I awoke thinking of my first Goddess experience. I was 5 years old and my father brought home this statue that he was commissioned to reproduce on paper ~ a pencil and ink piece.
The statue immediately fascinated me and I would lie on the floor for an hour or more, just staring at the bizarre image of the multi-armed woman on a lion, brandishing weapons and looking uber-regal.
The art deal fell through, but the woman who had lent my father the statue never contacted him to retrieve it. The statue remained with us for some time until Mom and Dad decided that they should sell it. I didn't want it to leave, but I had little say, only being 5.
They found someone who may be interested and took it to her house. When she opened the door and saw the statue, the woman said "Oh my god, it is Durga!" Needless to say, she bought the statue and I then had a name for this powerful image that so enthralled me.
Here's a picture of mighty Durga.
and some information on her, found here
Durga still plays a strong role in my life, particularly as one of her other aspects, Kali-Ma. Mother Kali is a strong, dark Goddess, equated with the Scots-Gael Cailleach, who is one of my patron Goddesses and the patron Goddess of the Tradition in which I 'grew up'.
I perpetually feel Her influence in my life, whether She comes as Durga or Kali-Cailleach. She is the first Goddess I ever saw and the one who gave me my first taste of the Divine Feminine.
The statue immediately fascinated me and I would lie on the floor for an hour or more, just staring at the bizarre image of the multi-armed woman on a lion, brandishing weapons and looking uber-regal.
The art deal fell through, but the woman who had lent my father the statue never contacted him to retrieve it. The statue remained with us for some time until Mom and Dad decided that they should sell it. I didn't want it to leave, but I had little say, only being 5.
They found someone who may be interested and took it to her house. When she opened the door and saw the statue, the woman said "Oh my god, it is Durga!" Needless to say, she bought the statue and I then had a name for this powerful image that so enthralled me.
Here's a picture of mighty Durga.
and some information on her, found here
Durga still plays a strong role in my life, particularly as one of her other aspects, Kali-Ma. Mother Kali is a strong, dark Goddess, equated with the Scots-Gael Cailleach, who is one of my patron Goddesses and the patron Goddess of the Tradition in which I 'grew up'.
I perpetually feel Her influence in my life, whether She comes as Durga or Kali-Cailleach. She is the first Goddess I ever saw and the one who gave me my first taste of the Divine Feminine.
