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Product Description The changing of the seasons, phases of the moon, even our personal experiences―all are reflections of the Divine Feminine. Create a stronger connection to the sacred world and your own divinity by welcoming these thirteen powerful Celtic and Nordic goddesses into your life. As you make your way through a transformative year, know that each goddess has a different energy and a unique lesson to teach you. Starting with the Winter Solstice, the eight seasonal Sabbats and five faces of the moon provide the guideposts along your path. Through ritual, invocation, guided meditations, and magical activities, you'll explore each goddess's unique mythology and discover her message for your life. Cerridwyn: Welsh Goddess of Rebirth and Renewal Brigid: Irish Goddess of Healing, the Forge, and Creative Inspiration Eostre: Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring Freyja: Norse Goddess of Love and WarAine: Irish Goddess of Faeries and Fertility Danu: Irish Mother Goddess of Wisdom Modron: Welsh Mother Goddess of Mystery Hella: Norse Goddess of the Underworld Branwen: Welsh Goddess of Sovereignty Maeve: Irish Goddess of Personal Power The Valkyries: Norse Goddesses of Battle Magic and Soul Journey Morrighan: Irish Goddess of Magic and Death Rhiannon: Welsh Great Queen and Horse Goddess About the Author Michelle Skye (Massachusetts) is a Pagan Priestess with over ten years' experience following the Path of the Wise. An active member of the Wiccan and Pagan communities, she teaches classes, leads workshops, and has founded Massachusetts Pagan Teens and Sisterhood of the Crescent Moon. Her articles have appeared in Circle Magazine and SageWoman, and she's a regular contributor to Llewellyn annuals and Renaissance Magazine. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. starting on your journey Hail and welcome! May your path to the Goddess lead you where you need to go. This book, Goddess Alive!, is a celebration of the many faces of the Goddess, focusing exclusively on the Irish, Welsh, and Norse cultures. Through ritual, invocation, guided meditation, and hands -on activities, you will welcome these goddesses into your life, allowing their lessons to guide you and their energies to transform you. The heart of your experience with each goddess will be the guided meditation, during which you will meet, get to know, and talk to her. Guided meditation is a relatively easy activity that everyone can enjoy. You do not need to have any prior meditation knowledge or skill in order to experience a wonderful, fulfilling, and magical journey. In fact, I believe that guided meditation is one of the best ways to introduce the body, mind, and spirit to meditation as a life practice. All you need to do is sit back (or lie down), relax, and allow me to guide you through the labyrinthine passages of your mind and heart to the center of the universe, to the center of the earth, to the divine energy as manifested in the Great Goddess. Throughout time, ancient peoples have worshiped the image of the Goddess, as protector, provider, and creator. She is the grain that feeds our bellies, the midwife who helps us birth, and the water that sustains our lives. She is the sun, the moon, the earth beneath our feet. She nurtures animals and babies, giving of her warmth and love. Yet the Goddess, like us, is not one -dimensional. When provoked or wronged, displays of her power can be as violent as lightning and as wrathful as a woman scorned. She has gone to war and returned, covered in mud, the blood of her enemy on her spear tip. She has rejected society's rules, to live as a woman alone, without husband or fealty, dominant in her own right. She has learned and excelled at skills considered to be “manly” or “masculine.” She is herself-caring, powerful, loving, strong, determined, nurturing. The duality of the Goddess allows us to look into our deeper selves and know that there is both darkness and light within us. We learn, through her