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Goddesses and Gods.wps - Welcome to Our Temple

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at <strong>and</strong> say 'that's not really me' are the ones that you may just find, if you decide <strong>to</strong><br />

summon <strong>and</strong> explore them, help make your future more fulfilling. Next, take a look at<br />

your man's usual <strong>and</strong> current goddesses. How do these compare <strong>and</strong> contrast with<br />

your own? Can you become more like his 'dream'? Can his 'dream' be deepened <strong>to</strong> the<br />

point where it encompasses your reality? Can you meet each other half way? The<br />

answer <strong>to</strong> all these three questions is yes... if you're both prepared <strong>to</strong> learn <strong>and</strong> grow.<br />

If If If You You aare<br />

a re a Man: You are reading, <strong>to</strong>day, about the 'woman of your dreams'. Try<br />

neither <strong>to</strong> get <strong>to</strong>o excited - or <strong>to</strong>o depressed if you feel she's a million miles from<br />

anyone you know. The idea is simply <strong>to</strong> underst<strong>and</strong> more about her - so that you can<br />

begin <strong>to</strong> resist the usual 'big mistake' which so many males inadvertently make; of<br />

projecting this dream vision on<strong>to</strong> a real human partner. All <strong>to</strong>o often, we fall in love<br />

with 'who we want our partner <strong>to</strong> be' <strong>and</strong> not' who she actually is'. Then, as time goes<br />

by <strong>and</strong> the real person fails <strong>to</strong> measure up <strong>to</strong> our own, imaginary 'inner goddess' the<br />

relationship turns sour. Look up your wife or girlfriend's date of birth. See which<br />

goddess she most closely identifies with. Learn <strong>to</strong> respect or even (dare I say this?)<br />

'worship' that goddess <strong>and</strong> you'll find you au<strong>to</strong>matically, in the process, imbue your<br />

real life partner with the confidence <strong>to</strong> be more like her own true self. How will this<br />

help you fulfill your fantasy? Well, every woman, when she's really feeling free <strong>to</strong> be<br />

her own true self - <strong>and</strong> not 'obliged' <strong>to</strong> act out a role that matches her partner's<br />

expectations, will au<strong>to</strong>matically manifest the best qualities of all seven goddesses<br />

including the one you secretly yearn <strong>to</strong> be embraced by. Thus, in accepting that your<br />

loved one cannot be, all the time, what you want her <strong>to</strong> be you will be helping <strong>and</strong><br />

encouraging her <strong>to</strong> be what you want her <strong>to</strong> be some of the time!<br />

Artemis<br />

Artemis<br />

Introduction:<br />

Introduction:<br />

Artemis, known <strong>to</strong> the Romans as Diana, was the goddess of the hunt <strong>and</strong> of the<br />

Moon. Tall <strong>and</strong> lovely, she lived a glorious outdoor life, accompanied by her own<br />

pack of dogs <strong>and</strong> b<strong>and</strong> of nymphs. Though she wore a short tunic, this was not <strong>to</strong><br />

attract male attention but a symbol of freedom (a long dress would have restricted her<br />

movement). Artemis was an accomplished archer but though she hunted fierce boars,<br />

she was known as a healer <strong>and</strong> protec<strong>to</strong>r of animals - <strong>and</strong> also of young girls whom<br />

she frequently rescued from 'a fate worse than death'.<br />

Like Athena, Artemis was a daughter of Zeus. Though she was born by more<br />

conventional means, the legend tells that the moment she was born, she began <strong>to</strong><br />

help her mother deliver her twin brother Apollo. This <strong>to</strong>ok nine painful days, during<br />

which the new born Artemis earned her reputation as a healer. At the age of three,<br />

her father gave her a bow <strong>and</strong> arrow, a b<strong>and</strong> of nymphs <strong>to</strong> keep her company, the<br />

freedom of the woods <strong>and</strong> fields <strong>and</strong> 'eternal chastity' - which we might, in modern

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