You Are a Goddess

The Invitation

I am an intuitive channel for the Divine Feminine.

I didn’t know what that meant 20 years ago. But when I awakened to Goddess Consciousness, I was shaken free from lifetimes of painfully suppressed sacred feminine power, illuminating my most deeply inflicted soul wounds and pressing me into healing them. And now, my life centres upon using the gifts that were unearthed within me.

This book invites you into the realm of the Divine Feminine, and shows how to use Goddesses’ teachings for healing, awakening and transformation. But let’s start by making a deeper connection with one another. Breathe with me, take my hand and receive the Call of the Goddess to your soul.

Call of the Goddess

We are now in the midst of a sacred feminine resurrection that is restoring Earthly order and balance, and reawakening those who have vital ancient links to the Goddess.

This mission is to return the core elements of the feminine vibration to the spotlight: unconditional love, connection to nature, nurture, compassion, trust in the flow of life, intuitive wisdom, emotional intelligence, sensitivity and receptivity.

Our planet has been out of balance for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. We’ve been encouraged to place enormous value on the masculine paradigm: perceiving and interacting with the world with logic, rationality, hard control, forcefulness, solution-oriented thinking and strategizing. The dominance of the masculine energy has resulted in global disharmony and lack of equilibrium. The feminine paradigm has not only been undervalued and disrespected: it has, from a spiritual perspective, been suppressed, traumatized and violated.

It is time for the wounds inflicted upon this planet’s body and psyche to be healed. It is time for those individuals, who once lived and worked closely with the Goddess energies, to come forward and take their role in this sacred revolution.

Divine Feminine

The Divine Feminine, or Goddess Consciousness, energy is a universal frequency which lies at the heart of our physical and spiritual existence, and equates to an elevated, non-judgemental and non-harming state of awareness. It transcends the human mind and ego because it springs from the pure energy of love. It is connected to the wisdom of the heart, to natural and divine laws, and to compassionate, harmonious and peaceful living.

Goddess Consciousness is also a philosophy representing a system of interpretation for Life and the universe. It is not necessarily female or woman-bound, but it does symbolize the feminine life force. The Divine Feminine is an expression of higher, or divine, truth: a mandate for conscious, healing behaviour with characteristics, such as:

• Trusting in the infinite flow of life, natural rhythms and cycles
• Embracing light and radiance
• Acting from unconditional love and compassion
• Healing through forgiveness and acceptance
• Accessing the wisdom of the open heart
• Embodying grace
• Cultivating peace

The feminine aspect is also a raw, wild, ardent and tumultuous force that carries the birthing energy, and it is both ‘light’ and feather-gentle, but also a container for the ‘dark’ and ferociously untamed. The Divine Feminine’s life-giving and life-sustaining forces connect to fertility, birth and all creation – thus linking it to the imagery of ‘woman’. Generally speaking, the energy of the Goddess is anchored more fully in women than in men. Of course, there are exceptions, but, as a general rule, women carry more physical, spiritual and energetic links to Goddess Consciousness.

The Great Mother and heart of the Goddess

As woman gives birth to new life, so the Goddess gives birth to the Earth and the universe. As woman nurtures life, so the Goddess nurtures the Earth and the universe. This is the foundation of many ancient cultures’ systems of worship and spiritual belief. The Great Mother is an archetype rooted in mythology, and is said to have given birth to the entire cosmos. In many religions and indigenous cultures, the concept of an omnipresent Great Mother is embedded within spiritual beliefs of creation and nature.

In Hinduism, the worship of the Goddess Shakti as the ‘first creation’ and Great Mother is still central to devotional life. Ajit Mookerjee, in his book Kali: The Feminine Force, describes how the Divine Feminine ‘represents the primal creative principle underlying the cosmos’. Across the globe, since the earliest civilizations (c. 30,000–3,000 BCE), the Mother Goddess has been acknowledged as a primal and spiritual cornerstone for humanity.

Artefacts, totems and artworks from indigenous civilizations – including those of Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, the Far East, Europe and the Americas – all demonstrate clearly the primacy of the Sacred Feminine principle. There’s a plethora of Divine Feminine artefacts and iconography in our museums or any book on Goddesses. These archaeological riches demonstrate just how central the Mother Goddess is to our collective spiritual heritage.

With such life-affirming meaning attributed to the concept of the Great Mother, we see how she can be viewed as universal, spiritually whole and complete. Having given birth to everything that we know and experience, she can be seen as a ‘supreme’, sovereign cosmic power.

The Earth is often referred to as a feminised, matriarchal entity, while the terms Mother Nature and Mother Earth are commonplace. This naming reflects the Divine Feminine energy that has its roots deeply embedded in the way humanity has sought to define our experience of life on Earth. Despite the globe being dominated by a masculinised, patriarchal system for so many centuries, Goddess Consciousness can still be seen at the heart and soul of humanity’s need to find sacred meaning in existence.

All human beings grow inside the womb of, and are born from, a woman. Our deepest cellular awareness of what life means is rooted inside the truth of how we ‘became life’. No matter what our private philosophical and spiritual beliefs, all around us we see Mother Nature reflected in our Selves. The patterns and shapes that run through our physiological make-up are mirrored in Nature, and the process of birth-death-life is a template, repeated over and over in all living systems on Earth.

Deep down, we all know that the feminine life force is powerful beyond measure and worthy of eternal respect. She carries mysteries and miracles within her sacred womb, which our logical minds can never hope to grasp. We instinctively know that the feminine face of God must be valued, and on our planet, we are already discovering what happens if we allow universal energy flow to get out of balance.

The balance of feminine and masculine energies
As I described earlier, both men and women possess masculine and feminine energies or, as the spiritual teacher David Deida defines it, ‘essences’. These opposing energies are what make up the aura of our Earth; the yin-yang of universal energy systems, the Shiva and Shakti of the cosmos. They are the polarities of sexual and reproductive processes, and we need both in order for natural physical life to continue. It can also be said that masculine and feminine energies – or essences – are more than biological. They can be perceived as relating to emotional, mental and spiritual areas of existence, too.

Masculine energy can be described as active and directional, the ‘doing’ aspect. It relates to the mental and physical body of the aura, and has general principle characteristics such as:

• Logic, reason, rationality
• Strategy, planning, future-oriented goals
• Solution-based thinking
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Pursuing a linear course
• Thinking and intellect
• Controlling and pursuing
• Competition and ambition
• Singularity of purpose and direction
• Emptiness and nothingness

Feminine energy can be described as receptive and organic, the ‘being’ aspect. It relates to the emotional and spiritual bodies of the aura, and has general principle characteristics such as:

• Emotions and feelings
• Intuitive, non-rational awareness
• Flowing, cyclical and spiral processes
• Allowing and accepting
• Trusting natural outcomes
• Being and inner stillness
• Relationship and connection
• Listening to subtle methods of communication, such as the heart, the spirit, the inner voice of truth
• In touch with the non-physical realms of existence, e.g. spiritual planes
• Fullness and form
• Embodying the Divine source of love

This is a simplistic outline of feminine and masculine essences. One is not ‘better’ than the other – we possess, and require, both forms and styles of expressing our humanity. We also need both in order to create the sexual dynamism of relationships, and we need both for the magnetic charge on the Earth. What we need most of all, however, is a balance. And what has been lacking on this planet for many centuries is true balance between masculine and feminine energies. Notably, it is the feminine energy system that has been suppressed in our social and cultural paradigms.

The diminishing of Goddess Consciousness
If we only place value and focus upon one energy system, the other will seem diminished. If one set of qualities and approaches to life dominate Earthly consciousness for any length of time, then it will seem that any other approaches are less viable, less truthful and less necessary. The other qualities could even become seen as weaker, less meaningful and even unimportant.

Indeed, it is a chronic lack of equilibrium between masculine and feminine energies – and moreover, the discrediting and devaluing of the Goddess – that underpinned my desire to write this book. We are so out of balance with the Divine Feminine, and why it is important for our planet’s evolution, that nearly all our conditions of success, worth and value fall into the masculine set of qualities. We so highly value masculine approaches to life that we belittle or trivialize the feminine energy characteristics: the ‘way of the feminine’ becomes stripped of any worth or influence.

These are some of the ways of the feminine: a validated emotional nature, a trusted intuitive knowing, a solid wisdom of the heart, listening to the subtle messages of nature and the body, the fierce passion of a spiritual mother protecting her children and her Earth, prizing the health of our relationships and intimate connections, healing touch flowing from our hands, primal sensuality and a nurturing Shakti-power – an innate, effortless ability to be in tune with our cosmic destiny through every breath.

This is what we have lost faith and trust in. This is what we are deprived of. We have become a desert of forgetting. We have cast aside these precious soul-jewels from the heart of the Earth, the treasure chests of the universe. We have abandoned a vault of sacred gems and keys to life. In our quest to singularly champion the way of the masculine, we’ve ignored (to our great cost and peril) the primordial and sovereign healing power of the spiritual feminine.

You are a Goddess This energetic imbalance has given rise to a spiritual sickness, a gaping wound, a place of deprivation and starvation. We, as global citizens taking care of a beleaguered and ravaged planet, have a hole in our collective heart. We have damaged our planet through prizing the win-lose mentality of the scared, unconscious masculine paradigm. We have lost trust in the quiet voice of the heart and spirit. We have lost our way.

We have lost the Goddess – not just her iconography, placed upon our altars. Not just our intention to invite her back into our conversations. We have lost our collective feminine memory of the great truth that will set us free. We have forgotten that she lives inside of us. We have forgotten that we are the Goddess, in body, heart and soul. We have lost touch with our connection to how she works in us, through us, for us. And, how we can rediscover this sacredness throughout our lives, coming to understand that every normal day, each unfolding moment, every single breath – is created by her.

At this pivotal time of change in Earth and humanity’s evolution, we are being offered a remedy. Whether you know it or not, there is a reason that you have found this book in your hands.

You are a Goddess.
You are the remedy.
You are a part of a great plan for the resurrection of the Divine Feminine on Earth.

Pay attention to your body’s sensations as you read these words. This is your feminine energy speaking to you; the voice of your feminine soul. You are invited to learn, or remember, how to listen to this voice.

This is the voice of the Goddess pantheon – the spiritual feminine messengers of truth, light, love and power – as they weave their instructions through your being. They are your teachers, your mentors, your guides and your beloved friends. They are long-lost pillars of monumental significance to you.

The Goddesses have returned.

They have returned in order to awaken you to memories that may be long buried within your soul. Your life is destined to evolve and change, and it’s time for you to grow into the fullest expression of your spiritual feminine power.

The Goddesses guided you to this book because it is a turning point for you, and a turning point for our Earth.

You need to remember how important awareness of your feminine energy is to the healing and rebalancing of our planet. You need to remember why you chose this lifetime, and why you wanted to be a part of this major renaissance of Goddess Consciousness. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what any of this means right now. In truth, it is helpful if you don’t think about it too much at this stage.

Much of what you read in this book will be helping you to feel rather than think. It will be guiding you through a process to help you to rediscover the pleasures, the powers and the purpose of your own Goddess energy. It will be showing you that Goddess Consciousness is not an abstract, distant thing that doesn’t have any influence on your real life.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. This book is here to show you just how embedded the Goddess is within your actual day-to-day life and reality.

Every significant event in your life, every path you have taken, every mistake you believe you have made… could very well have been the handwork of the Goddess herself. She has led you here: for healing, for sanctuary, for cherishing and for growth. She has led you here in answer to your own prayers for relief from suffering. She has led you to a miracle – and to discover that the miracle is you. With, or without your conscious awareness, you are in the throes of answering a sacred call.

No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, whether you’re familiar with the Goddess or have absolutely no idea what she is, this call is being answered perfectly in this very moment.
You are doing it perfectly. Everything is exactly as it should be.

Take a breath, deeply, now. Breathe into your lungs and fill them right up to the top. Breathe out and feel the sensations throughout your body. Relax your body. Yes, you can relax. You can let go.

Relax your stomach. Relax your jaw. Open your throat.

Now, read on… all the while maintaining a gentle awareness of your breath and how your body is feeling.

Perfect. You are doing it already.