nd class, as all of the boys and men are ‘like God’ and I was not, nor were my sisters, girlfriends and mother.The shadow of Eve followed throughout my life, until I discovered Tantra and the religion of the Mother Goddess, which describes the ‘Source of All’ as both male and female, God & Goddess. As an active follower of Jesus, I have studied the Father through text (the bible) and sound (spoken word / sermons), as well as spirit filled conversation. But what how do I worship the Mother of all creation, and how does Goddess differ from God?
The religion of the Sacred Feminine first and foremost about our body being the Holy Vessel of the soul. The "Goddess" or female aspect of Source provides us with the Holy Body, in which the eternal soul resides. Without this body, no one among us could study or worship God the Fathe
r. Her gift of body and the earth upon which we stand is essential
for us to know God, for without Her gift, we would be a ghost, or an
angel, or waiting between worlds to descend into matter.
And if we have a body, but no soul occupant, then ‘game over’, you’re deceased, and you are not in the realm we call life on planet earth. It takes both to be here.
The Mother Goddess also provides Shatki (the life force energy which moves the body around). Shakti (the Hindu name for the Goddess of Energy) is in every living creature, every plant, every person, anything we refer to as being 'alive'. In the East, the energy is called chi, ki, prana, kudalini or prana. In the west, science refers to this living flow as 'bio energy'. If you're a Star Wars fan, Obi Wan calls it 'The Force".
The third part of Goddess Worship has to do with Gnosis, "Direct Knowing" or "Inner Knowing" of the Creator. This ability to 'direct connect' with Source/God /Goddess was called "Shekinah" by the Hebrews. Throughout the ancient world, this Holy Spirit was known as "Sophia" which translates directly as Wisdom. It was only in later re-writes of our bible that the Holy Spirit was ascribed 'male' names (most modern scripture refers to the Holy Spirit as 'He' and 'His') but the Greek origin translates as Wisdom and was called Sophia.
To worship the female aspect of the Creator as equal to God is 'blasphemous' to many of the religions which define Source as a masculine only. For those who practice Tantra (God/Goddess in UNION) we seek balance between male/female, yin/yang expressions of Source. We cultivate a relationship with God and Goddess, practicing inflow and outflow. In Goddess Temple, members worship the Mother, needing Her Touch, Her love and Her wordless wisdom. She provides a different religious and therefore moral voice in our culture.
I have taught and celebrated these ancient principles of the Holy Body (goddess worship), Shakti (Hindu goddess of energy) and Gnosis (direct, inner knowing of God) through Sophia. This religion for me, has healed the wound I felt as a young girl when I was told that God as a Father, and that as a female child, I was daughter of "Eve" and therefore, 'evil'. Tantra brought me true peace through the promise of equality in all things.
The temples we have co-created were designed to enlighten those who desired an experience of their body as sacred and holy. In ancient wisdom traditions, it was women who provided holy anointing of the body for ceremony, ritual and life transitions. It was given to women to do this anointing and healing of the body In the ancient world it was self-evident that women, being the Mothers and builders of the babies, were also the attendants of this body in birth, life and death. The teaching and demonstration of sacred sexuality was also the realm of the female priestess, not as it is now, exclusively the male priest.
A little over 2000 years ago, the Roman empire stripped all female spiritual authority from women, who were told to be silent in the temples and church gatherings. ALL of the functions traditionally done by female healers, priestesses, and initiatrixes became 'profane' and were no longer allowed, unless performed by a male with masculine values and understanding.
ALL
rites ceremonies and spiritual authority was claimed by male priests,
bishops and cardinals, answering to the representative of one God,
understood by a centralized power held by the Pope. Even though Jesus
clearly held women in equally high esteem with his male apostles, the
early church slowly crushed the voice of feminine wisdom into submissive
silence.
I married a beautiful Catholic man, in a lovely Catholic church, and my children are therefore 'half Catholic', half "Goddess/Pagan/Gnostic". It is long past the time when the earth can afford to miss the wisdom that women bring to the dialogue of what is right and wrong morally. Female equality in the Church is the 'last frontier' for women, without equality as Co-Creator with God, our voices will never carry the weight in debate that men's opinions do.
This imbalance is seen throughout the modern world, as sex abuse scandal, pornographic addiction and the breakdown of pair bonds. Sexuality is not just for procreation, as the Church would have us believe. It is also to be used for healing, and making us whole. In conscious deliberate practice, in full knowledge of the Ladder of Light (Chakra energy system) this power gives us strength and wisdom. With Her, we can integrate the earthly 3D reality with that of Heavenly light. Enjoy reading and viewing about the return of the Mother Goddess, and the part She must play in the return of sacred energy balance for our planet.
I remain devotedly in Her Service,
Tracy Elise, Mystic Mother
Phoenix Goddess Temple
Welcome to GoddesBless.org where we're collecting funds for the
protection of all civil liberties, including the First Amendment: the
freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble, and the right to
practice religion without persecution. Due to the recent arrests in
Arizona of sacred practitioners, priests, and priestesses and the Power
Elite's attempts to invalidate our faith through inaccurate abels, all
religions and faiths are subsequently vulnerable to these endless
attempts to legislate our morality, religious beliefs, relationship
styles and structures and what we do behind closed doors in the privacy
of our own temples, churches, homes and even bedrooms. Unite for
freedom for all.Donate to our legal defense fund here:
Take a Stand for the Mother's Religion
A Free Body * No one controls your physical self.
Free Speech * No one inserts their words in your story.
Free Energy * No one manipulates the way your energy flows.
Free to Connect * No one dictates religious worship
or private ritual between consenting adults.
Full legal protections for all female clergy
equal to that enjoyed by mullahs, rabbis and priests.
Fair and equal treatment under the law for tantra congregations
who worship God and Goddess in Sacred UNION.
Would you like to help restore feminine spiritual authority in the United States? We define God as both Mother and Father. Nearly all places of worship are dedicated to study of "God the Father". To worship and study the Mother Goddess is to honor your own body as the sacred vessel for your soul's journey on earth. Lend your signature to the www.PhoenixGoddessTemple.org as we fight a legal battle to restore freedom in the holy body and conscious direction of your own life energy. We believe that everyone has a personal inner knowing of Divine Source. and that everyone can access this direct connect through energy and light. The Mother's religion guides people to greater understanding of the sacredness of sexuality, in full equality of God and Goddess, Co-Creators of All-that-is.
Sign our petition here to help us to persuade the American Civil Liberties Union to file a lawsuit to restore our constitutional rights. Once we have 10,000+ signatures we're on our way! In just seconds your signature can help us get the legal aid we need! An ACLU victory will provide legal precedent that gives the Mother's religion equal legal consideration with the "God-the-Father" churches, mosques, synagogues and temples.
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