Anahita, the Lioness Lady, Queen of Beasts...was associated with Mithraism, with fertility, and is a direct link to Hindu Durga. If cats are your specialty, then this is your Lady!

[British Museum, 500 BCE]

Midnight blue/bronze colored Ganges clay.

Asherah, often represented as a tree, was the ruling queen of the Semitic pantheon. Her "Tree of Knowledge" bore fruit not only to feed the body, but also to nourish the spirit. As the Holy Communion Goddess, she gives sacred purpose to your baking and cooking. Worship of this Hebrew fertility goddess ensured that matrilineal descent patterns would be protected from patriarchy. After harvest, women molded bread loaves shaped just like this figure, which were then blessed. This was the origin of the communion ritual we still celebrate today. Asherah's name means "holy place." Invite her simple form into your kitchen and your heart.

[Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, c.1400 BCE]

Black fired Ganges Clay.

Dreaming Goddess of Malta is Goddess of the Shamanic Journey. Following the influence of dream imagery is one of the most ancient techniques of spiritual growth. Native American "vision quests" and Tibetan "dream yoga" are but two traditional examples of a practice whose modern champions include Karl Jung and Joseph Campbell. On the Mediterranean island of Malta, underground temple chambers shaped like the body of the goddess facilitated this practice. Invite this inspirer and fulfiller of dreams to your altar or bedside.

[National Museum, Valetta, Malta; c. 3200 BCE]

ISHTAR
Maiden Warrior Goddess

In her terrifying aspect, she descends like a storm, riding a lion and bearing weapons of war. She is surrounded by her sacred emblems: the star, light of the land, the scepter of power, the calendar moon, the eye of providence, the serpent of divine wisdom, and the magical tree of life.

In Babylon, her temples were served by powerful priestesses well versed in rituals of sacred sexuality.

9" hand painted Gypsumstone plaque

Labrys Goddess of Crete, Dictynna, dances into our universe. Dressed in nets, She is neither naked nor clad, and lines of force surround Her. Double axes, or labryses, exclaim her active Feminine Energy. Worshippers, in the original palace fresco, throw their arms up in amazement at her appearance.

The labrys is also a symbol of the female community of Lesbos who worshipped only the Goddess in nature and in each other.

The original "She who must be obeyed," Dictynna lived on top of Mount Dicta. Her powerful name lives on in our words "dictate" and "edict."

[From Knossos mural, 2000 BCE]

Handpainted Resin.

Invite Home the Goddess who invented Civilization
The flowering of Sumeria, its temples, ordered cities, irrigated fields, birthplace of cuneiform writing and codes of law, and mastery of terra-cotta arts, all offer tribute to the first Great Goddess named by history. Bejeweled and serene, her chalice-shaped form was worshipped as early as 7000 BCE.