{"id":5379,"date":"2011-06-01T01:10:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2011-05-22T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T00:00:38","slug":"gems-of-the-goddess-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/06\/01\/gems-of-the-goddess-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Gems of the Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LILLITH THE TEMPTRESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/John_Collier_-_Lilith.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5489\" title=\"John_Collier_-_Lilith\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/John_Collier_-_Lilith-157x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some may think of her as a daemon, and even a fallen angel, but Lilith is far beyond what she is perceived as.\u00a0 Legend says that Lilith was the first women created, not Eve.\u00a0 Lilith and Adam were put on earth to reproduce, and when Adam started to take the dominant position during intercourse by being on top, Lilith just wouldn\u2019t have it.\u00a0 She asked him why he insisted this, and he replied by saying that she was a women.\u00a0 Lilith became enraged, and argued that since they were created by the same creator, that they were both equals.\u00a0 When Adam still refused Lilith left the Garden Of Eden, and God created Eve; the perfect submissive wife.\u00a0 During the time when Adam and Eve created children, Lilith fled to the Red Sea where she met fallen angel Samael.\u00a0 Together they created rather barbaric children known as \u201cLilin\u201d, who were seen as demonic figures.\u00a0 Lilith was also known to seduce men in their sleep to create more children, as God was killing most of them off in punishment for her not returning to the Garden Of Eden.<\/p>\n<p>Another legend says that she was the serpent who tempted Eve to eat the apple, along with the belief that she is the first witch, teaching all of her children small ways of magic.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of death and destruction associated with Lilith\u2019s name, but she is also known as the goddess of re-birth and birth itself.\u00a0 She is seen as more of a darker goddess, because she is very bold and acts upon whatever urges she has, not matter what they are.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean she doesn\u2019t have helpful urges.\u00a0 Modern day Lilith helps during childbirth as well as abortions. \u00a0She can help with any frightening aspect of ones life, if they are ready for an abrupt and to the point outcome.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t hesitate in her decisions, and has a very palpable presence.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this goddess should not be feared or seen as a hateful being.\u00a0 She is now able to be seen in a different light.\u00a0 Many myths and stories are associated with Lilith, that can even become a bit controversial.\u00a0 One thing for sure is that she is a goddess of extraordinary power and impact on history and the world today.\u00a0 She certainly lingers in the places no one dares to go, ready to unlock the beauty hidden within, and help us face the tragedy in our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CONNECTING WITH LILITH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lilith would encourage you to do what makes <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span><\/em> happy.\u00a0 Try doing something for yourself, or get something done your way for a change.\u00a0 Most of the people who are highly successful in endeavors, didn\u2019t get there by being sweet all the time.\u00a0 If you have inner nudging\u2019s, act upon them.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to connect with Lilith is to evoke her spirit into one of your dark moon rituals.\u00a0 Again, Lilith is very to the point in whatever you ask her help with, so be ready, and don\u2019t fear her.\u00a0 Maybe she\u2019s not all smiles all the time, but she is wisdom at its finest hour.\u00a0 If you were to call on her, she is sure to be there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SYMBOLS AND THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR ALTER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Owls, dark moon, serpent, tree, wormwood, cinnamon, dark colored candles, lilies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LILLITH THE TEMPTRESS Some may think of her as a daemon, and even a fallen angel, but Lilith is far beyond what she is perceived as.\u00a0 Legend says that Lilith was the first women created, not Eve.\u00a0 Lilith and Adam were put on earth to reproduce, and when Adam started to take the dominant position during intercourse by being on top, Lilith just wouldn\u2019t have it.\u00a0 She asked him why he insisted this, and he replied by saying that she was a women.\u00a0 Lilith became enraged, and argued that since they were created by the same creator, that they were both equals.\u00a0 When Adam still refused Lilith left the Garden Of Eden, and God created Eve; the perfect submissive wife.\u00a0 During the time when Adam and Eve created children, Lilith fled to the Red Sea where she met fallen angel Samael.\u00a0 Together they created rather barbaric children known as \u201cLilin\u201d, who were seen as demonic figures.\u00a0 Lilith was also known to seduce men in their sleep to create more children, as God was killing most of them off in punishment for her not returning to the Garden Of Eden. Another legend says that she was the serpent who tempted Eve to eat the apple, along with the belief that she is the first witch, teaching all of her children small ways of magic. There is a lot of death and destruction associated with Lilith\u2019s name, but she is also known as the goddess of re-birth and birth itself.\u00a0 She is seen as more of a darker goddess, because she is very bold and acts upon whatever urges she has, not matter what they are.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean she doesn\u2019t have helpful urges.\u00a0 Modern day Lilith helps during childbirth as well as abortions. \u00a0She can help with any frightening aspect of ones life, if they are ready for an abrupt and to the point outcome.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t hesitate in her decisions, and has a very palpable presence. Overall, this goddess should not be feared or seen as a hateful being.\u00a0 She is now able to be seen in a different light.\u00a0 Many myths and stories are associated with Lilith, that can even become a bit controversial.\u00a0 One thing for sure is that she is a goddess of extraordinary power and impact on history and the world today.\u00a0 She certainly lingers in the places no one dares to go, ready to unlock the beauty hidden within, and help us face the tragedy in our lives. CONNECTING WITH LILITH Lilith would encourage you to do what makes you happy.\u00a0 Try doing something for yourself, or get something done your way for a change.\u00a0 Most of the people who are highly successful in endeavors, didn\u2019t get there by being sweet all the time.\u00a0 If you have inner nudging\u2019s, act upon them. Another way to connect with Lilith is to evoke her spirit into one of your dark moon rituals.\u00a0 Again, Lilith is very to the point in whatever you ask her help with, so be ready, and don\u2019t fear her.\u00a0 Maybe she\u2019s not all smiles all the time, but she is wisdom at its finest hour.\u00a0 If you were to call on her, she is sure to be there. SYMBOLS AND THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR ALTER Owls, dark moon, serpent, tree, wormwood, cinnamon, dark colored candles, lilies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}