The Goddess Guide: Exploring the Attributes and Correspondences of the Divine Feminine

625 Pages·2009·7.33 MB·English

by  Priestess Brandi Auset

the
GODDESS
GUIDE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Priestess Brandi Auset (California) is a High Priestess of the Goddess, as well as
an interfaith minister, spiritual counselor, and Reiki Master Teacher. She has
been working with Goddess energy for most of her life, and she teaches private
workshops to women on many topics, including techniques for infusing the
Goddess and Her power and mystery into daily life and spiritual practice. Please
visit Priestess Brandi's website at www.redspirit.net.
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PRIESTESS BRANDI AUSET
the
GODDESS
GUIDE
Exploring the
Attributes
and
Correspondences
of the
Divine Feminine

To Dolores, whose loving spirit
strengthens me each and every day
To Liza, who gave me an
inspirational home
To Brian, who made sure I never
gave up hope
And to all the mortal goddesses,
wherever you are
CONTENTS
Introduction xi
ONE The Goddesses 1
TWO Attributes 83
THREE Color Rays 189
FOUR The Elements 215
FIVE The Wheel of the Year 229
Six Maiden, Mother, Crone 249
SEVEN Regions and Cultures 261
Bibliography 269
Index 275
INTRODUCTION
The study of the Goddess, and the integration of Her wisdom and glory into
daily life, is a spiritual path-one of faith, love, and dedication. Each step along
this winding, twisting trail leads to greater wonders; each question answered
leads to twenty more inquiries; and in every face of the Goddess discovered,
we find a reflection of our own souls.
All things are Goddess, and all goddesses are one Goddess. Like a large,
well-cut diamond, each facet of the Goddess is a new face, a fresh aspect; but
ultimately, every side is a shining, sparkling part of the whole.
We as humans, with these minds in these bodies, existing on this plane in a
world so full of grief and suffering, find it difficult to ascertain the greatness of
the Goddess. She is, after all, the Wondrous Divine, the Unexplainable, the
Unknowable, the All and the Nothing. People can only have faith in that which
they identify with, whether it is an idea for their future or the Divine Presence.
So how do we make the unfathomable, fathomable?
Each culture throughout the world has infinite lists of goddesses, for
endless purposes, for exactly this reason. We need something to connect us to
the Divine Presence, and the breaking down of the Goddess's powers and
aspects helps us to identify and connect to that presence. We study Her,
breaking down the Goddess like a complicated algebra problem; we divide Her
into pieces we can understand, categories we can relate to, and name that
chapter Lakshmi, or Kuan Yin, or countless others, in order to claim Her as
our own.
I am a Goddess woman-always have been, even before I knew who the
Goddess was. For as long as I can remember, I've always wanted a life outside
of the ordinary. In my early teens, the discovery of a local New Age store
called Good Scents started me on that path. As soon I as walked in, the scents