Symbolism Of The Goddess And The Serpent

Virgin Mary Stepping On The Serpent And Destroying It? That’s is the church’s version. A different perspective or version interpretation could be, that the divine feminine (the Goddess) is at the head of wisdom and knowledge, think about why the Goddess was wiped out of history the way she was especially by the church. It can’t be coincidence that there are people who want complete power and control and whom both erased the divine feminine from the world stage but also made women out to be whores and demons, these people know the power of the divine feminine, they understand the benefits of uniting the divine feminine and the divine masculine in the world. They know that true spiritual understanding can only come through balance and integration…such is why they have maintained such disharmony among our species, the world is mostly a patriarchy, just think when was there a female in congress or a female papal? or a female president?
This is not to say that the God(s), the divine masculine does not provide the same but truth is that the Goddess energy/consciousness provides the nurturing, compassionate and sensitive side of the spectrum while the divine masculine provides the protective, strong and logical side. Taking this further, as we know the serpent is representative of wisdom, it is the kundalini experience, the awakening to our true selves, the Virgin Mary represents all that is pure and divine, the primordial Goddess according to ancient texts. She is the original grail queen before Mary Magdalene, the mother of Yeshua, an ancient Anunnaki queen. But furthermore she could be seen as the spirit of Earth, as she represents/exudes a strong maternal love….the protector of the sons and daughters of God or the Gods.

Therefore she could be seen as the protector of the infinite wisdom of the serpent/the kundalini awakening/enlightenment, the reconnection with the divine mother Goddess. We are all naturally mothers and nurturing guardians of the path, the illumination of the people but we are so far from accepting this within ourselves, many women these days oppress themselves, try to emulate what magazines and hollywood tell them they should be but that is not what we truly are, what we truly are is at peace with ourselves and others, within us lies such a power! the power of life…And it is funny that we are told that if we eat from the tree of knowledge we will surely die, eve was told by the serpent that we will not die! and the serpent wraps around our spine ever so gracefully moving up through or chakra energy centers, to bring us illumination, and this is the same serpent which the Virgin Mary (mother Earth) appears to be at the head of, the spirit of Earth manifesting in order to communicate with her children and truly what is death but rebirth? the death spoken about in the biblical text was supposed to be purely symbolic, not taken literally, yes you will die when you eat of the tree of knowledge, but, this death is the death of ignorance!
It can be confusing when in the bible we read that in one moment we are told, if you eat from the tree of knowledge you will surely die, yet the serpent tells us if we eat from the tree of knowledge we will not surely die! boy what a conundrum! the reason why there are these two different perspectives regarding the tree of knowledge besides tampering is because the truth is we will NOT surely die! what we experience during a kundalini awakening or when the serpent awakens within us and travels up our spine and explodes out of our crown chakra IS a death of sorts, a death of the old ways, and we begin to experience the birth of a new reality. In the bible it says that Eve was cursed by God to eternal pain for eating from the tree of knowledge but did God really curse Eve and all future females to eternal pain? of course not! In the bible it says that Eve was sentenced to a life of painful birth and so on because she sinned and went against the command of God and ate from the tree of knowledge, and her eyes were opened, she knew good and evil, she saw she was naked!
Eve did not sin, and was not sentenced to an eternal life of pain, what hurts us (most women) is that we have forgotten our Goddess consciousness, since we are made to believe that we did wrong, that we are the fault for the downfall of our planet we in turn have been at odds with our own bodies! many women in the world are told from a very young age that this moment (the moment in which we get our “moon time” and also later when we  give birth) should be feared, that it is evil and disgusting, and we should be disgusted by it but this is far from the truth, the truth is that we are in this moment physically aligning with our true and authentic selves, we are reuniting with our Goddess consciousness…if for just a moment. Woman was made to submit, and to forget her powerful role among the people, she was removed from the world stage as was the Goddess energy, and nurturing, love and compassion along with it. And then this is where the true pain began, the separation of the divine feminine from the divine masculine, many of us can relate to this, we all know the pain of losing/not being near our twin flames, the same excruciating pain is experienced by all sentient life on Earth as she, the mother Goddess, has lost her twin flame the divine masculine, and so we exist in this life feeling like something is constantly missing, which brings us to one of the reasons why so much suffering is occurring on Earth, there is an imbalance upon the Earth, although metaphorically Earth IS with her twin flame Sol in the higher realms, in the physical realm humanity is greatly imbalanced, the world is run primarily by the divine masculine….
But as stated earlier the divine mother is at the head of all wisdom and illumination, and as we ascend further and become more and more illuminated, the more the Goddess -re-awakens within us all, man and woman alike. The Virgin Mary standing on the Serpent shows (from the church’s perspective) that she escaped original Sin, but in reality what is being shown here is the truth hidden in plain site. The church either does not know this or is lying to everyone on Earth as is mostly the case.

The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every individual, in all her magnificent diversity. ~ Starhawk

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Charge of the Goddess

The Charge of the Goddess
by Doreen Valiente

This piece is clearly influenced by Leland's  Aradia Gospel of the witches, which is familiar to many Wiccans. It has been suggested however, that other sections were equally influenced by Aleister Crowley, of whom the following is attributed:

I give unimaginable joys on earth; certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.

I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death.¹

This is the oldest of the "Charges". Other pieces with similar names have been modeled upon the Charge of the Goddess.

The Charge of the Goddess has been re-written many times by many authors. This, however, is the original. Many Wiccans consider it to be a central piece of liturgy.

Now listen to the words of the Great Mother,
Who was of old also called among men
Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite,
Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride
And by many other names.
Whenever ye have need of any thing,
Once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full,
Then shall ye assemble in some secret place,
And adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all witcheries.

There shall ye assemble,
Ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, yet have not won its deepest secrets;
To these will I teach things that are as yet unknown.
And ye shall be free from slavery;
And as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites;
And ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love,
All in my praise.

For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, and mine also is joy on earth;
For my law is love unto all beings.
Keep pure your highest ideal;
Strive ever towards it, let naught stop you or turn you aside;
For mine is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth,
And mine is the cup of wine of life,
And the cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of immortality.

I am the gracious Goddess,
Who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man.
Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal;
And beyond death, I give peace, and freedom,
And reunion with those who have gone before.
Nor do I demand sacrifice; for behold, I am the Mother of all living,
And my love is poured out upon the earth.

Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;
She in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,
whose body encircles the universe.
I, Who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars,
And the mystery of the waters, and desire of the heart of man.
Call unto thy soul.

Arise and come unto me;
For I am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe.
From me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return;
And before my face, beloved of Gods and of men,
Let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite.
Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth;
For behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.
And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,
Honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

And thou who thinkest to seek for me,
Know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not
Unless thou knowest the mystery:
That if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee,
Thou wilt never find it without thee.
For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning;
And I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

¹ Julia Phillips, "HISTORY OF WICCA IN ENGLAND: 1939 - present day." Lecture at the Wiccan Conference in Canberra, 1991

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Leggend of the Descent of the Goddess

Legend of the Descent of the Goddess
By Gerald Gardner

Now the Goddess had never loved, but she would solve all mysteries, even the mystery of Death, and so she journeyed to the nether lands. The guardians of the portals challenged her, "Strip off thy garments, lay aside thy jewels, for nought may ye bring with you into this our land." So she laid down her garments and her jewels and was bound as are all who enter the realms of Death, the mighty one.

Such was her beauty that Death himself knelt and kissed her feet, saying: "Blessed be thy feet that have brought thee in these ways. Abide with me, but let me place my cold hand on thy heart." And she replied: "I love thee not. Why dost thou cause all things that I love and take delight in to fade and die?" "Lady," replied Death, "'tis age and fate, against which I am helpless. Age causes all things to wither; but when men die at the end of time, I give them rest and peace and strength so that they may return. But you, you are lovely. Return not; abide with me." But she answered: "I love thee not." Then said Death: "As you receive not my hand on your heart, you must receive Death's scourge." "It is fate, better so," she said, and she knelt. Death scourged her and she cried: "I know the pangs of love." And Death said: "Blessed be," and gave her the fivefold kiss, saying: "Thus only may you attain to joy and knowledge."

And he taught her all the mysteries, and they loved and were one; and he taught her all the magics. For there are three great events in the life of man -- love, death and resurrection in the new body -- and magic controls them all. To fulfill love you must return again at the same time and place as the loved ones, and you must remember and love her or him again. But to be reborn you must die and be ready for a new body; to die you must be born; without love you may not be born, and this is all the magic.

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Moon Goddess

By stacey

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May 2012

She is the ruler of the tides of flux and reflux. The waters of the Great Sea
answer unto her, likewise the tides of all earthly seas, and she ruleth the
nature of woman.
One of the most significant archetypal symbols of the Goddess is the Moon. The
Triple Goddess is seen in the Moon as Maiden (Waxing Moon), Mother (Full Moon),
and Crone (Waning Moon). The Moon Goddess has been known by many different names
in many different cultures. It is said that the Moon Goddess created time and
measurement. Ancient calendars were based on the Moon’s phases. She is
usually seen as the protector of women, and she rules magick and childbirth. In 
ancient Thessaly, the Moon Goddess was invoked in a rite called “drawing down                  
the moon”, which we still practice today.
The Moon Goddess has many different names in many different cultures. In
Finland, the Divine Creatress was called Luonnotar. In Scandinavia, She was
Mardoll, or “The Moon Shining Over the Sea”. Gala or Galata is the original
Moon-Mother of Gaelic tribes. In Britain, an early name for the Moon Goddess was
Albion, or “Milk-White Moon-Goddess”. To the Aztecs, the Moon Goddess was
Mictecaciuarl, the devoured of the dead, and She had the same role among the 
Maoris and the Tartars. Several cultures believed that the Moon was the “Land of
the Dead”. In Africa, She is Akua’ba, in China Queen of Heaven, and to the
Ancient Romans she was Luna.
Greek/Roman Moon Goddesses include Artemis, Hecate, Bendis, Brizo, Callisto,                     
Selene, Prosymna, Diana, and Luna.
Artemis was daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. She was the
Lady of the Beasts, Who roams the forest with her band of nymphs, protecting 
pregnant beasts and their young. The Greeks assimilated her to a mistress of
wild beasts. Bears were sacred to her, and the guinea-fowl were her birds. Her
name possibly means “high source of water” (the moon being regarded as the
source and ruler of all waters). She was the mistress of magick, enchantment,
and sorcery. She was a protector of youth, especially of girls, and was called
upon as Artemis Eileithyia by women in childbirth. She is often depicted with a
hound, and carrying a bow and arrows. One of her forms was Callistro. Other
names for her include Delia, Phoebe, Pythia, and Parthenos. She was considered
virginal, which means that she was her “own woman” and did not have a consort,
however this did not mean that she was celibate. She is the Roman equivalent of
Diana. Her tarot associations include nines, the High Priestess, and Temperance.
Her gemstones are quartz, moonstone, pearl, and crystal. Sacred to her are the
herbs mandrake, damiana, almond, mugwort, and hazel. Her animals are the horse,
dog, elephant, and centaur. Other associations of Artemis are magickal weapons,
perfumes, sandals, bow and arrow, and menstrual blood. Her Festival is
celebrated on February 12.
Hecate was a Moon Goddess, Underworld Goddess and Goddess of Magick. She was the
daughter of Perses and Asteria. Other traditions say she was the daughter  of
Zeus and Hera. She protected flocks and sailors, and was associated with  
crossroads. Her tarot associations are threes and the High Priestess. Her
gemstones include star sapphire, pearl, moonstone, and crystal; her plants
include cypress, opium poppy, almond, mugwort, hazel, and moonwort. Animals
which are sacred to her are dogs. Other associations include perfumes, myrrh,
civet, and magickal weapons.
Bendis was a Moon Goddess and wife of the Sun God Sabazius, and was worshipped
with orgiastic rites. Thracians made her popular in Attica, and in 430 BC her
cult became a state ceremonial in Athens, with torch races at the Piraeus.
Brizo was a Moon Goddess of Delos, to whom votive ships were offered. The name                       
Brizo may be a form of Brighid.
Selene was a Moon Goddess and daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and sister of
Helios (the Sun) and Eos (the Dawn). She was wooed and won by Zeus and by Pan. 
She also fell in love with Endymion and visited him nightly while he slept.
(Zeus granted the mortal Endymion immortality on the condition that he remained                 
eternally asleep.) She is also called Luna.
Prosymna is the Greek Goddess of the New Moon. She is also known as Persephone,
and is given the title of Demeter as the Earth Mother in her Underworld aspect.
Diana was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Moon and Nature Goddess Artemis,  
and rapidly acquired all her characteristics. She is the Goddess of light,
mountains, and woods. She was invoked to protect the harvest against heavy
storms. Diana, whose name means “light”, was originally the Italian Goddess of
the Sun, Moon, and Open Sky. She also bestowed sovereignty and conception. Her
feast day is August 15. Christians adopted her as St. Anne, Mary’s mother, the
“Grandmother of God”.

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