A Weblog for Our Mother God

May 7, Our Lady of Korea

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:17:11 GMT

The University of Dayton is showing an exhibit of paintings of Our Lady of Korea. The exhibition notes state: "[Miss] Bang [O Seok]'s deep devotion to Mary is reflected in the number of paintings she has created of the Holy Mother of Korea, several of them included in this exhibit. In them Mary is shown in traditional garments of a queen or noble woman. All of her work is in traditional Korean painting style and reflects her culture's religious ethos. The characteristic trait of Korean painting is to express briefly and to the point, leaving some blank area on the work. In this way spectators have latitude for thinking and are able to fill up the space, not with craftsmanship or technique, but with faith, according to [Miss] Bang." In paintings such as "Holy Mother of Korea, Full of Love", traditional iconography is retained, but in a thoroughly Korean manner, emphasising the universality of the image of Our Lady. To a Filianist Trinitarian, perhaps the most fascinating image is that which we reproduce below, showing Our Lady in Trinitarian form. As with many traditional so-called "Triple-goddess" images, the three Persons are depicted as near-identical, emphasising the Unity-in-Trinity of Dea. They are positioned in a way that makes perfect sense to a Filyana, with the Mother-Creatrix looking outward toward Her Creation (of which She is the Centre), the Daughter looking upward, linking earth to Heaven and the Absolute Mother looking downward and embracing the Two. The Absolute Mother's eyes are also closed, indicating her "Darkness", or transcendence of perceptibility/perception. Little is said about this painting on the exhibition's website, perhaps unsurprisingly since a Christian explanation would seem, to say the least of it, problematic. Miss Iris comments: "The flowers in the centre are probably Mugunghwa (Lit. "The immortal flower," Hibiscus syriacus; translated as "Roses of Sharon" in the English version of the South Korean national anthem.)

Apr 30, The Exaltation of the Queen of Heaven

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:13:13 GMT

Tomorrow, the 14th of Maia (1st of May) is the day that lies exactly between Eastre (the Spring Equinox) and Rosa Mundi (the Summer Solstice). This is the High Feast of the Exaltation of the Queen of Heaven. It s the last Feast of the Eastre Cycle and also the last Feast of the Daughter-half of the year. At this Feast, God the Daughter, having risen from Hell to reign upon the earth is now exalted to become Queen of Heaven. In the beautiful words of the canticle from the Filianic Rite (which is based upon a canonical prayer over 4,000 years old): Our Lady is exalted among the daughters of Heaven.
Radiant Princess, Star of the Sea,
Robed in celestial light. Divine Service will be held on-line for the Feast of the Exaltation. Maidens wishing to attend should Please contact us.

Apr 30, The Divine and Eternal mary

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:51:59 GMT

Is Our Lady Mary an exalted mortal Jewish woman? Or is She God Herself?

Apr 21, Marian Initiatives

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:49:51 GMT

Marian initiatives seem to be in the aethyr at present. The formation has been announced of the Society of the Divine Heart of Mary, described as "an ecumenical, worldwide feminine religious order" whose purpose is "To extend the sovereign reign of the Queen of Heaven through prayer, service, study and mission". We would expect feminine liturgy to be a part of the worship of this Order and we have every reason to believe that the term Divine Heart is advisedly chosen to indicate the worship of Mary as Supreme Deity and Her Heart as the Heart of the world. The Order's web site is here. At the same time a Philomarianite site is being planned. Based at worshipmary.net the site is devoted to the Philomarianite tradition of the worship of Mary as supreme, absolute Dea. The brief prospectus currently posted states:

We are Philomarianites and proud of it! Coming soon! We are a website commited to spreading the unashamed devotion and worship of the Blessed Mother Mary, Queen of Heaven and Great Celestial Goddess.

These initiatives, which stress the Celestial nature of Dea and the true Divinity of Mary are a welcome change from the psychic earth-goddess cults all too prevalent in some "feminist" circles and seem to indicate a movement of return to a true and reverent devotion to Our Lady, the One without a second. We shall watch these developments with interest.

Apr 9, The Culture of Our Mother God

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:10:29 GMT

One of the many problems with Western "goddess" cults, be they "Wiccan" "Pagan" or whatever, is that they lack a culture. Culture is fundamentally the outworking of a given spiritual tradition within the life of the particular humanity for which it was providentially destined. Spirituality comes first and "culture" follows; just as Dea comes first, and maid is the result of Dea: not vice versa. That is why our very word "culture" is derived from cultus. While one does not have to be a European to be Catholic or an Arab to be Moslem, those faiths and cultures are deeply bound up with each other. The only culture associated with Western "Goddessism" is post-Woodstock Western pop-culture with its associated "psychology" and post-modern "morality" - in other words the most shallow, secularised and anti-metaphysical culture ever known to humanity. People often ask what is the connexion between Filianism and Aristasia. One certainly does not have to be an Aristasian to be a Filianist, but Aristasian culture is the culture associated with Filianism: and whatever one may think of it, it is far closer to being a full culture than anything possessed by any "goddess" sect. It is also the only non-patriarchal culture available to a West Tellurian. A very recent example of this is the Sai Thame College Song recently published in Elektraspace. It is the School Song for an Aristasian College. As such it is not a hymn or a religious song, and yet it contains, inherently many of the concepts native to Deanic/Filianic culture, much as pre-secularised Western culture contained Christian/Classical concepts in all its productions. Click the link below to hear the song and read a commentary on its meaning.

Apr 7, The Heart of Water

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:07:00 GMT

The Heart of Water: a Scripture of Our Mother God

Apr 4, The Dogmatic Question

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:11:12 GMT

The term dogmatic has become an abuse-word in the modern Western vocabulary: but is dogma actually a valid necessity for a spiritual community?

Mar 29, The Three Eternal Truths

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:08:17 GMT

We have referred on a few occasions to the Drispeal - the threefold statement of Filianic Truth, believed to have been used extensively by the Amazons in their campaigns to save the world from patriarchal darkness. Today a very old article on this subject has been re-published (it has never before been seen on-line) which examines in great depth the Spiritual and metaphysical meanings inherent in this apparently simple triple-statement. We strongly recommend that you follow the link below and read it.

Mar 27, Maria Mantra MP3

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:27:11 GMT

This Maria Mantra MP3 is a universal chant to Our Mother God for use by all Her children

Mar 26, Children of the Princess MP3

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:53:09 GMT

Children of the Princess MP3: a sermon for the Day of Our Sovereign Lady telling how we may live in the world and yet follow our Celestial Princess

Mar 21, Happy New Year

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:36:03 GMT

We wish all our dear readers a very happy new year. This dawn, Our Lady is arisen, the world is reborn and we enter the New Year. Our glorious Princess has conquered death. The date in the Flinianic Calendar is the First of Culverine, the Year (by the Aristasian Imperial reckoning) 3328. This is the Year of Sai Sushuri, the Janya of love, both human and divine. May this year be filled with love for you and all those dear to you. And may Our sweet Mother God open all our hearts to Her and fill our souls with Her radiant Love.

Mar 20, The Labrys and the Heart

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:37:11 GMT

The Labrys has been used by various "goddess" groups, but what is its real meaning?

Mar 19, Who is Our Mediatrix? MP3

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:41:10 GMT

FIlianic Sermon for Passion 3327 discusses the questions of Sacrament and Incarnation and asks the vital question: Who is Our Mediatrix? MP3 format.

Mar 18, The Veiling of the Statues

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:23:54 GMT

May we remind all followers of the Filianic tradition that all statues of Our Lady (Mother or Daughter) must be covered before you retire to bed today (Tuesday). They will not be unveiled until dawn on Friday - the first moment of the New Year. In this time of Our Lady's Death one should act so far as possible as if the world were ended and it is ideal not to refer to the future at all (this discipline is very hard, and even trying to keep it is a valuable spiritual practice. The Marianna-Maria chant is traditional for this period. Please use it as much as you can. May you be granted a blessed Hiatus.

Mar 18, The Marianna Maria Chant: MP3

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:41:22 GMT

The Marianna Maria chant is a chant of love and devotion to the Mother. It is especially used in the Hiatus between the years, calling upon the Mother to rescue Her Daughter.

Mar 17, Kala: the Death of Our Lady

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:02:01 GMT

Tomorrow, the 28th of Moura (March the 18th), is the last day of the year. It is the day that all of you who have been keeping Moura and observing disciplines this month have been preparing for. It is called Kala, or the Passion of Our Lady. The reading for the day is given here: Chapters IV and V. On this day, Our Lady is slain upon the Pillar of the World in the nethermost depths of Hell. It is traditional to cover all statues and images of Dea with a black or dark-coloured cloth. Following Kala this year is a two-day Hiatus. Your statues will remain veiled during this period. These days are not part of the old year or the new. They are days when Our Lady is dead and the world is dead. Days that, in a sense, do not exist. On these days special austerities may be undertaken by those who wish. Even for the least religious in Aristasia, these are days when it is considered highly inauspicious to begin any new activity, and in general it is best to avoid referring to or acknowledging the future, for this is the end of the world. It is very difficult to do this and you may consider it a valuable spiritual exercise if you succeed even partially. The reading for these days is very short but you are encouraged to read it often: Chapter VI, verses 1 - 6. There is also a chant for these days, which is said to be a calling on the Mother to save Her Daughter. We hope to make this available in time for you to use it if you wish.

Mar 16, The Story of Eastre: The Death and Resurrection of Our Lady saviouress

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:01:48 GMT

The Eastre Story: The scriptural depiction of Our Lady's Death and Resurrection

Mar 14, A Combined Creed

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:19:59 GMT

Most honoured Bishop Sarah of the Church of the Divine Heart has put forward the following combined Creed:

This is a trial version of a combined creed for liturgical worship, set in a feminine language, for consideration for future use in the proposed Book of Divine Service. The wording combines elements of the Apostle's Creed, Nicene Creed and the Filianic Creed. I believe in one eternal God, maker of the universe and all things therein, seen and unseen. There is one God alone, and none besides Her, one eternal God, without beginning, by whom all things were made. I believe in one eternal law, no law other than Her supreme law, which governeth all things, eternally ruled and ordered by Her love, Her word, and Her wisdom. And I believe in Her virgin Daughter, born of the virgin Mother, the ruler of all creation, whose nature is perfect love. Light of light, of true essence of the Holy Mother, she became incarnate Maid for our salvation so the maid might come to God. She descended to the abyss of darkness, suffered under the forces of death, died, and was risen victoriously, once and for all overcoming the chasm of darkness and its powers. She ascended to the right hand of Her Holy Mother, from thence She reigneth with the Holy Mother as the Queen of Heaven for all eternity. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, eternal deity and giver of life, whose name has not been spoken on earth; with the Holy Mother and Holy Daughter together is glorified and worshiped. She spake through prophets, dwells with us in Her all-pervading presence, and teacheth and sanctifieth God's people. I believe in One Holy, Apostolic Catholic Church, communion of saints, forgiveness of sins, resurrection of the dead and eternal life to come; through the triumphant life of the risen Holy Daughter, my soul shall rise renewed in Her perfection that I may return to eternal communion with the one eternal God.

As well as the cited Creeds, this also seems to incorporate clear elements of the Drispeal:

One God alone: none other God than She One Law alone: none other Law than Her Law God became Maid that maid might come to God.

Such a Creed may well be a way forward for those who wish to integrate the worship of Our Mother God with the West Tellurian tradition. Certain problems might arise: for example, the word "incarnate" would be troubling to Filianists who believe that while the Daughter certainly entered into manifestation, she was not made flesh nor manifested at a particular time or place on the plane of physical matter (which is but a tiny portion of the total cosmos). It should be recalled though, that for the Filianist, all that we need to know and believe is stated in the Filianic Creed.

Mar 12, Priesthood and Sacraments of Our Mother God

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:44:41 GMT

An honoured correspondent writes:

The Aristasian website contains many inspirational writings about God Our Mother and Her love for her daughters today. Operation Bridgehead is an indication that a number of Aristasian maids have been given "second sight" and "second hearing" and other seer maid gifts today. It seems to me that Our Mother God can and does both inspire and authorize certain of Her daughters to begin new feminine ecclesiastical traditions at diverse times and in diverse places (especially in times and places where old feminine ecclesiastical traditions were broken or lost or ceased to function for one reason or another). Therefore, is seems only logical that a new lineage of feminine priests may be called, initiated, ordained and installed (and valid sacraments created afresh) today anywhere in Telluria that Deanic/Filianic maids gather in Dea's Name. I am hoping and praying and wonder if this will happen soon in Aristasia and other Deanic/Filanic groups. May Dea Bless you,

Please believe that we join your prayers that Priesthood and Sacraments may be granted to the earthly devotees of Our Mother God. Curiously, your letter arrived just after a conversation on this very subject.Perhaps something is in the aethyr. How, when or whether Dea will give us a more formal religious basis, we cannot tell. If we took these matters a little less seriously we could no doubt formulate something for ourselves as many "new religions" have done. As it is we must wait patiently and obediently until Our Lady acts. We offer her our simple acts of praise and devotion: "protestant" in nature not because we "protest" against Priesthood and Sacrament, but because we find ourselves without them. Our devotional Services have brought powerful spiritual benefits to some devotees, as has the relatively new use of the Rosary Where Blessed Dea will lead us next we cannot say. Whether She will light our torch from an existing flame upon this world or with a spark from Heaven, or whether She will leave us simply to pray and to praise Her as best we may without a Temple, only She knows. As the Daughter said on the eve of Her blessed sacrifice: "She will do what She will do, and blessed is Her Name."

Mar 11, Wearing the Rosary

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:52:05 GMT

The following comments were posted on an Aristasian Forum: I have been asked to comment on the practice of wearing the Rosary about one's neck. It seems that some Catholic teachers have discouraged this as disrespectful. Wearing the Rosary (whether in the Western form or chanting-beads) is a traditional practice in both the Motherlands and Telluria, and was certainly not always discouraged by the Tellurian Catholic Church. Why should it be so now? I think there are two conscious reasons in the minds of those who discourage it: 1) Rosaries and pseudo-rosaries are worn as "fashion items" by "goths" and other non-religious people. 2) They may be regarded as "fashion accessories" even by practising Catholics who also pray them. This may sometimes be seen as part of being a "cool Catholic" or some such thing: and while catholic teachers may even encourage this as a way of retaining "bongos" in the faith, they very rightly draw the line at playing with sacred items. In a culture where the line between the sacred and profane wearing of a Rosary may be very fuzzy, it is probably better to tell people to avoid it altogether. There is a third reason which is probably less conscious, but even more fundamental. 3) To give the most outward aspect of the matter: if a teacher says "yes" to the wearing of the Rosary, she must consider what it may be worn with. A tea-shirt bearing a foolish or vulgar slogan possibly. Deliberately torn or crumpled clothing. These things are considered unexceptionable and legitimate clothing in the Pit. In order to wear a Rosary respectfully, there must be a certain base of dignity in one's dress and demeanour. This does not mean never being silly or having fun. But it does mean (in Aristasian terms) remembering at all times that maid is the princess regent for Dea on earth, and comporting oneself in ways that do not violate that. This core dignity could be assumed in Telluria until relatively recently. It cannot now. None of these considerations affect Aristasians. Therefore I see no objection to the wearing of the Rosary. But I would make the following point: If the Rosary is worn visibly (not necessarily over one's outermost garment, but so that it can be clearly seen) - it is a mark of faith and devotion and one should comport oneself accordingly. Just as one would take care of one's bearing in a military uniform, so, if you choose to wear a Rosary you should behave in the light of that. Unless you have a reason for wearing it at all times, you should choose on what occasions you will wear it and take the wearing of it and the discipline that goes with that as a minor spiritual exercise.

Mar 10, The Daughter in Kali Yuga

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:07:54 GMT

Honoured Mahadevi Goswami writes:

Thank you for uploading my previous questions, I eagerly await to read the corresponding Scriptures. Another question has occurred to me in the meantime, and I would gladly appreciate your knowledgeable response. I was wondering how the Mother/Daughter manages the Kali Yuga? For example, how will she be able to de-consolidate and return to her true nature? Is there anything holding her back? I was slightly confused when I read your wonderful article on the Kali Yuga, I'm not sure where to differentiate the symbolic with the reality. For example, the article says the Maiden/Daughter becomes consolidated as this is the most material/physical of all the ages, so is the Maiden material/physical now as well? I ask because there are and have been people who claim and are believed by the highest/wisest of religious teachers to be incarnates of Gods/esses. Many of these 'human' incarnates have supernatural (natural but just beyond our current understanding) abilities and wisdom, would our beloved Maiden be in a similar position? Would the dear Maiden have to go through human incarnation and learn/suffer to return to her true form and would the world or some be aware of her presence? If so, can we expect her within a certain time frame? I know and am thankful that you wrote that she is always with us, but when I read the article I thought that perhaps she would also be human or in a very definite physical form at some point and if so, would there be certain actions/experiences she would need/have to take and go through? Once again I would like to say thank you for your amazing work and your knowledge and helpful replies are a real gift to those like me. I respect what you are doing and look forward to reading your updates.

Honoured Mahadevi Goswami, we seem to have a very slight misunderstanding here the article states that maid is becoming increasingly consolidated, not the Maid, i.e the Holy Daughter. Maid is the term we use for humanity as a whole - maidenkind; and we, along with the terrestrial world, are subject to ever more rapid consolidation or materialisation in this last Age. The Daughter was never a material being as we are, though she descended to the nethermost depths of the universe (realms "below" materiality). Her sacrifice is complete and does not need to take place on earth also. That Her Spirit could one day animate an earthly maid to a very high degree is indeed possible, though we have no prophecy of this.

Mar 4, Med Moura: Release from Discipline

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:15:56 GMT

Today is Med-Moura: the day when we are released from the disciplines and abstinences we have adopted for Moura. If you have been observing Moura this year we wish you a delightful day enjoying all the things you have been missing for the last two weeks. The day after Med-Moura is a time to review our success in observing Moura and renew (and sometimes intensify) our Moura disciplines. Med-Moura is also the day for honouring our mothers and mistresses in the Faith. So if you have a teacher or spiritual mistress remember to thank her today for the service she has given you in the name of Our Lady. Have a happy and blessed Med-Moura and a happy and blessed Moura.

Mar 4, The Universal Mother-Civilisation

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:55 GMT

An unnamed correspondent comments on our article on Matriarchy: Excellent article! You've cut right to the heart of an extremely important issue. My forthcoming book, Switching to Goddess: Humanity's Ticket to the Future, is based on your premise: not only is the evidence overwhelming that before about 4000 BC many people in many places around the globe were focused on female Deity; there's also no good evidence suggesting otherwise. Many tangled, shrill and silly arguments, yes. But nothing worth the paper it's written on. I would, however, like to comment on one of your statements near the beginning of your article: "...there are no written records," you say, for the pre-patriarchal, goddess-centered peoples. Actually, this is not true. We do have written records for the Minoans, the Indus Valley peoples, and probably the Old Europeans as well. It's just that none of our scholars have been smart enough to decode these languages yet. The ancient Western languages we have decoded are those of the first patriarchs: the Greeks, the dynastic Egyptians, the Vedic Indians, the Sumerians and Babylonians, etc. And the only reason we've been able to decode these scripts is that they're the ancestors of our modern languages. So the ugly truth begins to dawn: it was our own war-damned ancestors who decimated [sic] our peaceful Dea-centered ancestors - and as a result, it's only the "war" languages we can read (and speak) today.

Feb 29, Questions on the Filianic Creed

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:14:07 GMT

Honoured Bishop Sarah of the Church of the Divine Heart writes: As I compare the Nicene Creed with the Filianic Creed (http://www.mother-god.com/I-believe.html), how one might describe the unknowable and undescribable (such is the mystery of the infinite God in blessed trinity) seems to always cause one problem or another. [As with the Christian Creeds] difficulties with semantics may be grounds for future controversies when taking note of how the Filianic Creed expresses the third person of the Trinity. This, of course, is more of a surface difference, yet it may have a potential for a great misunderstanding and great confusion in the future. While the Filianic Creed itself never is specific about the third person, a Filianic catechism describes her as the Absolute Deity and the Dark Mother. Both phrases are potentially controversial and thus require much clarification for those who are not very familiar to them. Without doubt both phrases would generate two important thealogical questions: 1. Are the first and second persons "not absolute" or "less than absolute" if the third is the absolute deity? Does this argument come from the former having "shapes" while the latter being "without form"? 2. There is no darkness in God (cf. Creation 1:9; John 1:5; 1 John 1:5) and that according to the Filianic thealogy everything was pure golden light in the beginning; it was only after the Snake came into the picture (Creation 2:1) the darkness, or the kear, came into existence. Although the "dark" in "Dark Mother" refers to obscurity ("Whose Name has not been spoken on this earth") describing a Godhead with an adjective that is of not God is quite problematic. Miss Sushuri replied: The terms "Absolute Deity" and "Dark Mother", while perfectly exact if understood correctly, do underline the limitations of Modern English and of West Tellurian language in general. A more accurate rendition might be "Nirguna Brahman" - God Without Form (although putting it into English again leaves the formula open to misunderstanding). Any formal delineation whatever is by definition a limitation. To predicate anything is to deny something else, which is why the Upanishads say of the Absolute "neti, neti" - "not this, not this". The term "Absolute" in this case is intended to convey the absence of any formal limitation, while "Dark" is intended to convey Her transcendence of human comprehension. To make this absolutely clear, the Filianic Rite refers to Her as "Dark beyond the Light and Light beyond the Darkness", which is clearly intended to prevent any interpretation of "Dark" in a privative sense. "Whose Name has not been spoken on this earth" should be understood in the same sense as "the Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao". This is not to say that God with Form is in any way deprecated. She manifests first as the Mother and then as the Daughter: but such a descent into the world of Form is purely an act of Grace and mercy to fallen creatures.

Feb 26, The Plight of the Daughter

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:23:41 GMT

Honoured Miss Mahadevi Goswami writes:

Thank you for your wonderful website and detailed information. I have been readng the Authorised Scriptures and am concerned with the plight of the Daughter. I would like to ask what became/becomes of her after the Sacrifice, does/how did she overcome the snake and did she reunite with the Mother? Are there any other Scriptures that continue the journey? She says that she conquered death already before the Sacrifice, so was this another seperation from the Mother? Also, what about the current age we are in, will she be involved with it and will her Mother help her? I am so profoundly grateful for this source of comfort, inspiration and connection to the Mother-Daughter reality that this site provides. It is so hard to find places that acknowledge this truth throughout the eras which has shown itself in different cultures and to provide such consistent linked research as yours has. Many thanks for your work and time.

Thank you for your kind words honoured Miss Mahadevi. It is serving you and others like you that makes our work worthwhile. Yes, indeed the Holy Daughter is reunited with Her Mother. This happens on the Day of Resurrection, which is the 1st of Culverine (the first day of our New Year, which falls on the 21st of March). Very shortly we shall make available the Authorised Version of the Scripture that recounts Her death and resurrection. You ask if there is more than one separation of he Daughter from the Mother. No, there is only one separation - but at the time of Her death that separation becomes deepened into a complete severance from the Mother. What was this Death? We know that our human death is really the transition from one state to another. The Death of the Daughter is something different. Something like a real extinction of Her Being (and since all being derives from the mother, total separation from Her is the same thing as extinction). This is a Mystery we cannot ever fully understand with our fallen rational minds. But She will rise again and be Whole again at Eastre. As to this current Age: She is always with us in every Age. She is present in the darkest time of Kali Yuga, for she has been to the darkest time and place of all and has risen triumphant. And wherever he Daughter is, there is the Mother also. So let us take heart even in the darkest of times. Our Lady who has conquered all darkness is always with us, if only we will turn to Her.

Feb 23, A Shorter and easier Rosary

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:33:16 GMT

Honoured Bishop Sarah of the Church of the Divine Heart has presented an alternative to the Filianic-Catholic Rosary first used by the White Roses group. We present her excellent work here (with very minor alterations to bring it into line with Filianic Thealogy). We would also recommend saying the Filianic Creed on the fora or cross Earlier both this weblog and the Chapel Chronicle offered a proposal for a feminine-language rosary devotion. Some, especially those who are not accustomed to the Latin-Rite Western (commonly known as the "Roman Catholic") use of the rosary, may find this to be rather too cumbersome. As a devotional practice, too much complexity may distract one from being in that contemplative state. Here is a simpler one that I propose as an alternative, and this is based on the Eastern Orthodox use of prayer rope (the practice that predates the Western Church's use of the rosary). 1: At the fora (or the cross): In the name of the Holy Mother, Holy Daughter and of Absolute Deity: dark beyond the Light and light beyond the Darkness. 2: At the first leading bead: Our Mother, which art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy sovereignty come, Thy will be done
In earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
[For Thine is the dominion, power and glory for ever.] 3: Prayer of the Heart (alt.)
Repeated 10 times for each decade. Virgin Mary, queen and mother of all, have mercy upon me. 4: Between decades: Glory be to the Holy Mother, the +Holy Daughter, and to Absolute Deity; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 5. At the end of the fifth decade: Oh my Lady, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most in need of Your mercy. or, (Memorare) Remember, O Most Gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help or sought Thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother; to Thee do I come, before Thee I kneel, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the Word made Manifest, despise not my petitions, but in Thy clemency, hear and answer me.
Amen.

Feb 20, Saraswati from the Vedas to Our Altars

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:37:30 GMT

The Exotic India art dealers released an interesting and scholarly article on Sri Saraswati (in some respects a form of Sai Mati). Entiltled Saraswati from the Vedas to Our Altars, it follows the history of one of the most ancient Forms of Dea from Vedic times to Her current worship among Hindus. The pre-Vedic and pre-Patriarchal worship of Sri Saraswati is not part of this article's brief, but these quotations are sure to bring happiness to our dear readers.

Saraswati manifests as Vak - speech, wherein She reveals the world of name and form - material or abstract, present or past, celestial or terrestrial . all that is known or shall ever become known. The goddess of learning and intellect 'jyotiswarupa' - lustrous, Saraswati is the light within that illuminates beyond. As the supreme light, She imparts to the sun its power to reveal a form, and to maid, her desire to discover the Formless. Never ruthless, and hardly ever inclining to punish, the benign one bestows bliss and delight. Rig-Veda seems to have a dual perception of Saraswati, one as the sacred river, and the other, as the deity pervading all three worlds.

Feb 19, Final Preparation for Moura

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:56:50 GMT

Tomorrow (Feb 1st) is the First of Moura: the beginning of the Penitential Season. If you have not already decided uon what disciplines you will adopt and/or sacrifices you will make, now is the time to finalise your plans. Moura lasts until March 18, after which there will be a Double Hiatus: two days outside the year before the New Year (3328 in the Aristasian Calendar) begins. The Hiatus is the period in which Our Most Holy Lady is dead. All statues are veiled (draped with cloths) and we should act, as far as possible, as if there were no future. Moura is spent in discipline and purification, in preparation for this time. It is a time for cleansing on every level, including the cleaning of the house. May you have a holy and blessed Moura.

Feb 19, First of Moura: Eclipse

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:21:00 GMT

An Eclypse of the Full Moon by the shadow of the Earth is scheduled to occur on the night 01 Moura. This celestial event reminds us of the spiritual event observed during the month of Moura. God the Daughter (the full moon)leaves the presence of God the Mother (the sun) and journeys into the darkness of the underworld (lunar eclypse). The red cast across the moon at the totality of the eclypse depicts the death of the daughter. The returnihg light as the shadow of the Earth recedes from the face of the moon reminds us of the resurection of the Daughter and her ascent through the open gates of the netherworld and into the full Light of the Solar Mother.

Feb 16, As we approach Moura

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:14:50 GMT

The fifth Season of the year, the penitential month of Moura (for it is a one-month season), begins on Wednesday next week: the 20th of February and, of course, the 1st of Moura. The Filianic Eastre and the Christian Easter (the word, incidentally, comes from Eostre, the name of the Germanic Goddess of Spring and Dawn, cognate with Greek Eos, Sanskrit Ushas - so it is far more ours than theirs) are almost as closely aligned this year as they ever become, with Our Resurrection Day - the first day of the New Year - falling on the Christian Good Friday. Honoured Bishop Sarah of the Church of the Divine Heart spoke of her "Lenten Journey". The phrase is an important and valuable one. Our journey is shorter than the Christian one. With this year's double-Hiatus the penitential period will be thirty days (minus the "break" of Med-Moura). But certainly it is, and should be seen and felt as, a journey. Our faith is not, on the whole, a sacrificial one. It is full of joyful festivals and happy devotion. But obedience and discipline are also part of it, and in this coming month of Moura we concentrate on self-purification. Filianists - and indeed most Deanists - are now deciding what disciplines they will adopt for Moura. How hard a path one will tread is a matter for one's own needs and one's own conscience (unless one has a Spiritual Directress). But whatever one decides upon, this is a journey of purification: a time of sacrifice and surrender. The Deanic New Year is an experience unlike any of the more mundane new years of the world. That is partly owing to the preparation of Moura, and partly to the Hiatus - the day (or two days) outside the year that falls immediately before it. For at the end of the Moura journey lies the Abyss. The days which are no days, in which we should not think or act as if there were tomorrow. The days when the world has ended. To live these days fully would be the work of a Saint; but even to live them partially is a profound experience. In some part of our souls we die with Our Lady, and on Eastre morning, when Her statues are unveiled again, we are reborn with Her. To a Filianist the new year feels truly like a New Creation, and since no Creation is like any other, the New Year is under the rulership of a new Janya (next year it will be Sai Sushuri). The first weeks of the New Year feel genuinely like a new world. And the preparation for that rebirth begins with Moura.

Feb 13, Inanna Lalitha mp3

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:31:19 GMT

This Inanna Lalitha mp3 presents a devotional chant to God the Mother and God the Daughter

Feb 12, Cultivating the Garden of the Soul

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:56:04 GMT

The Scripture Thoughts of the Mind, which was posted here yesterday, is our most valuable Scriptural resource for the important concept of mental hygiene discussed at length by honoured Miss Trent in The Feminine Universe. Honoured Miss Trent writes:

Modern people are generally very careful about what they put into their mouths. They will not normally pick up any interesting edible thing from the street and swallow it; but no similar caution is exercised over what they put into their minds...[p.115]

The mass media continually impregnates minds with coarse thoughts, violent and brutal images, low and degraded ideas.

12. Knows she not that every thought of greed, of hate, of lust, of anger is a scar upon her subtle body? 13. Sees she not that she surrounds herself with hateful things that are the forms of her thoughts?

Modern people are encouraged to use foul language or at least to be "unshocked" when others use it. They seem unaware that, for example, invoking ordure in daily conversation is a ritual act that has consequences.

20. Forget not the power of words, for a word has all the power of a thought and a thought has power to move the earth and the heavens. 21. Therefore speak not evil in idleness, nor fall into the custom of ill speaking; but govern your words even as your actions.

To the modern mind words are nothing. To do evil may be bad but to speak foul words has no effect, they imagine. How wrong they are!

22. Speak words of love and innocence, of mildness and of hope, and you shall weave a raiment of peace about your soul, and a veil of gentle light. 23. Speak often prayers; speak them in the rhythm of your steps, attune them to the beating of your heart.

Honoured Miss Trent teaches us:

We must learn to cultivate [the soul] ... what is nurtured and encouraged, what things it must be protected from. [p.116]

Cultivated. Like a garden. As a good Deanist, honoured Miss Trent cannot have had this passage far from her mind when she wrote that:

17. Let her garden flow with the fountains of virtue and lie open to the sunlight of our Mother's love. 18. Let the soul lie only open and the sunlight will stream in, filling her with joy and warmth and beauty; for truly your Mother loves you and delights in giving Her grace.

Let us, who strive each day to be good children of Our Mother God, cultivate the gardens of our souls. Root out the weeds and sow no evil seed - nor allow bad company or a speaking machine to sow evil seed. Let us rather plant the seeds of Faith and kindness, of gentleness, prayer and love, that we may grow beautiful heart-flowers to offer to Our Mother God.

Feb 11, Thoughts of the Mind

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:15:42 GMT

Thoughts of the Mind: one of the Filianic Scriptures of Our Mother God

Feb 10, The Universal Mary

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:07:19 GMT

Grace Cathedral has published an interview with honoured Miss Janice Connell who has written a book entitled Praying With Mary. In the interview, Miss Connell tells of her encounters with people from all over the world and of all faiths who have seen apparitions almost identical to those seen as Mary in the West. These are sometimes identified as Quan Yin; as an unknown Mother of Mercy, or Mother of God in China; or are revered as Mary by non-Christian believers. Miss Connell comments:

Then I realized that She (Mary) is appearing all over the world and not necessarily only to Catholics or Christians. [For example], She appeared in the 1960s in Egypt at St. Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church for over 4 or 5 months. Most of the people She appeared to there were Muslims, but they all knew who She was [capitalisation in the original]. Why do you think the image of Mary appeals to different faiths? Because I think that truth is written on the human heart and that when people encounter Her, they know who She is. Do you think the real power of Mary has been hidden by the Church? In the old catholic church (with a little "c"), before the Reformation, She was in every cathedral, the churches, the art, the music, the architecture. She was revered and venerated. Everything changed in the Age of Reason. The dignity of the feminine was taken away.

The Universality of Mary (the Name remains appropriate, since most languages recognise the MA etymon as denoting Mother) is indeed a fundamental fact of the human psyche. It is, as Miss Connell says, a Truth "written on the human heart". But one should be careful of allowing a phrase like this to imply a "subjectivity" even of the human "group soul". Mary - Our Mother God - is universally perceived for the same reason that the sun is universally perceived: not merely because She is an Idea implanted in our souls, but because She is an objective Reality - and, ultimately, the only truly objective Reality in this world of shifting illusion. Like the sun (which is a physical symbol of Her Spiritual Being) - She is not only the brightest Being in the Heavens, but the very Light by which all other beings are seen. Hail Mary.

Feb 9, Translating the "Lord"

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:10:18 GMT

Honoured Miss Freija writes: The Church of the Divine Heart recently posted this note:
As my work in creating a traditionalist feminine-language liturgy, rather than a mere inclusive one full of PC words, the problem of translating the "Lord" is a major one. I find the use of "Lady" problematic after experiment, for the similar reason Aristasians use "Raya." But Raya is such a foreign word, somewhat of a jargon to many. I'm beginning to opt for "mistress" as it conveys supremacy and "master"-hood, unlike how the word "lady" sounds and implies in today's English.
My questions are 1. What are your views on translating "Lord". 2. What do you think of the criticism of the translations you use? Thank you, honoured Miss Freija. In the first place we do not see any criticism of the translations we use. Ours are used in a rather different context. As we stated in our page on sanskrit Scripture:

As Filianic Deanists, we have access to a terminology that can far more accurately render the concepts of Sanskrit Scripture. Words like thame, werde, raya etc, which have no equivalent in English, but are very close to the equivalent Sanskrit terms... This is not an answer to the general "problem of translation", since Deanic vocabulary is as obscure to the average English person as the original Sanskrit. But these translations are made specifically for devotees of Our Mother God. Their sole intention is to be valuable to such devotees. And, since we are exiled in a world where we have no living tradition, perhaps there is a special Providence in the fact that they can be valuable to us as they can to few other Western people.

For Filyani, the Raihiralan (old Aristasian) language is as natural a source of religious terminology as Latin is to Catholics or Sanskrit to Hindus. The Church of the Divine Heart serves a Tellurian-rooted and Christian-based congregation to whom Raihiralan seems foreign because it is foreign. To Filyani, Raihiralan is the traditional language of our Faith. As for translating "Lord" in a Tellurian context, each occurrence presents its own problems, but in many cases the best solution is Our Lady, which not only makes it clear that Lady is meant in the "Lord" sense but has the advantage of long religious usage. It is frequently used in Filianic contexts too, for God the Daughter. The equivalents "my Lady", "her Lady" and "your Lady" may also make it clear that the "Lord" sense of this otherwise ambiguous English word is intended.

Feb 5, Christianity Original Sin and the Love of our Mother God

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:58:31 GMT

In Christianity original sin is a cardinal concept in the Economy of Salvation. Is there an equivalent in the Filianic religion of Our Mother God?

Feb 4, Wonderful Feast of Lights Service

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:59:05 GMT

The Feast of Lights Virtual Service at the White Rose Room was well attended and pronounced by all to be beautiful and inspiring. Virtual Services are beginning to overtake "real life" ones in numbers of attendees, and we feel this is only a beginning. In a community of believers that is so very scattered, "Virtual" Worship - which is no less real than any other worship, but simply utilises a different means of gathering together. We feel sure that Our Blessed Lady is using these technics to make possible a new and beautiful devotion to Her. Sadly, Honoured Raya's sermon - which dealt with the concept of Original Sin as compared to the Filianic concept of khear/kear, and how this relates to the Inner Mystery of the Feast of Lights. Sadly we were not able to record the Sermon, but we are hoping to have a page soon that will give at least some of her major points.

Feb 2, Divine Service for the Feast of Lights

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:38:41 GMT

Today is the Feast of Lights - the High Festival of Our Lady's Taking-on of fate. Divine Service will be held at The White Rose Room. As usual it will be a Service according to the Aristasian Filianic Rite, and as usual, all maids of good will, Aristasian or not, are welcome to attend. The times are Sunday the 11th of Brighe - 3rd of February at: Pacific Time 12 noon
Eastern Time 3 p.m.
GMT 8p.m.
Western/Central Europe 9 p.m. Those of you who are intending to attend the Service for the Feast of Lights may wish to prepare by having candles and incense ready to light when the Service begins. Candles for the year will be blessed at this Service. You may also wish to have a devotional statue or picture present. None of this is necessary. All you need to bring is your computer and yourself; but in case you prefer to have these things, this is a reminder.

Jan 31, The Daughter's Taking-on of Fate

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:59:18 GMT

The Daughter's taking-on of fate is the central Act of the Feast of Lights (Candlemass). Here we present the Lection for the day with a commentary on the thealogy of the festival

Jan 30, The Sermon of the Apple Seed

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:08 GMT

The Sermon of the Apple Seed is one of the Filianic Scriptures known collectively as The Teachings of the Daughter

Jan 29, The Creation - mp3

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:45:10 GMT

The Creation in mp3 format, both the spoken version and the ritual chant

Jan 27, Apparitions of - which Mary?

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:48 GMT

An honoured correspondent writes:

What is the position of the Chapel of Our Mother God on the "alleged" Marian apparitions? Who or what is the Apparition? Is she the historical Mary-Miriam of Nazareth as Christians assume she is? Or,is she Our Lady Inanna "pretending" to be Mary-Miriam for the sake of devotees of the "so called" Virgin Mary? Or is she someone else and something else?

I do not think we can give an absolutely definitive answer to this, but we have yet to meet a Deanist who does not recognise these apparitions as Our Lady. Whether or not She is "pretending" to be the historical Mary/Miriam is a moot point. In the Tantrarajatantra it is clearly stated that Dea took the form of Sri Krishna for the salvation of the gopis, so such things are certainly possible. The Dalai Lama stated that self-appearing images of Tara and of Mary are "the same thing". Of course apparitions are a slightly different case, but as explained in our main page on Lady Mary, the iconography of the Virgin Mary is at one with the iconography of Dea down the ages. Interestingly, the White Rose Group was discussing the foundation of its First Virtual College and it was suggested having a "Mary Cave" in the grounds. While this is seen as a direct reference to Lourdes, it clearly refers also to the Cave of the Nativity, and Our Lady's emergence from the under-world at the Resurrection. Iconographically apparitions seem very much to manifest traditional Deanic images and even to add to those already present in established Catholic statuary and image - for example, Our Lady of Guadalupe clearly re-instates the image of the Solar Mother. As for the supposed "messages" that have gone along with some apparitions - even the Catholic Church does not appear to regard them too seriously, so there is certainly no reason why we should. Except in very rare cases (essentially of Revelation) messages of this sort do not come in English or in any human language (even if they seem that way to the "hearers"), so their "doctrinal" content is very much a matter of the "hearer's" interpretation. Put simply, we may - and do - regard most such apparitions as Our Mother God or Her Daughter.

Jan 25, The Feminine Upanishads

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:40:56 GMT

We are pleased to report that despite some technical hitches and glitches, our full translation of the Isa Upanishad is now in place.

Those who read our page on Sanskrit Scripture may be interested to know that the following addition has been made with specific reference to the Upanishads:

The translation of the Upanishads into English is near-impossible, since the translation is from Sanskrit - a language replete both with metaphysical terminology and which retains the much of the metaphysical "root-implications" of more "ordinary" words. English on the other hand, has been refined over centuries into one of the most "practical" and "down-to-earth" languages even among the Western tongues; and while it has a fine vocabulary for physical and even emotional beauty, it is less well equipped to deal with metaphysics (especially poetic and non-technical metaphysics) than almost any other. However what we say of English is scarcely less applicable to any Western language. Translators are necessarily driven to the use of technical terms, special ad-hoc coinages, untranslated Sanskrit words or awkward circumlocutions. As Filianic Deanists, we have access to a terminology that can far more accurately render the concepts of Sanskrit Scripture. Words like thame, werde, raya etc, which have no equivalent in English, but are very close to the equivalent Sanskrit terms; concepts like that of the True Self, which is fundamental to Filianic thealogy, are in everyday use among Aristasians and other Deanists. They allow Sanskrit Scripture to be rendered in terms that are familiar and neither awkward nor inaccurate, so that they may be read as they were intended to be read. The Sanskrit Scriptures may still be "difficult" (many of them treat of a High Mysticism which is by its nature hard for the worldly soul to grasp) but the artificial barrier of language may at least be largely eliminated. This is not an answer to the general "problem of translation", since Deanic vocabulary is as obscure to the average English person as the original Sanskrit. But these translations are made specifically for devotees of Our Mother God. Their sole intention is to be valuable to such devotees. And, since we are exiled in a world where we have no living tradition, perhaps there is a special Providence in the fact that they can be valuable to us as they can to few other Western people. May Dea be forever praised.
AUM
Shantih, shantih, shantih.

Go here for the full translation of the Isa Upanishad with commentary on the Deanic language used.

Jan 24, Isa Upanishad: Feminine Translation

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:17:06 GMT

Isa Upanishad: a translation for devotees of Our Mother God

Jan 24, Sanskrit Scripture for Devotees of Our Mother God

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:45:35 GMT

Sanskrit Scripture - is it ancient Hindu Scripture or the last traces of the Primordial Feminine Tradition of Our Mother God?

Jan 23, "Whose souls are My sisters"

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:49:32 GMT

Honoured Miss Inannadasi writes:

I was so pleased to see the Authorised Version of The Secret of the World. I have so long loved this Scripture, but one never knows, from the things one finds in odd places, how far they are pure and sound. The Authorised Versions are so important. I know you are busy, but may I beg you to provide more? Your explanation of the term "kear" was very valuable. So much clearer than the brief comments I have encountered before. One thing I have always wondered is why Our Lady addresses maid as "My children whose souls are My sisters", since She is Dea. I did wonder if that was one of the "interpolations", but as it is in the Authorised Version it cannot be. would you be so kind as to explain the thealogy of the phrase?

Thank you honoured Miss Inannadasi. We shall post more of the Authorised Texts as soon as possible. The phrase you refer to is quite exact. In "My children", Our lady is speaking as the Mother with Whom She is One. But She is also maid. Now, the triplicity: Heaven, Maid and Earth corresponds in the microcosm to the triplicity of maid herself: Spirit, soul and body. So while the Spirit of Our Lady is one with Dea, and her "Body" descended into Hell to release us from bondage, her Soul is Maid - She Who has the Power of Choice - like ourselves. At the Nativity she took on the quality of Maid and at the next High Festival - Candlemass, the Feast of Lights, She exercises Her Power of Choice in Her Taking-On of Fate. That is, Her voluntary (willed, or chosen) decision to suffer and die for Her children. Thus the phrase "My children whose souls are my Sisters" is a perfects statement of Our Lady as Both true Maid and true God

Jan 22, A Note on Scripture

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:28:18 GMT

Those who have read our main page on Deanic Scripture may be interested to note that the following addition has been made: It should be noted that Deanists are not a "People of the Book" like the three Abrahamic religions. We are not devoted to a particular and strict Canon of Scripture, but directly to Our Mother God. Even in Christianity, the canonization of Scripture has been a contentious procedure taking three centuries and several Councils; and even Martin Luther, the father of "Bible-believing Protestantism" was able to reject the Epistle of James as "an Epistle of Straw". From our perspective, the importance of a Feminine Lectionary or Canon of Scripture is to give a sound Scriptural basis to our Faith and practice. The notion of the "revealed Word of God" can be a difficult one - even for the Abrahamists. But the concept of Divine Truth, revealed by Our Mother God and faithfully expressed in Scriptural writings is all-important. This is the basis of the Living Scriptures of Dea.

Jan 22, The Secret of the World

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:53:08 GMT

The Secret of the World: a fundamental Scripture of the Filyani.

Jan 20, Pagan Religion: was it spiritually superior?

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:57:08 GMT

Pagan Religion: was it spiritually superior to the later religions?

Jan 19, The Creation of the world by the Mistress of All Things

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:41:20 GMT

The Creation of the World by the Mistress of All things