Earth: Goddess And Home

The Great Goddess was the central divine figure in the earliest mythological conceptions of the world... The goddess Universe was alive, uniting organically the Earth, the horizon, the heavens. Joseph Campbell Our immediate mother is the Earth: let her name and sacrifice never be forgotten, for she empties her Self into all of our selves, and imparts both life and the joy of life to us. Is this not reason enough for worship? But what is it we worship? She does not exist like Apollo, or Krishna, or Jesus. She is a presence in the heart, spreading her kindness from chamber to chamber until all is bright with goodness. She is the life of the world around us, much of it invisible to our eyes, much of it ignored by us, but all of it, all of us are cherished in her regard. We breathe in the air and know it is her gift, and we exhale a prayer of thanksgiving. But these questions, these doubts, are they not unworthy? Perhaps it is enough to acknowledge the Beauty of the World, and in that assent fulfill our necessary homage. And so we clothe ourselves in ancient wonder. We cross the threshold of her enduring glory and proclaim in one voice: Oh, Goddess, for your gifts we thank you, for joy and peace we implore you, imbue us with your kindness, let it spill in abundance over all the creatures of the world.