The promise of Spring, the quickening, and the fire of Goddess also inspires other Goddess festivals. Oya is a Yoruban Orisha and Goddess who has been syncretized into Afro-Caribbean traditions. February 2 is the Feast Day of the Orisha Goddess OYA, as well as her Saint, Candelaria. We did a teleconference on this powerful […]
Goddess Ritual
Brighid – Ancient Mother of Scotland {Jude Lally}
Growing up in Scotland, five miles as the crow flies from Loch Lomond, we regularly waked around the surrounding hills. Even as a child I was aware of the presence of the old ones whose voices became clearer the deeper we moved into silence of the hilltops. The same voices still speak to me and […]
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Goddess Isis Rite for the New Year {M. Isidora Forrest}
The ancient Egyptian New Year came in late summer and marked the beginning of the fertilizing Nile Inundation. Here in Portland, January is certainly part of our own inundating rainy season, but it is hardly in tune with the ancient late-summer New Year. Yet for devotees of Isis, there is a New Year’s treat to […]
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The Tradition of the Yule Log {Susan Morgaine}
While the origins of the Yule log are attributed to the Scandinavian countries or to Germanic paganism, most would say the tradition started in Ancient Rome, where entire trees would be burned in an effort to keep away Kallikantzaroi. Silent prayers would be offered while the tree was burning. Kallikantzarois was a demon/goblin, who lived […]
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To the Beautiful Mourner – Isis the Weeper that Transforms {M. Isidora Forrest}
This is a gift the priest/ess brings before the Beautiful Mourner, Isis the Weeper Who Transforms: an invocation offering of mourning. I offer You, Isis, my mourning for there is nothing else I can do with it. How is it that something so empty can be called pain-full? I am abandoned in an ocean of […]
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Seasonal Offerings for Mystery School of the Goddess – Fall into Winter
Winter is coming a bit early at Mystery School of the Goddess so that we could showcase the inspirational offerings available now through the end of the year. We will be updating new offerings here and on the Mystery School of the Goddess Facebook page. We are lighting the hearth fires and preparing (as of this […]
