Honoring Our Divine Mother on Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, as we stand poised on the threshold of a changing world, it seems a fitting time to remember the Divine Mother Goddess who helped bring forth the world.

We are at a point in history that calls both women and men to celebrate — and elevate — the energy of the feminine, along with the masculine. Spiritual law tells us that in order to find balance in our world and be whole and complete unto ourselves, we must embrace both the masculine and feminine aspects of ourselves. Acknowledging and embracing both our Divine Parents can help us on that journey.

Who is the Goddess?

There are thousands of Goddesses, from so many of the world’s traditions, known by different names and images that represent the feminine aspects of divinity and also aspects of our humanity. Their images, energy and just the mere concept of female divinity can heal us, empower us, instruct us, and help us find our way on life’s rocky path.

Goddess History dates back to the earliest civilizations. It’s well documented that ancient societies worshiped feminine forms of God — typically as mother, earth, nature, and the Holy Spirit, or as deities who personified feminine attributes. Our earliest ancestors saw the Divine Feminine as the source of all that is and they depended on her to sustain their very lives. Her power was expressed in the image and stories of literally thousands of Goddesses from cultures around the world.

Ancient Goddesses were treated with the reverence. And they were called upon for everything from ensuring fertile crops and easy childbirth to attaining wealth, health, enlightenment, or, even, a peaceful death.

Worship of the Divine Mother permeated ancient societies. Her temples abounded. Her presence was expressed in the images, and stories that were passed along through many generations. Some of the most famous Goddesses — such as Ishtar, Innana and Astarte — once breathed life into the holy lands of the middle-east many millennium ago; some of the old temples still stand.

As time marched on, many of the early Goddesses became archetypes for the west. Nike has her own running shoes and clothing line and Athena’s name is on everything from a pheromone product to Greek diner menus. Along with Venus…