LW Ocean Mother Full Moon (Lisa & Tineke) 070704

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Ocean Mother Full Moon InitiationLightWorker™ Series

Energy channelled by Tineke Wijnker and Lisa CenterManual written by Lisa "Ladywolf" Center

Final Layout by Jens Søeborg



Source for the front page picture is listed within the artwork on the last page.

Ocean Mother Full Moon Initiation (LightWorker™ Series)This manual is written and channeled by Tineke Wijnker and Lisa “Ladywolf” Center. Lisa ismainly working with animal's and nature's spirits. It is a part of the series of Lunar GoddessInitiations and also exists outside the LightWorker series.

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The Lunar Phases - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lunar phases refer to the appearance of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by anobserver on Earth. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according tothe changing geometry of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. One half of the lunar surface is always

illuminated by the Sun, but the portion of the illuminated hemisphere that is visible to anobserver can vary from 100% (full moon) to 0% (new moon). The phases of the Moon have beengiven the following names, which are listed in sequential order:

• Dark Moon - Not visible• New Moon - Not visible, or traditionally, the first visible crescent of the Moon• Waxing Crescent Moon - Right 1-49% visible• First Quarter Moon - Right 50% visible• Waxing gibbous Moon - Right 51-99% visible• Full Moon - Fully visible• Waning gibbous Moon - Left 51-99% visible• Third Quarter Moon - Left 50% visible• Waning Crescent Moon - Left 1-49% visible• New Moon - Not visible



Me Acuerdo (I Remember)

The sun followedas we walked together on the sand…

You stood on the shoreand whispered my name.

You knew I was thereand believed in me always.

Now I am like a seashell.You can hold me to your ear

and hear the criesof the home that I once knew.

Lisa Center

Ocean Mother Full Moon Initiation There was a time when we remembered the goddesses of the waters of the earth. Though we do not speak of them much anymore they haveremained constant and are ever present. This initiation is a dedication tothe Mother Ocean; the goddesses connected to her and at its mostpowerful during the full moon. You can call the energy to you by intention

and it can be sent the same way. The ocean may not represent or evensuggest goddess to you but the chaotic power and still serenity of thisgreat body can not be ignored. Call that power to you and use it in yourlife to heal and nurture yourself and others. This manual does not includeall water goddesses but stories are presented from many.

Ocean, Sea, and Water Goddess

Sedna (Inuit) There is, as is often the case with gods andgoddesses some discrepancies and variations of thestory of Sedna, goddess of the Artic Sea. Somestories have her as a giant of a girl who refused toobey and actually bit one of her father’s arms off inan argument. Some tell of her marrying a dog,prompted by her father, because she refused tomarry within her own clan. Still other stories have

her spirited away and married to a large seabird,whom she believed to be a man. In this legend, thefather goes to rescue his daughter when hediscovers how she has been fooled.



He finds her on an island where she is being fed raw fish daily and tries tosneak away with her in his boat. The giant seabird finds his wife gone andflies out to the sea creating a storm with his wings and fury. The father, infear for his own life, throws his daughter out of the boat so the bird willleave him unharmed. When Sedna tries to grab the side of the boat tokeep from drowning, he beats at her fingers with a paddle. Her fingers are

frozen from the artic sea temperatures and they break off into the water.

The fingers turned into whales, seals, and polar bears. Her nails becomewhalebone. As her human body drowned, the creatures watched her trans-form into the mystical goddess Sedna, “Mother of Oceans and ruler of alllife in the Sea”. The people of the North, the Inuit, acknowledge it is Sednawho sustains them by allowing her creatures to be caught and killed forfood. They seek her blessings for continued sustenance.

There is another version of the story that portrays Sedna as a strong willedchild whose father was anxious to be rid of. He told her he was going togive her away in marriage. Sedna was livid to be considered property to begiven or disposed of in any manner. She fought with her father until hedecided he would kill her. He dragged her into his boat and once theywere far enough from the shore, he threw the young girl overboard.Freezing and shocked she clung to the side of the little boat. Her fathertook his hunting knife out and hacked off two of her fingers. She triedagain to cling to the boat and he cut away a few more. In a final attempt

she grabbed the side once more and he cut the remaining fingers off.

Her fingers fell into the water and turned into sea creatures. The legendalways ends the same with sea creatures recognizing her as their Motherand taking her safely to the bottom of the sea.

Aphrodite (Greek) Aphrodite is the classical Greek goddess of love,lust, and beauty. Aphrodite is the name given to herby the Greeks, and later the Romans knew her asVenus. She was born fully grown by the northerncoast of Cyprus as the daughter of Uranus andOcean Foam is her mother. She has also been called"she who rises from the waves" and “foam born".When she shakes the seawater from her hair thewater droplets turn into pearls at her feet.

Aphrodite was the mother of Eros and she was deeply in love with Adonis.She had warned him against wild animals, but still he went on hunting andwas killed by a wild boar.



Orishas (West African) The indigenous peoples of West Africa believed in one higher power. Thename given to this power was Olodumare. The Orisha, (Ohr-eesh-ah) areaspects of this Supreme Being that are manifested as forces of nature.

Yoruba tradition is the parent of Palo and Lukumi faiths. These are the

beliefs of the Lucumi Yoruba which is also referred to as Ifa Lukumi inCuba and Peurto Rico, Candomble in Brazil, Shango Baptist in Trinidad andmost widely known as Santeria in many parts of the world.

The West Africans brought their spiritual beliefs with them on the slaveboats and this of course influenced the beliefs of the New World. As withall beliefs of the past as years go by and changes come to the people thesystems become enmeshed and influenced by new belief systems. Thiswas especially the case as Catholicism was spread to the new world. In an

attempt to preserve their own beliefs, many of the Orishas became asso-ciated with the Catholic saints. This was certainly the case with Yemayaand her sister Oshun.

Yemaya Yemaya was the goddess of the Yoruba inNigeria. Once the people of West Africa werecarried across the water as slaves to the otherparts of the world, she became known as thegoddess of the Ocean. She was given thanks asthe Africans found their footing on land againfor the safe journey over the water. She isassociated with the Virgin Mary and Mother Isis.She is known as the Mother of all Orishas, alunar goddess, representing change andconstancy. She can be very calming orextremely turbulent like the ocean. Her name“Yeye mo oja” means Mother of the Children of the Fishes. Some say she can appear as amermaid and is a creation goddess. Her wisdom

nurtures, heals and makes whole all which is incomplete. Her colors areblue and white. Her number is 7. Many worshippers of Yemaya wear sevenlayered dresses representing the seven seas.

There are legends that state she chooses students. These people willdisappear for seven years. When they return they spread stories of magickand mysteries learned in the abode of Yemaya, which is under the sea.Practitioners and believers celebrate this goddess on September 7 andsometimes the 9th. On the night of the summer solstice, she is honoredby followers casting flowers and votive boats into the water. She is also



remembered on December 31st where many gather on the beach to setVotive boats upon the water. If the ocean takes the boat, it foretells of agood year to come. If the votive is swept back onto the shore with thetide, this is seen as a bad sign and can mean many hardships are to comein the year ahead.

Oshun Oshun (also known as Oxum) is another Orishaand sister to Yemaya. She is said to bepersonified in the sweet waters of the earth:Rivers, brooks, streams and waterfalls. She isassociated with St Cecilia and in Lukumi she isknown as Our Lay of La Caridad del Cobre –protectress of Cuba.

Her blessing and assistance is sought in fertility,delivery of healthy babies, love and marriage.Her number is 5. Though she may join with hersister in the end…the way rivers flow to thegreat seas and oceans, she is not dependent orweak.

She too is powerful and forges her path in her own time and way. She canbe called upon for help with financial flow as well. Though the youngest of

the Orishas, she is known as Ida Lodi or Great Queen. She hears prayersand carries your words directly to the ears of Olodamare. This greatMother of secrets is present in the colors of gold, bright yellow andorange. Peacocks and vultures are the animals associated with her.

Saraswati (Indian)

Saraswati is the Hindu Goddess of wisdom, arts,music, knowledge and learning. There are storiesof how she and her consort, Brahma, were bornfrom the sea from a golden egg. She is considered ariver goddess as well. She shares her name with ariver in the Himalayans. The river flows from themountains to join the Ganges River.

Saraswati is free flowing wisdom and is revered forher beauty and multiple blessings. Swans are gene-rally present in pictures of her and this swan isbelieved to hold magical powers.



Tiamet (Sumerian) The story of this goddess is from Mesopota-mian myth. In most pictures she is portrayedas an evil and multi-headed dragon or seaserpent. She is best known as the embodi-ment of primordial chaos and the original

ocean Mother. This creation story has Apsu,god of fresh water, and Tiamet, goddess of allsalt water, as the only beings at the beginningof time. They began to desire the company of others after many years alone and togetherthey birthed the young gods. It was not longbefore Apsu began to complain the youthwere too noisy and he wanted them all killed.Tiamet, with natural mother protectiveness,

forbid him to harm them.

The young gods had already heard of the plan and were plotting to killtheir “father”. Tiamet quickly turned against them becoming a strong andfeared avenging force when Apsu was killed. War between Mother andchildren began and when she faced the storm god, Murdak, he wasvictorious. From this battle the earth was created, Murdak took her bodyand formed the heavens and the earth. The mystery of Tiamet andMurdak was celebrated in Babylon during the New Year.

Great Mother Ocean

Great Mother Ocean teaches us to “go with the flow”.The tides are controlled by the Moon,

so honor the moon’s influence in your life.

Just as water ebbs and flows to the moons direction, so can we.Allow yourself to live with generosity for self during the ebb

and share your abundance with others during a flow.May you always find solace beside the waters edge.

Ladywolf

SourcesFrontpage picture: www.scubagrl.net/Nautical.htm

Seashell www.moondance.org Sedna http://www.mythinglinks.org/ip~northamerica~Sedna.html

Aphrodite http://www.fantasy-goddess-art.com/aphrodite.html Yemaya http://zer0dmx.tripod.com/gods/yemaya.html

Oshun www.goddess.com.au/

Saraswati www.yogausa.com/images/saraswati.jpg Tiamet www.jpc-artworks.com

Orisha info http://www.wemba-music.org/orisha.htm

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