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Figure of Wicca
The Goddess.
Maiden, mother, crone — the moon's phases worn as faces; in the circle she is not discussed but drawn down.
Names & titlesThe Goddess — Lady, the Great Mother
DomainMoon, earth, sea; the cycle itself
Depicted asTriple: maiden, mother, crone — the moon's three faces
StandingWorshipped; drawn down into her priestess in the circle
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The Goddess is worshipped in three aspects tracking the moon and a woman's life — Maiden, Mother, Crone — and the Drawing Down the Moon rite has the high priestess invoke her into herself, speaking as her to the coven. The Charge of the Goddess, largely Valiente's composition, is the central liturgical text, and its most quoted line locates the divine inside the seeker rather than above them.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
What the ascetic renounces, the tantric uses.
Hinduism · core tenet
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Sujata's bowl, and the lute string.
Buddhism · story
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Nobody made the universe.
Jainism · core tenet
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A person is built with two inclinations, and neither is a devil.
Judaism · core tenet
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Countless worlds, and nobody has counted them.
Sikhism · core tenet
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The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao.
Taoism · core tenet
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