Ariadne is a Goddess of Ecstatic Trance. She is considered goddess of paths and of the labyrinth, She shows the choices before us, and ultimately helps us to find our way.
Her priestesses bare-breasted practiced ritual snake handling ecstatic dancing and prophetic trance. Priestess-queens ruled Crete the last culture in recorded history to support equality.
Ariadne “The High Fruitful One,” brings Rebirth.
This lunar fertility goddess was known for her athletic prowess. Serpents, symbols of rebirth, were ritually handled by her priestesses, whose bare-breasted costumes suggest the sacred role of sexuality in the Minoan culture.
[Candia Museum, Crete, 1600-1500 BCE]
9″ statue, hand painted and made of gypsum-stone and clay from the Ganges River. Gypsum-stone is an artist’s castable material made from selenite, a crystal named for the moon goddess, Selene.
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