Xochiquetzal
was an Aztec Goddess of flowers and the arts.
She was said to rule over love, marriage and sexuality. Often Xochiquetzal was referred to as the “Mother
of the World”, due to her union with her partner in repopulating the earth
after a great flood. Even though she was
associated with love and sex, as with many of the Aztec deities she required
blood sacrifices.
Mother of the World, Earth Mother, Mother Goddess is used to
refer to Xochiquetzal, as she gave birth to the inhabitants. She has even been called the divine
prostitute. Similar titles are given to deities
in cultures around the world. There’s no
way I could list them all, but here are a few.
Though Xochiquetzal’s children all came from one mother and
one father, it was said they all looked different and spoke different
languages. This barrier led like to join
together and populate the earth.
As a follower of Hecate, I honor her as Soteira and the
Cosmic World Soul. She holds the keys to
knowledge and understanding of the world around us. She provides answers to the mysteries of life
and death. She guides us from the
severing of the umbilical cord to the passage to the underworld.
Father, the supreme God in the Chaldean system, sowed the basic seeds of the material world, identified as “lightning” or Ideas; these Ideas then entered the womb of Hekate.
Hekate had received the Ideas in her womb from the Paternal Intellect (God, the Father), she then transmitted these to the Demiurge, who embodied them in the Sensible world. Because of her role in receiving and then transmitting the seed (Ideas) onward, Hekate/Soul was understood as the “Mother of the World.” - Hekate of the Chaldean Oracles (link)
This resonates with me.
I’ve often felt that when we did, our energy is not lost. It remains here or it goes into a pool of energy
that may or may not return to earth. We
may come back here as a new life or we many wander the earth in ethereal form,
watching those we love go on. Seeing
that references to Hecate as being the one source where all souls originate
seems to me, to be compatible with that line of thinking.
Like Xochiquetzal, in antiquity Hecate also requested blood
sacrifices from her followers. Today the
use of blood in rituals to Hecate are not require, though some of her followers
will use their own blood for ritual magic.
Xochiquetzal was not only the goddess of sex and beauty but
also the Goddess of magic and love spells.
Here is another similarity to Hecate being the goddess of witchcraft and
magic.
As with so many other myths and legends about deities, all these
attributes can apply to some or all of the gods. Humans need to have reminders. We like to be able to point to something and
say, this is justice or that is beauty. I believe that is what these are. I do not believe that there was a time when
Gods and Goddesses walked the earth and man bowed before them.
I believe that these deities are merely the personification
of “godly” attributes. Thinks that we
are part of being a higher being. Call
it Xochiquetzal or call it Hecate, the idea is what we’re talking about. I believe there is a single source for all
the souls, I cannot state factually that it was from an idea placed in the
vagina of a goddess, or an alien being placing us here on the planet. Perhaps the big bang was actually a cosmic
orgasm that gave birth to our cosmic soul.
Each of us has our own thoughts about it, and what is true
for us may not be true for another. Be
sure to give others the freedom to follow their heart just as you have. It is not for us to judge.
Blessings
Sosanna
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