My Lady is Love

Charge of the Goddess

Listen to the words of the Great Mother, who of old was called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arienrhod, Brigid, and by many other names:

Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me who is Queen of all Witches.

There shall you assemble, who have not yet won my deepest secrets and are fain to learn all sorceries. To these shall I teach that which is yet unknown.

You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites.

Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.

For My law is love unto all beings.

Mine is the secret that opens upon the door of youth, and Mine is the cup of wine of life that is the Cauldron of Cerridwen that is the holy grail of immortality.

I am the Gracious Goddess who gives the gift of youth unto the heart of mankind.

I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal and beyond death I give peace and freedom and reunion with those that have gone before.

Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold, I am the mother of all things and My love is poured upon the earth.

Hear the words of the Star Goddess, 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 mysteries of the waters,

I call upon your soul to arise and come unto Me. For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe. From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold — all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals. Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

And you who seek to know Me, know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.

For behold, I have been with you from the beginning, and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

Doreen Valiente

Hugs, 

Karla

My Lovely Women

 Lady Venus

Poetry  Goddess

 Fairy 1

Fairy 2

Thanks to Suruha-Free Spirit

Hugs, 

Karla

Persephone

“Lost in Hell,-Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee;
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here.” 
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

For

Collage Obsession

Hugs, 

Karla

My Goddesses

 Kuan Yin

If with kindly generosity 

One merely has the wish to soothe 

The aching hearts of other beings, 

Such merit has no bounds.

 Kuan Yin

The Cosmic Goddess 

"Cosmic Goddess Consciousness awakens within us a deep Understanding of the Laws of Creation. All matter is ruled by spiritual laws and principles which are governed by the heavenly bodies of intelligence, put into place to oversee the manifestation of worlds."

 Shannon Port

 Goddess Konohana

"She is the luminous space that opens within you as you shed the borrowed masks and painful habits of separation and come closer to Self. When the body awakens with Her, you will see the inherent Presence in all things, you “see with a thousand eyes”. She is the intoxicating beauty of pure perception. She is You."

 ~ Chameli Ardagh

 Yansã

The spirit of the Great Mother is in every, every scripture.The Sacred Feminine, the Great Mother, the Holy Woman, She Who Is Called By Many Names. She Who Hears the Cries of the World. The Mother Goddess takes manifests multitudinously as earth and water. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. She who is Earth and Her people are the same.We mend and weave the web of Life together. May the Great Mother continue blessing us all and calling us back to Life.

 The Maiden

"The Radiant Goddess is an essence of your soul. She rises within your innermost heart to reveal and unlock orchestrated fields of awareness that live at the core of Life and the heart of the Universe. The Goddess unites the masculine and feminine aspects of your being, and awakens the peace, wholeness, wisdom, perspectives and virtues that are native to the Higher Self.

The Great Goddess

The Goddess within is bursting forth, and by stepping into this vision, we do no 'become' empowered. We exist within our conscious awareness, living life by 'being' empowered. The concept of divine woman as an instrument of the All is re-emerging to speak this message loud and clear, in effort to re-balance our world.

Hugs, 

Karla

Hecate

At the gate of dusk I stand,
Hecate, on the other hand,
Guard me with your magic power.
Guide me through the crossroads hour,
From the glory of the light,
To the beauty of the night.

For

Sunday Postcard Art

Hugs, 

Karla

My Lady

“Lady of the silver moon
Enchantress of the night
Protect me and mine within this circle fairly cast.
Earth Mother, mother of the sleeping earth,
Keep safe all who gather here
Within the protective shelter of your arms.

By the earth that is Her body,
By the air that is Her breath,
By the fire that is Her bright spirit,
And by the living waters of Her womb,
Our circle is cast,
None shall come to harm here,
From any forces,
On any level.

As we will,
So shall it be done.
As we will,
So mote it be.” 

― Madelyn Alt,

For

Sunday Postcard Art - Full Moon

&

Takke a Word - blue and white

Hugs, 

Karla

Goddess Flora

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” 

― Pablo Neruda

For

Take a Word - Spring

Hugs,

Karla

Ancient Mother, I hear you calling.

Goddess Chant

Ishtar, Cerridwen, HECATE, Inanna,

Isis, Artemis, Sophia, Athena,

Coatilicue, Aphrodite, Mieliki, Astarté

Gaia, Saraswati, Kali

Pele, Paso we, Demeter, Parvati,

Hera, AKHEWA, Diana, Nidaba,

Chicomecoatl, Lilith, Shekinah, Morgana,

Maya, Izanami, Shakti.

Ancient Mother, I hear you calling.

Ancient Mother, I hear your sound.

Ancient Mother, I hear your laughter,

Ancient Mother, I taste your tears.

For
Collage Obsession  - Goddess

Imbolc

Imbolc Night

Imbolc candles burn so bright,

On windows sills they sit

They call the Sun to see the light;

Through eve we keep them lit

We plow the field to sow the seeds,

As winter begins to die

Brigid’s bed made and crosses weaved

On our altar they so lie

Candle flames surround the night

With love our circle’s cast

  Promise of spring, we honor Brigid

The time has now come at last

~ written by Lady Caer Morganna

Imbolc marks the early signs of Spring, such a snowdrops and crocuses, and the lengthening of days. The lighting of fires and candles represent the return of the Sun. We honor the Goddess Brighid as the waiting bride of the returning Sun God, and we celebrate a ritual of cleansing and purification.

For

SundayPostcard Art - Imbolc

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Co-Creatrix

“She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at her face or her garments for the splendor with which she shines. For she is terrible with the terror of the avenging lightning, and gentle with the goodness of the bright sun; and both her terror and her gentleness are incomprehensible to humans.... But she is with everyone and in everyone, and so beautiful is her secret that no person can know the sweetness with which she sustains people, and spares them in inscrutable mercy.” 
― Hildegard of Bingen

For

Take a Word - I am a woman

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Snow Goddess

"Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.” 
― Mary Oliver

For Inspiration Avenue - Winter

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A Goddess or My law is love unto all beings

Charge of the Goddess

Traditional by Doreen Valiente, as adapted by Starhawk:

Listen to the words of the Great Mother, Who of old was called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arionrhod, Brigid, and by many other names:

Whenever you have need of anything, once a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise.

You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites.

Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.

For My law is love is unto all beings. Mine is the secret that opens the door of youth, and Mine is the cup of wine of life that is the cauldron of Cerridwen, that is the holy grail of immortality.

I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal, and beyond death I give peace and freedom and reunion with those that have gone before.

Nor do I demand aught of sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things and My love is poured out upon the earth.

Hear the words of the Star Goddess, 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 mysteries of the waters,

I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.

For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.

From Me all things proceed and unto Me they must return.

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

And you who seek to know Me, know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.

For behold, I have been with you from the beginning, and I am That which is attained at the end of desire. 

For

Take a Word - Red and Green

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Selene

Hymn to Selene

Muses, sweet-speaking daughters of Zeus Kronides

and mistresses of song, sing next of long-winged Moon!

From her immortal head a heaven-sent glow

envelops the earth and great beauty arises

under its radiance. From her golden crown the dim air

is made to glitter as her rays turn night to noon,

whenever bright Selene, having bathed her beautiful skin

in the Ocean, put on her shining rainment

and harnessed her proud-necked and glittering steeds,

swiftly drives them on as their manes play

with the evening, dividing the months. Her great orbit is full

and as she waxes a most brilliant light appears

in the sky. Thus to mortals she is a sign and a token.

For Lunagirl - Moon Goddess

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Inpired by Duirwaigh (Silas and Toball)

Spiritual Child

Kuan Yin

Artist Inspiration - Duirwaigh (Silas and Toball)

For Digitalmania

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Yemanjá - Mother of Living Waters

Yemanja (Yemoja) is an orisha, originally of the Yoruba religion, who has become prominent in many Afro-American religions. Africans from what is now called Yorubaland brought Yemaya/Yemoja and a host of other deities/energy forces in nature with them when they were brought to the shores of the Americas as captives. She is the ocean, the essence of motherhood, and a protector of children. Yemaja is said to be the mother of all orisha. She also is the spirit of water, and her favorite number is 7. In Yorùbá religion is a mother goddess; patron deity of women, especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river. Her parents are Oduduwa and Obatala. There are many stories as to how she became the mother of all Orishas. She was married to Aganju and had one son, Orungan, and fifteen Orishas came forth from her. They include Ogun, Olokun, Shopona and Shango. Other stories would say that Yemaya was always there in the beginning and all life came from her, including all of the orishas. Her name is a contraction of Yoruba words: "Yeye omo eja" that mean "Mother whose children are like fish." This represents the vastness of her motherhood, her fecundity and her reign over all living things. Yemaya is celebrated in Ifá tradition as Yemoja. As Iemanja Nana Borocum, or Nana Burku, she is pictured as a very old woman, dressed in black and mauve, connected to mud, swamps, earth. Nana Buluku is an ancient god in Dahomey mythology. She is known as Yemanjá, Iemanjá or Janaína in Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda religions. The Umbanda religion worships Iemanjá as one of the seven orishas of the African Pantheon. She is the Queen of the Ocean, the patron deity of the fishermen and the survivors of shipwrecks, the feminine principle of creation and the spirit of moonlight. A syncretism happens between the catholic Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes (Our Lady of the Seafaring) and the orixá Yemanjá of the African Mithology. Sometimes, a feast can honor both.

Source

Sacred Song of Yemanjá

Most of us -Brazilian people - honour Yemanjá for New Year's Blessings.
Odoyiá Yemanjá


For Inspiration Avenue -  Water

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Kiss me, I'm Irish

Irish Blessing

Wishing you always...

Walls for the wind,

A roof for the rain

And tea beside the fire.

Laughter to cheer you,

Those you love near you,

And all that your heart may desire

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Dia 17 de Março é dia de Saint Patrick - São Patrício. Verde é a cor que o celebra. Estou postando uma de muitas Bençãos Irlandesas que existe. Não é a mesma da postagem em inglês. Aprecie:

Benção Irlandesa

“Que a estrada se erga ao encontro do seu caminho
Que o vento esteja sempre às suas costas
Que o sol brilhe quente sobre a sua face
Que a chuva caia suave sobre seus campos
E até que nos encontremos de novo,
Que Deus o guarde na palma da sua mão.”

For Take a Word - St Patrick's Day

and

Lunagirl - Shabby Green

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Lakshmi

Prayer to Lakshmi

Glory to you, O Mother, glory to you, mother Lakshmi. Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma meditate on you everyday and night.

You are yourself the consort of Brahma, Rudra and Vishnu and the mother of the world. The sage Narada sings your praises and the Sun and the Moon meditate on you.

As Durga, you grant both happiness and prosperity and he who centres his attention on you becomes a recipient of all riddhis and siddhis Prosperity and Accomplishment.

None but you dwell in the nether regions of the earth and you alone ensure good luck, bring to light the effect of action (karma), and protect all worldly treasures.

All the virtues collect themselves where you have your dwelling; with your grace and favour even the impossible becomes possible without causing any nervous agitation.

No sacrifice can be performed without you; no one can obtain any garment; it is from you that one obtains one’s sustenance.

O! daughter of the Ocean of Milk and the beauteous temple of all propitious virtues, you are verily a living mass of all fourteen gems with which none else is endowed.

Whosoever hymns this prayer to Lakshmi is purged of his sins and experiences the ecstasy of joy.

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Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, and the embodiment of beauty. She is one of my favourite Goddesses. I hope my art can do justice to her magnificence.

Prece à Lakshmi

Glória a ti , ó Mãe , a glória para você, mãe Lakshmi . Shiva , Vishnu e Brahma meditam sobre você todo dia e noite .

Você é a consorte de Brahma, Vishnu e Rudra e a mãe do mundo. O sábio Narada canta seus louvores e o Sol e da Lua meditam sobre você .

Como Durga , você concede à felicidade e prosperidade e aquele que centra sua atenção em você torna-se um receptor de todos os Riddhis e Siddhis Prosperidade e Realização.

Ninguém além de você mora nas regiões inferiores da terra e você sozinha garantir boa sorte, traz à luz o efeito da ação (Karma ) , e proteje todos os tesouros do mundo .

Todas as virtudes recolhem-se , onde você habita, com a sua graça e favor até mesmo o impossível se torna possível sem causar agitação nervosa .

Nenhum sacrifício pode ser realizado sem você, nem mesmo obter qualquer peça de roupa , é de você que se obtém o sustento.

O! filha do Oceano de Leite e do templo belo de todas as virtudes propícias, você é , na verdade, uma massa viva de todas as quatorze gemas com o qual nenhuma outra é dotada .

Todo aquele que faz esta prece para Lakshmi é purgado de seus pecados e experimenta o êxtase de alegria.

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Lakshmi é a deusa da riqueza, da prosperidade (tanto material quanto espiritual e é a corporificação da beleza. Ela é uma das minhas Deusas favoritas. Espero que a minha arte possa ter feito justiça a sua magnificência.

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The Morrighan

A prayer to Morrighan

Blessed Morrighan, whose sacred names are three,

I do not pray for strength, for you show me the strength within me.

I do not pray for courage, for I follow you willingly into battle.

I do not pray for wisdom, for you teach me of the Crone within me.

I do not pray for blessings, because I live each day in blessed Magick, following the ways of the wise.

I do not pray for prosperity, for I live in gratitude of the abundance which flows through my life.

I do not pray for love, for love runs like water to me through my family and friends.

I pray to remember these gifts, for in my despair I can lose my way, and lose my awareness that I am a daughter of your ways.

I pray to remember that when I look into my image, your face is reflected there, and I can carry any burden because you live within me.

Source

The Morrighan is the Celtic goddess of battle ad war.

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Mazu

Let your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Dan Millman

For Inspiration Avenue - Latern

Here is my second goddess - Mazu - the Chinese goddess of the sea

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Athena

This is my first Goddess and I will be creating some others. The Goddess is everything:

"She who is the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, calls unto thy soul. Arise, and come unto Her. For She is the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe. from Her all things proceed, and unto Her all things must return; and before Her face, beloved of gods and men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. (...)"

Doreen Valiente

For Lunagirl - Goddess

First I created the scene. Then the card above. Isn't she lovely? Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom.

Credits also to Shabby Chic (embellishment)

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