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From the
Director
Temple Guiding
Principles
What Is
Religion?
What Is
Paganism?
2009
Director’s Message
2009 Spoken Word
Goddess
Liturgy
Xia’s Journey
About
Xia by Pythia
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Guiding
Principles of
Temple of the Goddess:
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We believe that
every person is the living embodiment of the Divine and a manifestation of
Divine Immanence. |
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We respect that
every person is their own spiritual authority and no one can define the
Sacred and Divine for any one else. |
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We recognize that
there are many paths to the Divine, symbolized by the many “goddesses” and
“gods” of all cultures and all lands. |
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We support an
ideology and spirituality of partnership of relations based on equality,
reciprocity, and caring as opposed to domination and control. |
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Though we recognize
the Divine in many forms, the focus of that which we call the Divine is
manifested in the feminine as “Goddess”. |
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We respect and love
Mother Earth, Gaia, as a sacred entity who is part of and connected to a
vast living cosmos. We believe She is immanent in all of nature, life, and
the cycles of life. We honor the interdependence of the web of all
existence of which we are each a strand. |
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We believe the loss
of the feminine consciousness and ideologies have caused near irreparable
damage to humanity and the planet; and we believe that emergence of the
feminine consciousness, in balance with the masculine, is the greatest hope
for humanity and the planet. |
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The feminine
consciousness is the ability to create, nurture and enhance life, and
therefore respecting the feminine nature in all beings and in all aspects of
life has the power to greatly enhance healing and our quality of life on
this planet, and conversely, disrespecting the feminine has and can cause
damage to all of life because of its interconnectedness. |
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We accept the
abundant goodness of creation which purports that all beings are meant to
live in joy, love, and harmony. |
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We believe in a
morality and ethics in which the primary imperative is to harm none. |
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