In Wiccan mythology, goddess energy manifests itself in three symbolic forms: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. These three aspects are also the common stages through which all women pass in their lifetime. But more than this, they are symbols that represent the internal stages of consciousness that are common to all human beings, regardless of gender. Each of these aspects has its own internal polarity—-a light and a dark side, if you will. Over the next several days you will learn about each of these symbols and uncover their expression in your own life.
The first of the goddess’ aspects is the maiden. The goddess in this aspect represents youth, newness, beginnings, brilliance, and simplicity. The maiden aligns with several symbolic correspondences such as springtime, the compass direction of east, and sunrise. The maiden represents potential. She is not partial to the direction that potential manifests itself. All potential is the maiden. She is the future, creativity, and fecundity. She represents the seed, newly planted into the soil, full of potential but not yet sprouted. The maiden is that part in each of us that is our innocence, purity, and raw energy.
The maiden also has a dark, shadowy side. In her dark aspect, the maiden cannot realize potential. Stuck in her own youth, the maiden in her shadow aspect can be a dilettante, lacking in depth. This dark maiden energy, residing within each of us, can represent our inability to mature with time. In this darker aspect she can represent a perpetual unworldliness, childishness, internalized fear, and overdependence upon other people.
Some maiden goddesses in mythology include: Pandora, Persephone, Arachne, Venus/Aphrodite, Kore, Tana, Ariadne, Flora, Electra, Athena, Brigid, Branwen.
Table of Correspondences: The Maiden
The practices of Wicca rely principally on the workings of the deep unconscious mind and the channeling of subtle energies that reside therein. The unconscious mind speaks in symbol and image and therefore the best way to access this realm is through symbolic means. Because of this, symbolic correspondences are key spiritual points in Witchcraft practice. Each set of symbols in the Craft connects us to specific spiritual, energetic tides or fields. They also connect us to aspects of our own lives, our personalities and experiences. Symbolic correspondences bridge your own experience of the world and physical reality.
Take time today to commit to memory the following magical correspondence that evoke Maiden energies:
Lunar Phase: New
Seasonal Phase: Late winter/early spring
Color: Orange
Pagan Celebration: Imbolc, February 2
Direction: Northeast
Time: The darkness that precedes the dawn
Incense: Myrrh, orris root
Essential Oils: Heather and basil
Magical Number: 2
Vocalization: u (as in you)
Herbs: Angelica, bay laurel
Planet: Moon
Body Part: Sexual organs
Chakra: 2nd—-Genitals/womb
Exercise: Knowing Your Maiden
Think about your own maiden traits. On a single piece of paper, draw a line down the center. On one side write down your personality traits (no matter if you are physically male or female) that reflect positive maiden qualities. On the other side of the page, write down any shadowy maiden qualities you might recognize in yourself. If you do not note any of the maiden’s qualities in your life, this is an archetypal energy that might require balancing and integration in order for you to claim your full potential and power as a Witch. Over the next few days, you will learn how to evoke these qualities into your life.
The Chakras
Chakras are seven wheel-like energy centers that reside within the body. Anode Judith, author of Wheels of Life, describes chakras as “Swirling intersections of vital force (life-energy). Each of the chakras governs aspects of our consciousness.
The Chakras or energy centers of the body.
Locations of the Chakras
* 1st Chakra (ROOT) — the point between anus and genitals
* 2nd Chakra (SACRAL) — just above genitals
* 3rd Chakra (SOLAR PLEXIS) — just below navel
* 4th Chakra (HEART) — center of the chest
* 5th Chakra (THROAT) — hollow or base of the throat
* 6th Chakra (THIRD EYE) — center of brow, between eyes
* 7th Chakra (CROWN) — top of head
What Each Chakra Governs
1st — root, grounding, connection to earth
2nd — sexual activity
3rd — anger, mastery, control
4th — love, compassion
5th — communication
6th — conscious awareness, psychic activity
7th — connection with deity/divine
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About Robin
I am an Intuitive Psychic Medium and have been given this great opportunity to help others learn and grow as they AWAKEN to the knowledge of what else is out there.
I utilize a variety of Divination, Healing and teaching modalities. I am also an Ordained Minister and Reiki Master. I would love to teach, help you along your chosen path, give guidance and read for you sometime.
With Love and Light, Blessed Be.
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Table of Correspondences: Demeter
Symbols: Grain and the scythe
Tools: The sickle, the boline, white-handled knife
Magical Essences/Herbs: Cypress, honeysuckle, oakmoss, civet, and myrrh
Direction: Demeter is aligned with the west
She Rules: Tides, rhythms, maternal influence, universal love
Animal Symbols: Lion
Sacred Foods: All ripe fruits and grains
Magical Stones: Star sapphire, cat’s eye
Demeter(pronounced: DEH-meh-ter) is a Greek goddess who is an archetype of motherly magic, fecundity, and abundance. Her name means “earth-goddess-mother.” The ancient Greeks associated her magic with the harvest, with wheat and barley. Demeter’s myth intertwines with that of her mythic daughter Persephone. In the myth, Hades, lots of the underworld, abducts Persephone. One Homeric human to Demeter says this about the abduction of persephone: “No one is to blame but Zeus who gave her to Hades, to be called his wife. And Hades seized her and took her loudly crying in his chariot down to his realm of mist and gloom.”
Demeter then searched the worlds for her lost daughter, weeping all the while. Because of her grief, she caused the earth to become barren. It was then that Zeus sent the gods of Mount Olympus to persuade Demeter to return to her home and restore the earth’s bounty, but Demeter refused to go. She avowed never to let the earth bear fruit until she was reunited with Persephone.
Wiccans most associate Demeter with the mother aspect of the feminine divine. Demeter rules all cycles and the passage of seasons, since she is the personification of all of nature. When you tap into the archetypal energies of Demeter, you also evoke your ability to work within the framework of natural cycles. Through her, you come to see that all things have their season and their time. Demeter reminds each of us that we are a manifestation of the bounty of nature—we have but to recognize the bounty of our lives. Demeter is aligned with the west, with tides, rhythms, and dusk. Her sacred colors are green and amber.
Demeter Practice
Assemble an altar in Demeter’s honor today. When you have completed this task, face the altar and intone her name, one syllable at a time, until you sense her presence surrounding you. Once she has arrived, spend some time contemplating what it might mean to serve this aspect of deity. Take time to ask Demeter what it would mean to live life through her energy and listen for her answer.
Spend the day honoring this goddess by celebrating the diversity and bounty of your own existence. It does exist. Look for it!
Symbols: Grain and the scythe
Tools: The sickle, the boline, white-handled knife
Magical Essences/Herbs: Cypress, honeysuckle, oakmoss, civet, and myrrh
Direction: Demeter is aligned with the west
She Rules: Tides, rhythms, maternal influence, universal love
Animal Symbols: Lion
Sacred Foods: All ripe fruits and grains
Magical Stones: Star sapphire, cat’s eye
Demeter(pronounced: DEH-meh-ter) is a Greek goddess who is an archetype of motherly magic, fecundity, and abundance. Her name means “earth-goddess-mother.” The ancient Greeks associated her magic with the harvest, with wheat and barley. Demeter’s myth intertwines with that of her mythic daughter Persephone. In the myth, Hades, lots of the underworld, abducts Persephone. One Homeric human to Demeter says this about the abduction of persephone: “No one is to blame but Zeus who gave her to Hades, to be called his wife. And Hades seized her and took her loudly crying in his chariot down to his realm of mist and gloom.”
Demeter then searched the worlds for her lost daughter, weeping all the while. Because of her grief, she caused the earth to become barren. It was then that Zeus sent the gods of Mount Olympus to persuade Demeter to return to her home and restore the earth’s bounty, but Demeter refused to go. She avowed never to let the earth bear fruit until she was reunited with Persephone.
Wiccans most associate Demeter with the mother aspect of the feminine divine. Demeter rules all cycles and the passage of seasons, since she is the personification of all of nature. When you tap into the archetypal energies of Demeter, you also evoke your ability to work within the framework of natural cycles. Through her, you come to see that all things have their season and their time. Demeter reminds each of us that we are a manifestation of the bounty of nature—we have but to recognize the bounty of our lives. Demeter is aligned with the west, with tides, rhythms, and dusk. Her sacred colors are green and amber.
Demeter Practice
Assemble an altar in Demeter’s honor today. When you have completed this task, face the altar and intone her name, one syllable at a time, until you sense her presence surrounding you. Once she has arrived, spend some time contemplating what it might mean to serve this aspect of deity. Take time to ask Demeter what it would mean to live life through her energy and listen for her answer.
Spend the day honoring this goddess by celebrating the diversity and bounty of your own existence. It does exist. Look for it!
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Meditative Question: What lies beyond the realm of dream?
Symbolic Color: Blue
Symbolic Direction: West
When we go to sleep each night, each of us enters the realm of dreams. But what is it that lies just beyond dreaming? What have we become once we enter this realm? Are we exactly as we know ourselves? Or are we something else? When you venture into today’s contemplative question, you will begin your path toward unraveling a great mystery.
To begin working with this contemplative question, find a comfortable, meditative sitting position in a quiet space facing the west. Light a blue candle and sit approximately two feet away from the flame.
Next, cast your gaze upon the flickering candle and hold the question firmly in your abdominal area. Breathe normally and maintain focus on the question for 20-30 minutes.
You may not arrive at a magically satisfactory conclusion in one sitting alone. To manifest a greater depth of answer, it will be important to see this question as it actualizes in each of your daily activities. Allow your body, mind, and spirit to become this question as you eat, sleep, work, and play. Remember not to apply logic to the question. Over time, a shift in your perception will take place and you will realize your own answer.
Symbolic Color: Blue
Symbolic Direction: West
When we go to sleep each night, each of us enters the realm of dreams. But what is it that lies just beyond dreaming? What have we become once we enter this realm? Are we exactly as we know ourselves? Or are we something else? When you venture into today’s contemplative question, you will begin your path toward unraveling a great mystery.
To begin working with this contemplative question, find a comfortable, meditative sitting position in a quiet space facing the west. Light a blue candle and sit approximately two feet away from the flame.
Next, cast your gaze upon the flickering candle and hold the question firmly in your abdominal area. Breathe normally and maintain focus on the question for 20-30 minutes.
You may not arrive at a magically satisfactory conclusion in one sitting alone. To manifest a greater depth of answer, it will be important to see this question as it actualizes in each of your daily activities. Allow your body, mind, and spirit to become this question as you eat, sleep, work, and play. Remember not to apply logic to the question. Over time, a shift in your perception will take place and you will realize your own answer.
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