The Goddess is Mother Earth, who sustains all growing things, who is the body, our bones and cells. She is air -- the winds that move in the trees and over the waves, breath. She is the fires of the hearth, the blazing bonfire and the fuming volcano, the power of transformation and change. And she is water -- the sea, original source of life, the river streams, lakes and wells; the blood that flows in the rivers of our veins. She is mare, cow, owl, crane, flower, tree, apple, seed, lion, sow, stone, woman. She is found in the world around us, in the cycles and seasons of nature, in mind, body, spirit, and emotions within each of us.
Carol B. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess, (Routledge, NY, 1997) 2
Carol B. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess, (Routledge, NY, 1997) 2