The Image Of The Goddess

Male images of divinity are characterized in both
western and eastern religions today,
and women are thus deprived of religious models
and spiritual systems that can speak
to female needs and experience.
In the extremes of male dominated religions,
women are not encouraged to explore their
own strengths and realizations.
They are taught to submit to male authority,
to identify masculine perceptions as their
spiritual ideals, to deny their bodies and sexuality,
and to fit their insights into a male mold,
no matter how ludicrus that may seem.

The image of the Goddess inspires women to see
themselves in a very different light.
As Daughters of the Goddess, they are divine,
their bodies are sacred, and the changing
phases of their lives are holy.
Their aggression is healthy, and
their anger can be purifying.
Their power to create and nurture as well as their
ability to limit and to destroy, when necessary,
is seen as the very force that sustains all life.

Through the Goddess, women can discover their strengths,
enlighten their minds, own their bodies
and celebrate their emotions.
They can move beyond narrow constricting
roles and become whole people.
For women, the Goddess is the symbol
of the inmost self and the beneficent,
nurturing, liberating power within all women.

The Great Mother Goddess

Today, in the awakening of a new millenium,
many strive to find new forms of Spirituality.
As a result, the Goddess has come back to us.
It has been one complete full circle.

The Goddess who is she? She is You, She is I, your Grandmother, your Mother, your Aunt, your Cousin, your Niece, your Sister, your Daughter, your Granddaughter, your Neighbor, your Friend, your Co-Worker. She exists in every woman who hears her call, stirring within her soul.