of the blossoming vine, The foliage of the valleys and the heights. Mine are the longest days, the loveliest nights; The mower’s scythe makes music to my ear; I am the mother of all dear […]
VESTA AS GODDESS OF THE TEMPLE FLAME AND THE VESTAL VIRGINS by Kimberly Moore
“Do not think of Vesta as anything other than fire, the living flame which gives gives birth to nothing but itself again. Thus we call her virgin for she is never seeded nor does she bear fruit. And oh! she loves her maidens, companions in virginity.” ~ Ovid, Fasti Vesta is a fire Goddess, a […]
52 Goddesses: The Goddess Hestia as The Keeper of the Flame
Socrates says, “Shall we then, begin with Hestia, according to custom?” His cosmological idea of the universe was that “Ten divine celestial bodies [planets] rhythmically rotated” around a Divine Fire, which was the center of the cosmos. That Divine Fire was Hestia, she was the hearth of the universe. Today we know her as the Queen […]
