For Inspiration Every Day, Read This Book


All of us who have been around Christianity know there are daily devotionals. Few of us, including myself, know we can switch from Bible-based devotionals to one based on goddesses. The goddesses are from religions based more on the cycles of the seasons than is Christianity. For this reason readers may enjoy it more.

According to the link, the book has 52 goddesses, one for each week. It is divided up into the four seasons. It discusses the uncertainty that goes with constant change which is what we experience with the weather and seasons. I know the Bible refers to seasons as does goddess worship. But, as I understand the difference, goddess worship allows different spiritual beings whereas the God of the Bible gets angry at other gods. 

It has always seemed to me indigenous religions, including those prehistoric people like my ancestors and yours, must have worshipped nature-based beings. That is, if they worshipped anything. We don't know for sure.

The only thing we have to go on are native societies before they were exposed to modern religions. So far as I know there were absolutely no societies who worshipped only one god. Further, the spiritual elements in their heads involved animals and in some way linked these animals to the otherworld. Cave drawings frequently appear to be part animal and part human. 

The old adage "the faith never changes" is stood on its head when we look at evidence of prehistoric times. Monotheistic societies appear to be a modern concept. That is, monotheism was invented during a period since the written word developed. Using the goddess book for daily inspiration seems a way to link back to something closer to the religion of our ancestors.  

I've read that while book sales of all kinds has remained rather stable, the volume of Christian books has fallen and many Christian book stores have closed. It could be that daily Christian devotional literature has fallen as well. People who no longer enjoy their daily Christian devotional reading may want to give goddess devotionals a try. 

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