December! Already! The Winter Solstice is almost here. The days are growing shorter and the nights are growing longer. The air is getting crisp, cool. This is the month of the "Long Night's Moon", also called the "Cold Moon." As the days get shorter, we force ourselves to get through the darkness for eventually, we know we will see the light and the warmth again. The Druids also called this the "Oak Moon" because the Oak is a symbol of strength and eternity...and when the cold of winter tightened its grip on humankind, it was good to remember the mighty Oak's endurance...for in order to survive the harsh winter months, people had to reach deep within themselves to find the Oak's great strength.
The Winter Goddess is a part of the great cycle of the seasons. She represents a time of stillness and going within for this is a wonderful time for turning your attention to the home...and especially your ritual space. It is She who carries with Her the seeds of your dreams, dreams that must be nurtured through the darkness so they are ready to sprout as the plants in the spring. She is not about action; She is about nurturing yourself, stillness and listening to the wise woman within.
This is a great time to review your life. It is an opportunity to explore your successes and your failures of the past year. Ask yourself what you will need to let go of, which patterns of behavior no longer serve you. See if you can identify some of the things you have said or done which don't seem like the 'real you'. Take time to describe them in writing. Is there an aspect of your life that you need to change? Make a list of the thing you believe you do only because you 'have to' and not because you chose to do them. As yourself what you want to put your energy into and which direction you want to follow.
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LOUHI is the Finnish Goddess of sorcery. She is Queen of the land of Pohjola. In the Kalevala, a collection of Finnish myths, Louhi desires a magical item known as a sampo, a mill that gives prosperity to its owner in the form of grain, salt, and gold. Her wizards are unable to make one for her, but she learns that the smith Ilmarinen is able to make one. She offers him the hand of her beautiful daughter in marriage in exchange for the sampo. After many failed attempts, Ilmarinen crafts the magical mill. Louhi takes it, but refuses to let her daughter leave. She sends Ilmarinen away, keeping the sampo locked away.
Ilmarinen returns to Pohjola with the hero Vainamoinen. They sneak into Louhi's ice palace and steal the sampo. In the battle that follows, the sampo is destroyed and Louhi, who has transformed herself into the winged creature in the picture, is killed.
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"MA-TSU" IS AN ANCIENT CHINESE TAOIST GODDESS OF THE SEA. HER NAME MEANS "MOTHER ANCESTOR," AND SHE IS REVERED AS A PATRON SAINT. SHE PROTECTS THE FISHERMEN, SAILORS, AND ALL WHO TRAVEL ON THE OCEAN.
ACCORDING TO CHINESE ACCOUNTS WAS BORN IN 742 A. D., DURING THE TANG DYNASTY, AND LEGEND HOLDS THAT MIRACLES ACCOMPANIED HER BIRTH AND LIFE AND DEATH. IT IS SAID THAT BY THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS OLD, SHE WAS ALREADY ABLE TO RECITE THE SACRED BOOKS IN HONOR OF "KWAN "YIN". HER FOUR BROTHERS WERE MERCHANTS WHO NAVIGATED THE OCEAN. ONE NIGHT SHE WENT INTO A TRANCE AND AFTERWARD TOLD HER PARENTS THAT SHE HAD ASSISTED HER BROTHERS WHO WERE IN DANGER. SOME DAYS AFTERWARD WHEN THEY RETURNED HOME, THEY TOLD THAT THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY HAD EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE STORM, AND WHEN THEIR BOATS WERE SEPARATED AND ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED, A YOUNG WOMAN HAD APPEARED, WHO SEIZED THE ROPES AND RESCUED THEM.
SHE IS UNIVERSALLY WORSHIPED BY SAILORS, AND HER IMAGE IS TO BE FOUND IN A LITTLE SHRINE ON EVERY CHINESE VESSEL. IN FACT, MORE THAN 1500 TEMPLES AE DEDICATED TO HER, AND SHE IS WORSHIPPED BY OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF CHINA. SHE IS ALSO INVOKED BY WOMEN DURING CONFINEMENT, AND BY WOMEN WHO DESIRE OFFSPRING.
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"CALYPSO "WAS AN OCEANID (OCEAN NYMPH). SHE IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL AND LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. SHE IS SAID TO THE THE DAUGHTER OF ATLAS WHO DIVIDES HEAVEN FROM EARTH. OTHERS SAY SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF TETHYS AND A SISTER OF STYX. SHE IS A DEATH GODDESS FOR DESPITE THE CONNOTATIONS OF FERTILITY AND LIFE, FOR A MAN TO BE AMONG NYMPHS WAS SYMBOLIC OF DEATH...AN ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM THE MORTAL WORLD. SHE GUARDS THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY ON HER ISLAND OF OGYGEA. IT IS HERE WHERE SHE INDUCED THE SHIPWRECKED ODYSSEUS TO STAY WITH HER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
CALYPSO ACTUALLY PROVED TO BE A RATHER POSITIVE FIGURE WHO PROVIDED ODYSSEUS WITH FOOD, DRINK, AND LOVE; HE EVEN HAD CHILDREN BY HER AND WAS HAPPY FOR AWHILE. AFTER THE FALL OF THE CITY OF TROY, HIS SHIP HAD BEEN SMASHED AND HIS SHIPMATES DROWNED, BUT ODYSSEUS HAD ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL CALYPSO PROMISED HIM BOTH IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL YOUTH. BUT ALL THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP ODYSSEUS HAPPY, AND HE BEGAN TO FEELS AS IF HIS LIFE ON CALYPSO'S ISLE WAS SOME SORT OF IMPRISONMENT. CALYPSO DID NOT WANT HIM TO GO, AND SHE TRIED TO CHARM HIM, BUT AS THE YEAR PASSED, HE STILL HAD THAT YEARNING TO RETURN TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
AFTER SEVEN YEARS, HIS PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED WHEN ZEUS SENT HERMES TO ORDER CALYPSO TO FREE ODYSSEUS AND SEND HIM ON HIS WAY HOME. CALYPSO GREETED AND HONORED HERMES WITH AMBROSIA, AND HE TOLD HER OF ZEUS'S DEMANDS AS THEY DINED. CALYPSO WAS UPSET THAT ZEUS WOULD ASK HER TO GIVE UP HER LOVER, AND SAYS THAT ALL OF THE OTHERS ARE JEALOUS OF HER AND HATE IT WHEN SHE SLEEPS WITH MORTAL MEN, BUT, AFTER MUCH ARGUING, SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT REFUSE. SHE IS DOMINATED BY THE PATRIARCHAL GOD, ZEUS. SO, SHE ACCEPTED HER FATE, BUT IT WAS NOT IN HER POWER TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A RAFT OR A SHIP FOR HIS JOURNEY. INSTEAD SHE GAVE HIM THE TOOLS TO BUILD ONE HIMSELF.
AND WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR ODYSSEUS TO LEAVE, CALYPSO, IN A LOVING GESTURE, GAVE HIM PROVISIONS AND SENT HIM ON HIS WAY WITH A FAVORABLE WIND TO SPEED HIM ON HIS JOURNEY.
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