April 5
Saule wears silken garments,
with a silver crown,
with a silver crown,
made of gilded leaves.
Saule crosses the lake,
brilliant as tinsel,
a crown of gold on her head,
and polished slippers on her feet.
Goddess mother Saule
there above the river,
her shawl, her gilt shawl,
slipping from her shoulders.
-Lithuanian folksongs
How loving are the prayers humans have offered to their goddesses! In every century, on every continent, people have revered an image of a kindly, loving woman. She is a mother goddess, but she is a sister and lover as well. She is a queen or a priestess, a maiden or a crone. But each of these images is a partial one; no one figure captures all the aspects of the divine feminine. Even as powerful a figure as the Lithuanian sun goddess Saule does not exhaust the possibilities of feminine power; in that land, other goddesses also shone in the light of the female sun, all radiating their special powers.
What would it be like to live in a world where such feminine power was recognized and loved? Today, strong women are as often reviled as honored. Young women are stalked when they should be protected. Mothers, and their children, live in squalor and poverty. Each time we invoke the goddess, we strengthen her presence within ourselves, and thus within this world.
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