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Sacred Feminine Energies
Kali ~ Destruction of Ego: known in many aspects to represent intense transformation and annihilation, often destroying and reorganizing one’s life plan into greater alignment with the Divine. Wear and bring her into your life with caution.
Durga ~ Self-sufficiency: offers fierce compassion, warrior-like strength and protection.
Saraswati ~ Essence of the Self: goddess of learning, music, the arts, creative power and wisdom.
Lakshmi ~ Prosperity: brings blessings of abundance in both material and spiritual realms.
Naga Queen ~ Fertility: The naga’s association with water and the snake brings energies of primordial wisdom, fertility and protection.
Sacred Masculine Energies
Ganesha ~ Remover of Obstacles: blesses the beginning of new ventures and projects.
Hanuman ~ Adikara: Monkey god of the Hindu pantheon, represents devotion, service and remembrance…invoking greater dedication on one’s path of study.
Arjuna ~ Brightness: The archer of the Bhagavad Gita, brings focus, courage and excellence.
Shiva ~ Auspicious One: The aspect of the Supreme Being that continuously dissolves to recreate in the cyclic process of creation, preservation, and dissolution.
Eastern Symbols
Veena ~ Musical Inspiration: the sacred instrument of Saraswati.
Elephant ~ Wisdom: a symbol of royalty, longevity, power and ancient knowledge.
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paleolithic sacred bee
Bees ~ Represent many different qualities and powers within mythology and nature including those of productivity, fertility, creativity, cooperation and collective consciousness. Bees often defy the laws of nature putting them in layers of the supernatural. Many mystics feel they have a special connection and perception with the Divine because of their intelligence, power and the substances they produce. In relation to their biology and social structure, they are female-centered so this also makes them a symbol of the Sacred Feminine.