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Orange County TempleHello, my name is Jamie and I am the development director of the Goddess Temple of Orange County. You have a beautifully rich site of great information. Our Temple is located in Orange County, California in Irvine. I would like to get more information regarding your organization. I love the idea of the virtual shrines also and showing women about the home shrines. Excellent Excellent. We have shrines dedicated to durga, kali and we have a quan yin meditation room. Where are you located? I would love to speak with you more about your wonderful work. Thank you for what you are doing! Blessings, Jamie Actually we are not an organization. The site is here to provide information to all devotees of Our Mother God as well as making available the Holy Gospel and other vital resources. We say that we are not an organization because we are continually asked such things as "can men join?". There is really nothing to "join" - we are simply here to provide information, advice and resources. If you have any questions we shall be happy to answer them to the best of our ability. The Amazon Empress's Speech
The video is likely to be of interest to readers of the Chapel Chronicle, since, while not primarily religious, it comes from a world in which the worship of Our Mother God is taken as axiomatic and forms the basis of the Empress's appeal to her followers. Today is the Feast of Lights
Remember (if it if possible and if you are stable enough in one place in this strange, uncertain year) to bless candles you are going to use for devotional service in the next year or if you are attending Aristasian Virtual Service or have them ready at Rhavedi's (Saturday's) Rite. The liturgical color for the Feast of Lights is white and its traditional emblematic flower is the snowdrop. Discussion on "The Cursing Ape"Some time ago we drew attention to an illuminating article entitled "The Cursing Ape", which made some important points about the use of foul language and the inadequacy of Christian sin-based morality to deal with the real issue, which is clearly understood by the Deanic law of Thame and by the Scriptures of Our Mother God. This article has since attracted considerable interest and sparked some detailed and valuable discussion. So we thought we should let you know - you will find the link to the discussion of the article below. My FaithI want to thank you so much for your help during my conversion and even more for your wonderful site. As the days pass, the idea of a masculine god fades more and more into the distance as the Goddess fills my heart and mind.I can no longer perceive of any but a Female Dea and more and more of my thoughts and feelings strengthen my Faith.She is my God. Thank you so much.Our Holy Mother God Be Praised, Eve Thank you honored Miss Eve. It is communications like this that make it all worth while! May Dea bless you always. Giving his dueNothing can be "sicker" than modern patriarchy. This "Simpsons" comment of theirs is just more evidence of same. The ONLY redeeming feature of the Simpsons is that one of its creators, Mr. Sam Simon, took the tremendous amount of money he earned in consequence and used it to establish the Sam Simon Foundation, which rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to assist the hearing-impaired. (I do feel this fact should be known; also, we acquired our little dog from the Foundation!) Barbara J. Thompson The Vatican Newspaper and the Bankruptcy of PatriarchyWhile researching something else we came across a story widely reported some time ago. The official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano praised a television program called The Simpsons. We have never seen this program, but have it on good authority that it is coarse and unsuitable for a pure maiden. The Vatican paper itself refers to the "excessively crude language, the violence of certain episodes [and] some extreme choices by the scriptwriters." However it goes on to praise the program and uses these rather extraordinary words: "Rigid censors turn off the television but the more serious analysts praise the realism and intelligence of its scripts". What is horrifying about this is that an official voice of the Vatican itself is siding with the degenerate forces of the nastier elements of Western "pop culture" in mocking and undermining those who would keep their sacred hestia and hearthfire pure and free from ugliness and coarseness. They are "rigid censors" we are told, merely because they have the temerity to turn off the television - unlike the intelligent people, the "more serious analysts". Where will patriarchal Westerners turn for support in protecting their homes from coarseness? It seems only the more extreme fundamentalists with their inverted-lasciviousness provide any real support for mental cleanliness. Are we wrong in thinking modern patriarchy is very sick indeed? Christianity - sin-based though its theology is - seems to have failed badly in not understanding that foul language and coarseness are a moral and spiritual question. As we are told in The Gospel of Our Mother God:
5. But harsh thoughts harden the soul; coarse thoughts coarsen the soul; thoughts bound only to the things of clay burden the soul with heavy chains. A Survey for CollyridiansThe Collyridian Episcopate is conducting a re-envisioning survey for 2010. This new and developing denomination which worships Our Mother God as sole supreme Deity is working to position itself as an ecclesiastical body in the new decade. If you wish to take the survey, follow the link below. A Sermon in Outer SpaceWhat effect does outer space have on our spiritual outlook? We present a fictional analysis of a very real spiritual question. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Sermon in Outer Space" Ave Janua CoeliIn regard to your discussion of the feminine gate of heaven, I would like to point out that "Gate of Heaven" is one of the titles of the Blessed Virgin in Roman Catholic Mariology. Thus St. Bonaventure: "No one can enter Paradise unless [s]he passes through Mary, who is the gate" Yours in Dea St John Kelliher Like most iconic Roman Catholic Marian (crypto-Deanic) formulations, the notion of Mary as Janua Coeli (Gate of Heaven) goes back far beyond Christianity and has a profound metaphysical significance. The picture that heads our Gates of Heaven Article is a traditional image of Mary as Janua Coeli. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Ave Janua Coeli" January - the Month of Juno/Diana?Dear Devotees of Dea, Please direct the person who questioned Janua Coeli being the feminine Gates of Heaven to the following website: The article there clearly shows the portals of heaven were originally understood to be feminine and named after Juno/Diana. Only patriarchal preference for masculine deities changed them to Janus. Rev Georgia Cobb The Gates of a Feminine HeavenFirst of all, sorry for my poor english. I read your post about Janua Coeli: Heaven's Gates and I must say that not mentioning at all god Janus is a mistake, moreover when you try to explain where January gets its name from. I understand your point of view, it's necessary, but I think you should not negate the existence of 'the other', otherwise you are not doing any better than the 'patriarchal' point of view. Yin + Yang, feminine + masculine, addition instead of substraction, at least that is what think. One more time, my english is not good enough to express my ideas, but I hope the meaning is clear. Thanks for all! Thank you for your interest. The god Janus is named for the Gate of Heaven (specifically the northern gate). Our article was examining the fundamental ideas behind this - not one particular Western patriarchal tradition. To say that we are "not doing any better than the patriarchal point of view" is not really to the point. Patriarchal points of view are valid within their own "oeconomy". We have never said that patriarchal traditions are inherently wrong. Masculinizing the divine was a historical necessity for the patriarchal world. We do not follow that way, but we certainly do not say that Christians and others who follow patriarchal traditions are wrong. Yin and yang, within a feminine tradition are both feminine: the "blonde and brunette" or chelanic and melinic tendencies of the cosmos. This is the way we look at things as a purely feminine tradition, and we have the right spiritually to do so. We do not demand that others follow the same way, but this is our perspective. Happy and Blessed NativityMay Dea richly bless you this Nativity.
 A Nativity StoryA beautiful Nativity story is being serialized on a new website in the last few days leading up to the Holy Nativity of Our Lady. It is not a religious story (although we have been told that there may be a minor religious theme) but it is a story of people who celebrate the True Nativity and a lovely Disneyesque story everyone will love. Click below to see "The Dream Key". With or without the Daughter
I know that in Aristasia Pura no distinction is made, for both would be considered only Deanic Faith (or so I understood), but I feel somehow more inclined to the simpler devotion of Dea, and I felt these were very important things to ask. Thank you and Rayati All worshipers of God in Her original feminine form, as the One, Supreme Deity, are called deanists. Only those who have the specific doctrine of both Mother and Daughter (usually in Trinitarian form) are called Filianists. Practically, devotion to the Mother (which is sometimes called Pure Deanism) is, as you say, simpler. Much of the doctrinal content of our faith is associated with Filianism. However, there is not a sharp distinction between the two. The Daughter is seen as a particular way of seeing the Salvific aspect of the Mother and many Deanists who consider themselves simple Mother devotees regard the stories and teachings of the Daughter as found in The Gospel of Our Mother God to be a valuable aid to devotion without necessarily taking up a fully doctrinal Filianist position. Probably this "soft Filianism" is the most common position among Aristasian Deanists. But one needs to be aware that this is not as illogical as it might seem from the modern Western perspective, for we understand that the formulations of religion can never be more than aids to help our human understanding grasp that which is necessarily far beyond it. So whichever form of faith is right for you, please follow that. All that is truly needful is that you should love our Mother. Death and JusticeThere is still something that bothers me (here's my Catholic background coming out). At death, will 'good' people be treated the same as murderers, rapists, and other bad people? This is where the idea of a 'just' god makes sense.
Thank you, Deanists believe in the concept of werde, which means that the actions we take in this life, good or bad, have consequences in this life and beyond. There are many passages in Scripture that speak of the perils of evil. Here are two:
They that live in discord with eternal harmony; in discord shall they perish. Yet we are also told that calling on the Mother or the Daughter and loving Her can save us from all ills. We must remember that all of us are fallen beings, and all need Her salvation. From a Catholic perspective, we may ask: do Filianists believe in "Purgatory"? Now in general, we would say, yes, definitely. In fact we would say that the Purgatory doctrine in Christianity is a way of bringing that religion closer to the universal beliefs of tradition - that maid does not only have one life followed by a judgment, but that she continues her journey. This is necessary because it is quite clear that most souls do not leave this life in a condition of perfection, or purged of all sinful tendencies. What we believe is that a soul may be taken into the Paradise of the Daughter, but this is not Final Union with Dea which is the true end of the journey for every being. We believe that every being must be saved in the end "even to the last blade of grass", for all things begin in Dea and all must end in Her. Nevertheless evil has terrible consequences for the soul in the meantime. Not because Dea wishes to harm us, but because in doing evil, we cause harm to ourselves. Can we escape this harm by devotion? We believe so, but only by true repentance. Why is this? Essentially because what is happening in our hearts is what determines our fate.
Does she not know that when her mortal body is passed into the earth she will have no place wherein to dwell save in that subtle body her thoughts have so misshaped, and among the forms of her creation? In other words, if we think evil, we do evil, and so long as we have evil in our hearts, we carry that evil, and it will harm us. Even if we escape it in this life, it will pursue us and harm us as long as it is in our hearts. That is why only true repentance can free us from it. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Death and Justice" The All-Protecting Daughter
I have read The Feminine Universe and recently began rereading the Holy Gospel. The Gospel is the most wonderful description of the Creation and the Tripartite Goddess. I have a problem -- I was raised Roman Catholic and deep in me there is still a belief in Jesus and in rejecting him and his teachings I will go to hell. This fear continually places raodblocks in my devotion to Dea. Is there any thing you can tell me to help me overcome this?
Dea Be Praised, One question you might ask yourself is: Do you believe all Buddhists are going to hell? Or all Hindus or Taoists or Jews? It is not long since Roman Catholics taught that all Protestants were damned (and vice versa). Recently such ideas have been increasingly dropped, perhaps in a spirit of pulling together against the rising tide of godlessness. This is good, but it certainly shows the - shall we be gentle and say pragmatism? - of these anathemata. We are not saying followers of the Abrahamic religions do not worship the true God. We believe they do. But we also believe they have overlaid Her pure devotion with political expediency and patriarchal cruelty and that this goes hand in hand with depicting Her in masculine form. We believe in a God who loves Her children and would never torture them to punish them for seeing Her incorrectly. We believe that the concept of a torturer-god is very much a case of man remaking God in his image. Let us shelter beneath the Mantle of She who says: "I have turned no creature from Me" and "None shall call upon Me and be lost". Amazing GraceA video for devotees of Our Mother God.
Lotus Flower Symbol of Our Mother GodThe lotus flower symbol or Our Mother God is beautifully depicted in the dance shown on this video. The dance of the Feminine Holy Trinity and the lotus flower. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Lotus Flower Symbol of Our Mother God" Early publication of the Mother ScripturesA correspondent writes: When it is said that Lux Madriana was the first organization to publish the Filianic Scriptures this is correct but a little more detail could be added here. We need to remember that we are talking about the 1970s before the internet and before desktop publishing. Publishing anything was a complex and expensive process. Only a minority of the Scriptures were actually issued in booklet form: the rest were simply circulated as hand-typed papers that were photocopied or retyped. This made them very vulnerable to alterations and redactions. We continue to see these to this day. The addition of male elements, for example, and of "clearer" wording that implies New-Age ideas. Lux Madriana actually tried to regulate this process by stamping copies circulated within its sphere of influence with the "Madrian Literature Circle" imprint, however there were several "Madrian" versions in many cases, and many others outside the Madrian ambit. Lux Madriana's published version of a part of the Scriptural body had already been circulated in this form for some time beforehand and was subject to this process. The nearest thing to a definitive version is that found in The Gospel of Our Mother God which is the product of careful research and metaphysical understanding of the texts (sadly lacking elsewhere), together with a very cautious approach that puts the emphasis on creating a spiritual resource that can be trusted. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Early publication of the Mother Scriptures" Note on Lux MadrianaThank you for your recent post on Lux Madriana and the Filianic Scriptures. Anyone who is seriously interested in the Scriptures and researches them in Elektra is bound to stumble upon self-proclaimed representatives of Lux Madriana and other groups and individuals with a less than sincere, religious approach. While I understand that the Chapel might simply not have wished to be associated with them at all, not even in negating any association, I have felt that some sort of clarifying statement has been needed for a long time. I am glad that this statement has now been made. Thank you very much, Miss Charlotte Permalink -- click for full blog post "Note on Lux Madriana" Lux Madriana and the Filianic ScripturesLux Madriana Is sometimes credited with originating the Filianic Scriptures. What is the truth about this? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Lux Madriana and the Filianic Scriptures" Julian Jaynes Bicameral Mind CritiqueA critique of Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind theory from a metaphysical feminine pespective. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Julian Jaynes Bicameral Mind Critique" The "Great She", the Queen of Heaven
Thank you very much for your support. I have a question: "Why do you call the GREAT SHE "mother god" and not "mother goddess"? Is this the worship of the One God as Divine Mother? Than it is still patriarchal or not? In my reality she is the ALL and the seed (the man) is her offspring (a part from her, that's why the man and the woman are one) to reproduce herself. Yes, honored Father, we do worship the one God in Her original feminine form. We do not use the term "Goddess" for a number of reasons. Firstly because it implies something secondary to a (presumably masculine) "God". Secondly because the term is widely used by neo-Pagans, "witches", feminists and others who are not referring to the One Supreme Being, but to anything from a psychological concept to a metaphor for "all women" or "planet earth". Our worship is for God Herself, the one Supreme Being and Creatrix of all, not for some demigod or "goddess". "Patriarchal" is a broad concept, but in religion we generally use the term "patriarchal" to refer to the transition from the worship of God in Her original feminine form to the picturing or the Divine in a variety of masculine forms. Also to the "demotion" of Our Mother God to the inferior elements of earth and moon while the male "gods" usurp Her position as Queen of Heaven and Solar Spirit. This being the case, we appear to be one of the few sites that actually reject patriarchy, while most "goddess" cults wholeheartedly embrace the patriarchal movement to lunarize and chthonize their "goddess" (another reason we prefer to avoid the word). Not that we reject lunar and earthly functions. We see the Lunar Divine as being primarily the Daughter of Our Mother God, the savior of all beings. But we recognize that there is a hierarchy of being in which the Sun stands higher than the moon and the Heavens stand higher than the earth. The early patriarchs recognized that too. That is why we have a so-called "earth goddess" supplanting the true Queen of Heaven in patriarchal culture. Top Pagans?The Daily Reviewer has included your Chapel Chronicle in its list of 20 Top Pagan Blogs. Rather nice of them - particularly as we - uhh - aren't a pagan blog! "Paganism" tends to divide into the very masculine "Odinist" forms, which we obviously have no dealings, the neutral-ish god-and-goddess forms - with which we equally obviously have no relationship, and the "feminist", "goddess" element. You can read this conversation to see how very far we are from that group. All modern "paganism" is based on profoundly anti-traditional ideas spread by people like the "Theosophist" Madame Helena Blavatsky and the self-styled "witch" Gerald Gardener, and mutated by the 1960s "hippie" generation into what became called the "New Age Movement". But whether paganism means the lost patriarchal religions of the Hellenic or Teutonic peoples, or the mish-mash of modern "Wicca", worshipers of Our Mother God leave it well alone. In the words of the Holy Drispeal: One God alone: None other God than She. Kwan Yin as the Holy DaughterRayati, Thank you for sharing with us the story of your discovery of the beautiful and wonderful statue of Lady Kwan Yin, which graces both your altar and the cover of The Gospel of Our Mother God. Your realization of her place as The Daughter on your alter is profound. Such finds as these are a continued reminder of the love our Mother has for each of her daughters. May Dea continue to bless you, Miss Georgia B. Cobb The Cursing ApeIs swearing a sin? Modern Christians do not think so. But is that a flaw in their sin-based morality. What is the real spiritual truth behind dirty language? Follow the link below to find out. Lady Mary and Our Mother God
We see that, according to what was answered before, Jesus Christ could be an Avatara of the Daughter. But even if He isn't, it doesn't change the fact that His birth and life is a reflection of the Perennial Truth of the Daughter's Birth and Sacrifice. Of course, it also doesn't change the fact that Mary, the Mother of Christ, is a reflection of Our Mother God herself. Now I think I might be playing a bit of devil's advocate, but I really wanted to ask this: How much is it correct to take Mary as a devotional image of God Herself? What I mean is, being Mary a historical and human figure, can we really take her name as being the same as Dea Herself in our devotions and prayers? Would it not be considered wrong or sacrilegious in some aspect? I feel like I somehow know the answer to this, and yet I wanted to leave it in the hands of the truly knowledgeable ones to provide me with the correct answer. Thank you and Rayati for now. We would agree that praying to a historical human being would be wrong, and we do not do it. As a Filianist, I would say that we worship the Mother and the Daughter, and we find Their images in various places - in statues of Kuan Yin or of Mahalakshmi as well as of Mary. As we explain in detail in our main page on the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Image of Mary is iconographically a depiction of Our Mother God. In the early days of Christianity, many statues of the Magna Mater (Great Mother) were simply rededicated as Mary statues. We are simply reclaiming our own. And the Name Mary-Ma-Mari is a universal name of Dea. The Collyridians, who worship Mary as Supreme Deity, write:
When we adore and devote ourselves to Mary, we are not merely speaking of a certain Jewish woman who lived at the turn of the first century, but of the Lady of All Things that is revealed through the icons and mythos of the Virgin Mary. As Filianists, many of us would go further. Rather than saying "we are not merely speaking of a certain Jewish woman who lived at the turn of the first century" we would say that we are not speaking of that woman at all. We are speaking of Our Mother God. Christianity and the DaughterI have been a devoted follower of the Chapel of Our Mother God. I've have the 'Feminine Universe' and read the 'Gospel of Our mother God'. My question: How does Jesus Christ fit into our thealogy? Dea be Praised This is an interesting question and one to which there is perhaps no single answer. Deanism/Filianism is not Christian so Jesus Christ is not "part of our religion" any more than he is part of the Buddhist religion. So different Deanists may look at the matter differently. I think all would agree that Christianity is an authentic religion. Some would even say that Jesus is a reflection or even an incarnation of the Daughter (rather as Sri Lalita took on the form of Krishna for the salvation of the Gopis). Others would say that Christianity is simply a patriarchalized "translation" of the Daughter Mythos - of which there have been many - Atthis, Adonis, Osiris, etc. Whether Jesus was a true Avatara or a human teacher who became the focus for the worship of the True "Christ", or Savior (who we would say is most perfectly seen as the Daughter), there is no doubt that the Christian faith has been a providential vehicle for the message of salvation in a patriarchal age - and through the Image of Mary, a path by which devotion to Our Mother God might continue in an otherwise hostile environment. The Wonderful StatueThe story of the statue used on the cover of the Gospel of Our Mother God is told in a blog by Miss Sushuri Madonna. She also shows how the statue was used to create a Filianic Mother-Daughter shrine. Wearing the RosaryI was wondering if you could tell me as to why the rosary is not worn around the neck? In history, was the rosary ever worn around the neck? The shape of the rosary appears to be made to wear? Is the rosary to be used for praying and hand held only? Any info you can provide...would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so very much. Marlene I am not sure why you say that the rosary is not worn round the neck, but I think you may be referring to this discussion from last year. As you will see, while there have been some objections particularly in patriarchal Catholic circles, we generally feel the practice is a perfectly happy and devout one. As you say, the Rosary seems made to be worn, and it is not merely an "aid to prayer" as some moderns seem to think, in a rather utilitarian way. It is also an symbolic artefact - enacting the reality of the many worlds and beings connected by the ever present thread-Spirit (Strivate) who is Our Mother God. Reverend Mother Cobb ExplainsDear Reader, It is quite valid for you to questioned my use of the "feminine" for all the "main concepts" described in Bereshith/Genesis. Many Hebrew scholars do insist that many (not all) of these Hebrew words are masculine. However, it is my understanding that they do so because of their automatic assumption that any concept dealing with origins, authority or primal intelligence, must necessarily be masculine. Some will even grant that "Bereshith" conveys the the meaning of "wisdom" and Elohim conveys the meaning of "knowledge". But instead of accepting these as being the fount (Mother) and the outpouring (Daughters) of the one source, they insist that "Wisdom" is the "Father", and "knowledge is the "Mother". [Later on in this narrative, they even insist on the division of the waters above and below the firmament as being a division between the Heavenly-masculine waters and the Earthly-feminine waters]. This is the same idea that we find in the Vedas and Upanishads in which the Sanskrit scholars insist that the Source is masculine and the Out-flowing is feminine. Neither Hebrew nor Sanskrit scholars are able to perceive of both the source and the outflow as being feminine. It was my desire when creating an English expanded translation of all the Hebrew words as feminine to convey the idea that they could be understood as such. This translation was based entirely on my Deanic/Filianic reading of the Hebrew. Reverend Mother Georgia B. Cobb The Genesis Translation ContinuedReverend Mother Georgia Cobb continues her translation
Genesis 1:5Bereshith (Primordial-Feminine Head-Intelligence-Primogenitor-Source) 1:5 God named the light 'Day', and the darkness He named 'Night'. It was evening and it was morning, one day. Vayikra (And calls) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) la-or (The Visible Illuminating Energy) "yom" ("Feminine Model") ve-la-choshech (and The Hidden Veil of Darkness) kara (She calls)laylah ("Feminine Mystery") vayehi-(and comes to pass/is called into being) erev (Lady of the Evening/Darkening) vayehi-(and comes to pass/is called into being) voker (Lady of the Morning) yom (Feminine Model) echad (One/United). These are my interpretations of the inner feminine meaning of these ancient Hebrew words. It is my understanding that certain Jewish mystics, as well as some Benai Noah understand Bershit to be "The Mother". One Jewish mystic even interpreted the phrase "tohu va vohu" in its metaphysical sense (literally without form and void, i.e. raw information without substance and raw substance without information) not something empty or chaotic, but something so pristine it cannot be described because it has no qualities.
Reverend Mother Georgia CobbMeanwhile, a correspondent sends this question on the first part. Rayati, I have been reading the post about the translation Honored Reverend Cobb provided us with quite some interest. I am not really an "unbeliever" when it comes to the feminine essence of all religious traditions, but I was very intrigued with the fact that, seemingly, the nouns and verbs (if I can call them so) in this translation are very specifically and explicitly feminine. I went to the internet to do a research on the meaning of those words, to see if they matched the translation posted here. Of course I have little to no knowledge of the hebrew language, but the meanings I found in my rather shallow search were, quite oppositely, explicitly masculine. I do not wish to enter the realm of "faithlessness" or excessive need of scientific proof of things, but I am very curious to know, if possible, how the words in this first part of the Genesis are so closely related to the Feminine Essence as Reverend Cobb showed us. Thank you and Rayati Hail Mary, Fount of GraceHello from a faithful Filyana. On the phrase "Hail Mary Fount of Grace". It seems that there is controversy over the phrase "full of grace" and "fount of grace". "Full of Grace" showing the Mother Mary being the source of all grace and "Fount of all grace" showing The Daughter Inanna distributing graces. However the phrase "Fount of Grace" is kept in the Hail Mary prayer to show that she is the source and not the recipient of grace. I have a possible solution why don't you alter the prayer to be Hail Mary Source of Grace. We are not aware of this precise controversy, but it seems to be based on a slight misunderstanding of the word "fount". The term does not only mean a "fountain" or distributor, it more profoundly has the sense of fons et origo: "fount and origin". A fount, in this sense, is the spring from which a river rises - in other words, its source. So "Hail Mary, Fount of Grace", does mean "Hail Mary, Source of Grace." The secondary sense of a Fountain or Distributor of Graces is decidedly the less important of the two meanings, though it also is implied. Actually the term "Full of Grace" is deprecated by Deanists precisely because it does not mean "Source of Grace". It could be taken - and by Christians is taken - to mean full of Grace from a source outside Herself, which, to Deanists, is a grave error.
The Filianic Hail Mary is used in The Gospel of Our Mother GodThe Dark QueenHello dear sisters in Dea. I am a faithful lover and worshiper of Our Heavenly Mother Mary. I love the Filianic Scriptures especially The Daughter Mythos. One thing that puzzles me is the character of the Dark Queen mentioned herein. Obviously the Dark Queen of the Queen of Hell and the mother of the vile demons. Though my question is precisely who is she? Is she the Devil in our religion? Why is it that when Mary descends to Hell to retrieve Inanna that it mentions the Gatkeepers retreating because of the power of the Mother but it neglects to say what happens to the Queen of Hell. What exactly is the Queen of Hell and is she even a literal character or a metaphorical character. Was she the snake that tempted the First Daughter of Creation? I know that this is not something we focus on anyways as our true devotion is to Dea and her Janyati but this is a question I have been having for a long time. Yes, in a certain sense the Dark Queen could be called the devil in our religion. All religions accept the existence of demonic forces - of a Darkness that is opposed to the true Light (this is not "dualism" - dualism is the belief that good and evil, God and devil, are "equal and opposite" - we do not believe that). "Is she a literal character?" This raises a fundamental question. Is she human? No. Is she a fallen angel (like the Christian Lucifer)? No. The Janyati, by definition, cannot fall. When we look at intelligences that are not human or material, we really have moved out of the realm of everything we mean by "literal". We are not talking of "individuals" such as we appear to be. But this does not mean we are talking of something unreal. Metaphysically some would say that we are talking of the opposition to the Divine which exists at every level of creation, including within ourselves. But this does not mean that the Dark Queen is a metaphor or does not really exist. She does. One very vital difference between our conception of the Evil One and that of the Hebraic religions is that we believe she will be saved in the end, along with all creation "even to the last blade of grass". In other words, we are universalists. Logically, we believe that this is the only position that makes perfect sense. A reconciliation that did not include every being would be imperfect. There would still be dualism and division. In fact, we would say that the concepts of the non-redemption of the evil one and of eternal damnation fall into the error of true dualism by affirming that there is eternally something that remains outside God.  Sinners' PrayerHow can I be saved by God in her original feminine form? Is there a sinners prayer? You will find a sinner's prayer in the Office of Epi-hemera in the Gospel of Our Mother God?: Most merciful Lady, Act of Contrition from the Office of Epi-hemeraOur Mother God rescues all who turn to Her and call upon Her Holy Name: 27. None shall call upon Me and be lost. Every cry of the world shall I heed; and when the whole of a heart cries upon Me, that soul shall I take beneath My mantle. 28. Cry and thou shalt have answer; love and thou art beloved, hope and thy hope shall be fulfilled, in this world and in all the worlds to come. The Pillar of LightAll quotations from the Gospel of Our Mother God Various QuestionsWe have received various questions from our correspondents, so we are taking time here to answer some of them. Is there any references to the End of Time in the Gospel of Our Mother God? Yes, there are various such references. here is one: 29. She rules both the rivers and the wellsprings, the wellsprings and the mighty sea. 30. When the Word was spoken and the worlds were born, She did observe in silence. 31. Her webs She did outweave; both longwise and crosswise did She spread them, to cover every corner of the field. 32. These will She draw together when that their time is come. 33. All the holy Ranyas are Her servants; the craftmaids are created by Her craft. She doth govern all, and all She will ingather when the worlds are rolled up like to a parchment scroll. The Clew of the HorseMy question is if Eve since her name means "the Mother of the Living." I found on the internet an article about Eve it turns out that Eve was a Summerian Mother Goddess. Is there any truth about this? Is Eve the true name of God the Mother and Inanna the name of God the Daughter our saviour or the name Quan Yin?Eve was certainly a name of Dea. You can read more about Eve here. The name, as you say, means "Mother of all Living". It is not the "true" Name of Dea, for She has many Names among many peoples, but it is one of the Names by which She was known long ago. The creation of the world according to GenesisWe received this interesting translation of the opening verses of the Book of Genesis, showing how the English translations have overlain a much more feminine original/ Genesis 1:1-4 Or Bereshith (Primordial Feminine Source/Primogenitor) 1:1-4 An expanded literal translation by Reverend Mother Georgia B. Cobb In the beginning God created heaven and earth. OR Bereshith (Within Primordial Feminine Source/Primogenitor) bara (is created) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) et (all) hashamayim (the pure streams of Feminine Essence/in-Form-ation) ve'et (and all) aha'arets (the pure manifestation of Feminine Substance/Mater) 1:2 And the earth was without form and void, with darkness on the face of the depths, but God's spirit moved on the water's surface. OR Veha'arets (And the pure manifestation of Feminine Substance/Matter) hayetah (comes into being) tohu (without sensible identification) vavohu (and without sensible qualities) vechoshech (with hidden veil of darkness) al peney (over the face of) tehom (The Feminine Depths) ve ruach (but Feminine Life Force of) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) merachefet (hovers) al-peney (over the face of) hamayim (the Feminine Primal Waters). 1:3 God said, 'There shall be light,' and light came into existence. OR Vayomer (And Says) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) yehi-or (come into being- visible illuminating energy) vayehi-or (and comes into being-visible illuminating energy). 1:4 God saw that the light was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness. OR Vayar (And Sees) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) et-ha'or (all the visible-illuminating energy) ki-tov (to be beneficial) vayavdel (and separates) Elohim (Great Feminine Elemental Powers) beyn (between) ha'or (the visible illuminating energy) uveyn (and between) hachoshech (the hidden veil of darkness). The High Festival of the Rose of the WorldToday is the High Feast of Rosa Mundi - the Rose of the world. It is the "antipodal" festival to Nativity - the Southern Gate of Heaven. It is the Festival of the Mother as the Great Rose that is the very cosmos unfolding from Her rose-heart. Lotus Dance CommentsA correspondent sends the following comment on the Lotus Dance video posted below:
I have seen the video of the Lotus Dance, and it is truly an amazing presentation of the worship of Our Mother God. We do not know the full significance of the gestures in this kinema, but we have a dear friend who is very well versed in the filianic symbolism of Estrenne dance and we shall ask her if she can comment for us in the near future. The Holy Lotus of the Feminine TrinityWe could not resist sharing this beautiful kinema depicting so perfectly the lotus as a symbol of the cosmos with the Feminine Holy Trinity at its heart. Whether it is conscious or unconscious - a knowing tribute to Our Mother God or a manifestation of the Truth that lies in every heart, this is a very beautiful thing.
A goddess correspondenceA corrsespondence with a goddess person. What makes goddessism tick? And why worshipers of Our Mother God don't use the g word. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A goddess correspondence" Sai Rayanna Day
The Feminine Publishing Company has made available an Mp3 of a recent sermon explaining the religious and social significance of this important day, drawing parallels with Japanese Amaterasu and Indian Durga as well as European and American traditions. The Catechism of our Mother GodThe catechism for all believers in God the Mother and Her Divine Daughter outlining the fundamental tenets of our Faith. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Catechism of our Mother God" Sai Raya in the Age of Silver
The oldest theriomorphic sculpture ever discovered - and one of the oldest sculptures of any kind - was for long known as the Lion Man. However more careful examination has revealed that she is actually female. The statue is now known as the Loewenfrau - the Lion Lady. Acording to radio carbon dating she is 32,000 years old. What is likely to have been the meaning of a lion-lady? While we cannot expect fully to interpret the mind of Silver Age humanity, we know that the lion has always and everywhere been a solar representative - so powerful that it has been used for centuries throughout Europe and Asia where no lions are found. We know also that (despite the patriarchal classical relegation of feminine deity to subordinate lunar status) the Solar Mother is found everywhere in pre-patriarchal religion, often surviving into early patriarchy. Here, undoubtedly, we have an image of Our Solar Mother going back some thirty-two millennia. A truly wonderful piece of our heritage. Hail Queen of Heaven!
 Today is the High Feast of the Exaltation of the Queen of Heaven.
9. And when the time was at hand, two Janyati descended, one on either side of Her, and She went with them into Heaven.10. And the children of Heaven greeted Her, crying: Hail, Princess of the World; Hail, Queen of Heaven. And they placed a crown of stars about Her head. 11. And the blue night was Her cloak, and the stars of the sky the crown about Her head, and the moon lay at Her feet. And they cried again: Hail, Queen of Heaven. From The Mythos of God the Daughter in |
This breathtaking video presents a piece of historical fiction dating from the late bronze age - a reconstruction of the speech which launched the great Amazon Campaign that ended in the liberation of Atlantis according to both Greek and Egyptian historians.
Today (2nd February) is the Feast of Lights - the day of 
I have come across a few pages where a distinction between Filianism and Deanism is made. I have a few questions about it: What are the practical (meaning, devotional) differences between the two? And can a person feel more comfortable being one or another?
I have been closely following this site for almost two years. I am ready to convert to the true religion -- the worship of Dea, our Mother God.
The previous questions about how Filianists see Jesus Christ reminded me of something I meant to ask long ago.
Sai Rayanna Day is an Aristasian festival celebrating the incarnation of the avatar of Sai Raya, the Supernal Sun.
Here is an adapted prayer to Our Mother God which we feel you, our dear readers, will love:
A correspondent writes: