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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:03 pm
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![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) CREATING AN ALTAR TO GODDESSNow that we know some of the Goddess' aspects we can stabilish contact with her, and one of the easier way to do this is creating a sacred space where She can be invoked, worshiped and receive some offerings - as the ancients did. Creating an Altar isn't hard, and anyone who feels confortable to do this, can do it. The process of creation is a good way to enter in contact with the Goddess, and it can have several things, depending of the space, creativity and the disponibility of each one. You can start to stabilish a sacred space picking a table, a part of a desk or a place inside or outside your home to build your Altar. Begin it putting objects that represents the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Discover where is the cardinal points and put at North the objects that represents the Earth. You can put a stone, flowers, herbs, a saucer with salt, a crystal, a vase of earth, a charcoal or anything that resembles to Earth. You can also light a green or brown candle. At East put the objects that represents the Air: a bell, a feather, a flute, a incense, aromatic fumes, perfume or anything that resembles to Air. You can also light a white or yellow candle. At South you must put the objects of Fire: a vulcanic stone, a oil lamp, a night light, cinder, burning coal or anything that ressembles to Fire. You can also light a red or orange candle. And at West, put the objects refering to Water: a chalice with water, a seashell, a starfish, a mirror or any object that resembles to Water. You can also light a blue or silver candle. ![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) Besides the Elements' representation, you can put a figure, statue or representation of the Goddess. You can put a image of a triluna (trimoon), as this is the highest symbol of the Goddess, or then you can put a plaster image representing the Sacred Feminine. There is several options in specialized stores. A image of a nude woman is a good representation,, as the woman body is very sacred. I like to use a crystal Earth globe in my own Altar, but I also has a Venus of Botticelli statue and several images of different Goddess. The images you can buy with a Goddess tarot (about 20 dolars) and the statue I bought by 10 euros in Rome. Sometimes it takes few years until we find the perfect representation, so don't feel disapointed if you can't do this right now. The choice for a representation of the Goddess is something very particular. Put everything in the table, desk or the space you chose in a harmonic way, so everytime you look at it you'll feel happy and confortable. You either must enjoy your Altar. Put some offerings to the Goddess in this place. This can be fruits, flowers, wheat, water, milk with honey, incense, wine, bread... this offers can be put in the Altar and be collected days later to be burned or buried. The way you'll do your offering is left to your discretion. You should go everyday to your Altar, invoking the Goddess, reciting poems or singing to her. As long as you activate your Altar with offerings, invokations, prayers and rituals, as long the Goddess will approximate to touch you. She changes everything she touches, so you will note her touch.
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:06 pm
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CONNECTION TO THE THREE ASPECTS OF THE GODDESS
Close your eyes and take a deep breath, relax your body and mind, let your worries calmly silent down. Feel the nature around you and be prepated to know and to talk to the three faces of the Goddess
Quote: Goddess of 10.000 names, I beseech to thee You, who are beyond the time and the space Lady of creation and simplicity The carrier of the mysteries Be with me now Show me your three faces Come to me the Maiden with untamed heart You, who are the bold dream Come to me with your hair adorned with flowers Mother Goddess, fecundating and generous Come near me Creatrix of the world Lady of love Come to me Lady of the sacred caldron I invoke to thee Come to me, you transformer and wise one Knower of the mysteries of life and death Join me Greath Triple Goddess Your three faces are here noe That I can receive, with love, your blessing and learning
Talk to them as you did with you inner Goddess, observe how they are, feel their energy and take note of what you saw, felt and though in this connection.
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 12:20 am
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 3:15 pm
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:24 pm
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:01 am
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goddess_elppy (First meditation) Hrmmm... it didn't take me long to reach her... though I'm not sure what I saw was really true, as my boyfriend was talking on the phone and I could still hear him in the back of my mind. I DO have a vivid imagination. >>;;;; I'm going to try to do it more deeply tonight and see if I come up with the same thing. I'm pretty terrible at meditation as well, but I'm determined to do this!! Question... is it imperative to have an altar? Because I don't really have one yet, and if I were to have one it would be for some special things, like rocks I'd find, or my tarot cards, or statues of fairies and goddesses that I have a special feeling for. Just wondering, cause I like the idea of having one, and I've had one before, I just never really USED it for anything. ^^;;;
goddess_elppy, it's very good to have an Altar. The Altar is your power space, the place where you connect yourself to the Gods, but it's not "obligatory". Everything I sugest here in the classes you are free to chose if you'll do or not. I think it's very important to have an Altar, as it approach us to the Goddess, and as I said on the last class, there's a lot of things we can do with our Altar. Every conection should be directed to the Altar. Every exercise, every offering, every prayer. This way you keep your Altar energy alive!
I read your meditation on PM, you had a very beautiful connection to your inner Goddess. Don't care if what you saw or heard was creation of your mind. Always remember: the imagination are the first step to magic. Next time you connect to your inner Goddess, just let the ego thought silent, and listen to Her. About your boyfriend's help, it's interesting you did this by phone. Some years ago I read an article about telephone calls and the way they open our superior perception. You confirmed this to me now hehehe. Have a nice day.
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:44 am
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Third class: IsisThe Goddess of 10.000 names![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) From this class on we'll start to work with the Goddess' faces. We also welcome our new student, goddess_elppy, who enteded this week on the class but did the previous exercises. As we saw, the Goddess have been manifesting herself in different cultures through several races, shapes, heights and powers. She is the warrior, the mother, the lover, the healer... and so many other titles that it's impossible to list all of them even if I tryed. She is the Goddess of 10.000 names! Today, we will learn about one of her face: Isis. We'll see how to work with her energy, who she is and about her myth. Isis, in fact, is one of the most ancient and powerfull Goddess of all the History, with temples from Europe to Minor Asia. Isis is known in the Egypt as Aset and mysterious tales about her and her priestess are present in all the Europe. Isis and her son and consort Osiris/Hórus were the only Gods worshiped all over the Nilo. This can sound strange to us nowadays, we're well accustomed to the Greek Mythology, but in the Ancient Egypt people had several religious beliefs, resulting in different deities to distinct places. Known as the Great Mother of Heaven, Earth and Underworld, Isis generally is picted as a Mother Goddess. Notwithstanding, her dark side, personified in her twin sister Nephthys, is very strong and present, and both of them - Isis and Nephthys -, were depicted on coffins. She is the Goddess of the Great Mysteries, and her tarot card is the II arcanum: the high priestess. ![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) ![User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.](https://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/s.gif) The origin of alphabet and agriculture were attributed to Isis, and she were also considered the mother and patron of the pharaos. This was symbolized in her hyeroglyphs, which shows the throne itself.
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:45 am
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ISIS MYTH:This version, adapted from Plutarco, is influenced by the Greek paradigm. The Egyptians didn't care so much about myths, who did were the Hellenics, a people that needs to know the deities lifestory to undertand them. To Egyptians were more important to worship their Gods. A lot of rituals and festivals tells different versions of Isis myth. Plutarco's ![User Image](https://public2.tektek.org/img/av/0805/d29/10/b8b149.png) version says that Isis is daughter of Nut and Geb, born on July 30th. She were married with Osiris and formed a happy couple. But her brother Seth, mad with jealousy of they love, conspired with 72 men to kill Osiris. He secretly measured Osiris' body and built an ark with his size. So, in a festival, he showed the beautiful ornamented ark and told he would give it to the one who fit perfectly on that. Everyone tryed, but nodoby got it, so Osiris entered on and laid down. Fastly, the 72 men sealed it up and threw in on Nilo. Isis searched for Osiris day and night, so he could have the cerimonial burial. She travelled over the Nilo, asking for information to every single person she founded. Finally, Osiris where found on Biblos, and so Isis hid his ark to prepare his honors. But Seth found it at random while he was hunting, and recognized the body. Seth sliced Osiris corpse in 14 pieces, putting its parts in different places. Again, Isis searched all over the Egypt, but she just founded 13 parts. His missing p***s, the 14th part, were devoured by fishes as Seth threw it on the water. So Isis remade his p***s with gold and consecrate his golden phallus. Years later Horus avenged his parents, defeating Seth, but Isis refused to kill him. This aspect of her myth shows her as a benevolent Goddess, and shows that like Aphrodite, Isis attends the human prayers for love.
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:48 am
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ISIS CORRESPONDENCES Use this correspondences to adorn your Altar to Isis rituals:
Face: Mother Symbols: Ankh, wings, harpoon, the horn of plenty, circles, sponge, phallus, lamp, Full Moon, Waning Moon, anchor, sceptre, mantle, chalice, ship, bread, pentagram, triangle, wheet, throne, wand, candle, sistrum, wooden vases Color: turquoise, white, green, red, black, golden, silver Element: water Day of power: monday Sacred animal: snake, scorpion, scarab, swallow, crocodiles Sacred herb: hyssop, onion, date Stones: aquamarine, amethyst, beryl, coral, carnelian, granite, emerald, zircon, jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, malachite, marble, adularia, pearl, ruby, peridot, sapphire.
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:51 am
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CONNECTION TO ISIS:The Egyptian people belief that only by speaking Isis name she makes herself present. The sunrise is a special day to her, so to this class exercise we will pray to Isis, welcoming her in the morning light. Don't forget to adorn your Altar with Isis correspondences before doing this. When the sun is rising, look at the horizon and welcome Isis: Quote: Wake, wake, wake Awake in peace Lady of peace Awake in peace Awake in beauty Goddess of life Beauty of Heaven The sky is in peace The Earth is in peace Oh Goddess Nut's offspring Geh's offspring Osiris' lover Goddess rich in names Every praise to thee Every praise to thee I love thee I love thee Lady Isis Or, if you prefer, you can say the Egyptian version Quote: Nehes, nehes, nehes Nehes em hotep Nehes em neferu Nebet hotepet Weben em hotep Weben em neferu Nutjert en Ankh Nefer em pet Pet em hotep Ta em hotep Nutjeft sat Nut Sat Geb, Merit Ausar Nutfert asha renu Anekh hrak Anekh hrak Tu a atu! Doing this every morning you'll be connecting to Isis energy. Sometimes it's impossible to awake before the sunrise, so you can do this when you wake up. But the ideal is to do this connection before the sunrise.
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Referances DeTraci Regula. The mysteries of Isis Claudiney Prieto. Todas as Deusas do mundo: rituais Wiccanianos para Celebrar a Deusa em suas diferentes faces. Isis chant by Padiusiri Plutarco. Monalia
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:54 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:48 pm
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