Tag Archives: goddess

Vesta: Devoted Guardian of the Sacred Flame

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Symbol Reader

I.“The chaos of the ancients; the Zoroastrian sacred fire, …; the Hermes-fire; …the lightning of Cybele; the burning torch of Apollo; the flame on the altar of Pan; the inextinguishable fire in the temple on the Acropolis, and in that … Continue reading →

Posted in Hestia, Vesta | Tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, archetypes, earth, flame, goddess, Greek mythology, hearth, Hestia, priestess, Roman mythology, sacred fire, symbolism, symbols, Vesta, Vestal virgin | 39 Comments

“The Gazelle” by Reiner Maria Rilke

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Symbol Reader

Enchanted one: how shall the harmony of two perfect words attain that rhyme which ripples through you like a spell? From your forehead rise leaf and lyre, and all you are already moves in simile through love-songs whose words, softly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged divine feminine, goddess, poetry, Reiner Maria Rilke | 8 Comments

The Original Madonna: Early Neolithic Goddess

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn’t even begin to be tame till he met the Woman, and she told him that she did not like living in his wild ways. She picked out … Continue reading →

Posted in Marija Gimbutas | Tagged archaeology, archetypes, depth psychology, folklore, goddess, Marija Gimbutas, matriarchy, mythology, Neolithic, Neolithic goddess, Old Europe, patriarchy, symbolism, symbols | 22 Comments

The Phoenix

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Symbol Reader

1.“When I comprehended my darkness, a truly magnificent night came over me and my dream plunged me into the depths of the millennia, and from it my phoenix ascended.” C.G. Jung, “The Red Book” 2.”At the beginning there was only … Continue reading →

Posted in The Phoenix | Tagged alchemy, androgyne, archetypes, benu, bird goddess, birth, blood, Carol Heffeman, conception, creation myth, depth psychology, Egyptian myth, fountain, goddess, Heliopolis, initiation rites, isis, Lactantius, Marija Gimbutas, menstruation, Mircea Eliade, phoenix, purificaton, rebirth, regeneration, Sirius, Sothis, symbolism, symbols | 25 Comments

Juno: the Source of the Soul’s Procreation

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Erte, “Hera” Before Her reign was overthrown as the Achaean tribes took over Greece Hera (Roman Juno) was the supreme mother goddess, a benevolent cow-eyed triple goddess of the earth and the sky, the creator of the Milky Way, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Juno | Tagged archetypes, astrology, goddess, Greek mythology, Hera, Juno, Jupiter, matriarchy, myth, patriarchy, Power, powerlessness, psychology, Roman mythology, Zeus | 34 Comments

“The Goddess“ by Denise Levertov

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Paul Gauguin, “The Seed of the Areoi” THE GODDESS, by Denise Levertov “She in whose lip service I passed my time, whose name I knew, but not her face, came upon me where I lay in Lie Castle! Flung … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Denise Levertov, goddess, lies, poem, poetry, the goddess, truth | 12 Comments

Sekhmet the Empowerer

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Sekhmet from the temple of Mut at Luxor Sekhmet, daughter of Ra, the sun god, is a goddess that, next to Hekate, has my utmost admiration, reverence and devotion. Her name is related to such words as strong, mighty and … Continue reading →

Posted in Sekhmet | Tagged ancient Egypt, Candace C. Kant and Anne Key, Egyptian myth, goddess, kundalini, Power, Robert Masters, Sekhmet, Shakti, the Fifth Way, Triad of Memphis, Uraeus | 32 Comments

Cosmos, Chaos and the Five Human Dimensions in Between

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Symbol Reader

I have been reading a fascinating book by Robert Masters called The Goddess Sekhmet: Psycho-Spiritual Exercises of the Fifth Way. According to the Introduction, the book was written in a non-ordinary state of consciousness inspired by the Goddess Sekhmet’s Mysteries … Continue reading →

Posted in Sekhmet | Tagged archetypes, AUFU, Chaos, Cosmos, Egyptian Mysteries, Egyptian myth, goddess, HAIDIT, KA, KHU, material, Robert Masters, Sekhmet, SȂHU, spiritual, symbolism, symbols, the Fifth Way, the Five Bodies | 12 Comments

The Beneficent Maleficent

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Symbol Reader

I see the movie Maleficent as an apotheosis of the rising feminine power. I only had the chance to see it yesterday and thought the movie was magnificent. I loved it how Maleficent’s character echoed so many powerful and wrathful … Continue reading →

Posted in The Dark Goddess | Tagged archetypes, Dark goddess, Disney, Faust, film, goddess, Great Mother, Lilith, Maleficent, Mephistopheles, mud, psychology, shadow, symbolism, symbols | 30 Comments

The Secrets of the Odyssey (9): Leucothea in the Sea of Space and Time

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Symbol Reader

The climax of the Odyssey is the hero’s arrival in Ithaca but a harbinger of that pivotal moment is his sojourn on the island of Scheria (Phaecia), which I have written about here. William Blake also connected these two events, … Continue reading →