GODDESS OF THE MONTH: JUNE 2008

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GODDESS OF THE MONTH

JUNe 2008

Flora,

"flourishing one," was the Roman goddess of flowers, gardens and

spring. She is the embodiment of all nature; her name has come to

represent all plant life. She is especially a goddess of flowers,

including the flower of youth.

Her

festival of unrestrained pleasure, the Floralia, was celebrated at the

end of April and beginning of May; this festival was probably the

origin of the maypole dance and the gathering of bouquets of flowers,

symbolizing the bringing of spring and new life into the world. She

gives charm to youth, aroma to wine, sweetness to honey, and fragrance

to blossoms.

Flora teaches us

to honor growing things, both inside and outside us. She is a reminder

to pay attention to pleasure, to the beauty of things, and to new life,

wherever it is found.

From GODDESS KNOWLEDGE CARDS,

Eleanor Boulet Trust. Text by Babcock.

Published by Pomegranate

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