The Great Goddess

In prehistoric and even earlier historic periods of human development, religions existed in which people revered their supreme creator as female. The Great Goddess, the Divine Ancestress, had been worshiped from the Upper Paleolithic Age of about 25,000 BC until the closing of the last Goddess Temples, at about 500 AD. The rise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam was the undoing of the Sacred Goddess Worship. The destruction of sacred icons and literature, the obliteration of historic records of the "pagans" or "heathens", as the Goddess worshipers were called, was major but not total. As more archaeological evidence is discovered and properly identified and deciphered, we can now see a much different picture of the veneration of the female Deity as creator and lawmaker of the universe, prophetess, provider of human destinies, inventor, hunter and valiant leader.
I can't help but wonder how errors in translations of ancient texts due to a bias in favor of the patriarchal beliefs and other unjust misinterpretations have helped to form this modern world of greed, wars, social inequities as well as the gross destruction of this planet we call home.



The Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu 2500 (or more) years ago. There are many translations and my favorite is the translation by Jonathan Star,Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition. Here Is a Verse that explains The Goddess as The Creator.

Verse 6

Endlessly creating

Endlessly pulsating

The Spirit of the Valley never dies

She is called the Hidden Creator

Although She becomes the whole universe

Her immaculate purity is never lost

Although She assumes countless forms

Her true identity remains intact

Whatever we see or don't see

Whatever exists or doesn't exist

Is nothing but the creation of this Supreme Power

Tao is limitless, unborn, eternal -

It can only be reached through the Hidden Creator

She is the very face of the Absolute

The gate to the source of all things eternal

Listen to Her voice

Hear it echo through creation

Without fail, She reveals Her presence

Without fail, She brings us to our own perfection

       Jai Mata Di