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self-confidence rituals. She carries a sword and wears a helmet.
Kali
Kali, the dark side of the Hindu Mother Goddess, came into being when Shiva, the
husband of the Mother Goddess Shakti, taunted her for her dark skin. In fury she
carried out rituals until her skin became golden inside. Shakti then shed her black
outer skin like a snake and it formed the avenging destroying persona of Kali. Kali
is depicted with her four arms holding weapons and the heads of her victims, her
tongue lolling out, and covered in blood, signifying her power over life and death.
She is often pictured dancing on Shiva whose body she trampled on, destroyed and
then danced on once more to restore him to life.
Kali is invoked to remove fear and, it is said, to bring bliss to her devotees, and
so she brings protection and regeneration after sorrow.
Persephone
Persephone is the Greek maiden goddess of transformation, daughter of Demeter and
goddess of spring and flowers. She was abducted by Hades, God of the Underworld,
and became Queen of the Underworld for the winter months, returning to the Earth as
the light-bringer in spring and so representing the cycle of death and rebirth. She
is especially powerful in rituals by or for young women, especially those who have
suffered loss or abuse, and also for mother-daughter relationships. She is
sometimes regarded as a symbol of grain.
Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, is the Roman form of Persephone.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is the Ancient Egyptian solar and lion goddess created from the eye of Ra.
She is sometimes pictured as a woman with a lion's head and so is a good to evoke
for courage, righteous anger, protection of the vulnerable, psychic protection and
the correction of injustice. As an avenging goddess, she should be used only as a
focus for positive rituals, for, like fire, her innate power can blaze out of
control.
Shiva
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Shiva, or Siva, is the Hindu god of both creation and destruction, good and evil,
fertility and abstinence. With Vishnu and Brahma, he forms the trinity of the
modern Hindu gods. He is the Lord of the Dance who, it is said, will one day bring
about the destruction of the world.
His symbol is the phallus, representing creative power, and many Hindus regard his
benevolent, creative aspect as predominant. Shiva has three eyes, represented by
the Sun, the Moon and Fire. His third eye allows him to see inwards and also to
destroy whatever it looks on. He was not one of the original Vedic deities but
became one of the supreme gods, according to legend, at the time when the universe
consisted only of water.
Vishnu and Brahma were arguing about who was the greatest god when a great pillar
of flame appeared between them. Shiva appeared from within the flaming pillar,
which was symbol of his masculine power, and the other gods bowed before him.
Invoke Shiva for animus power, potency, survival and male rituals.
Shakti
Shakti, or Matahdevi, is the female energy or power of Shiva. Her name is also used
for the wife of any Hindu god. She is the Mother Goddess and, like Shiva, creator
and destroyer in her different aspects.
Shakti provides the energy that activates Shiva's male divine power, and her
life-giving force animates other gods in difficult tasks. Although there are
several other Hindu female goddesses, they all form aspects of Shakti and often
their identities merge. One of Shakti's forms is as Parvati, the gentle mother.
Shakti is potent for all rituals of women's power, especially when they must take
the initiative, and she is easier to work with than Kali.
Triple Goddesses
The Triple Goddesses are for lunar magic and moving from one stage to another in
the life cycle.
Brighid
Brighid, the Celtic Triple Goddess, is patroness of smiths, poets and healers and
has the longest enduring cult in Ireland, which merged into that of the Christian
St Bridget of Kildare. Her name means 'high one' and she is sometimes seen as three
sisters, daughters of the god Dagda, the Divine Father, or as the triple-aspected
maiden, mother and crone. She is invoked in fertility and healing magick and also
for creativity, especially involving the written word. There are a number of sacred
wells throughout England, Wales and Ireland dedicated to her or her Christian
counterpart.
Deities Of The Environment
Invoke these deities for rituals involving all aspects of the environment and for
healing the planet.
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Gaia
Gaia is the all-embracing and all-nourishing goddess of the Earth. It is said that
she supplies in her bounty all the necessary plants to cure any disease and, in
spite of human pollution, she constantly heals and renews the planet. She is also a
goddess of marriage.
She is the natural focus for all green rituals.
Tellus Mater
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Tellus Mater was the Earth Mother of the Romans, the alter ego of Ceres, the grain
mother, and guardian of the fertility of people, animals and crops. However, Tellus
Mater is also the mother who receives the dead in her womb to comfort and restore
and so, like Gaia, she is a excellent goddess for all green magick and rituals for
healing pollution or deforestation.
Wophe
Wophe, or White Buffalo Calf Woman, is the sacred creator woman of the Lakotas and
other peoples of the American Plains. Legend says she fell from a meteor and as she
began her Earth walk, she was discovered by two young Lakota scouts who were
hunting for buffalo.
She wore a pure white buckskin dress, her long hair flowing behind her like a sea
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