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Hear Ye the Voice of the Goddess

Hear Ye the Voice of the Goddess

Last updated on: March 10, 2012 at 12:39 pm by Star Foster

Hear Ye the Voice of the Goddess 2012-03-10T12:39:12-04:00 Star Foster

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How do you see the Goddess? The Divine Feminine spoken of in Wicca and other Pagan religions? Monolithic woman, the essence of femaleness, the open-armed Mother?

I relate better to male Gods, but I recently had an experience that reminded me of how I found the Goddess so many years ago. Not her name, or stories. Not Pagan literature, but her bright spirit. It was through a specific type of music.

There used to be this alternative rock station in Atlanta called 99X. Once I achieved some measure of independence, a car and a job, I began exploring modern music for the first time. I didn’t like alt rock at first, although I came to love it, but 99X had a Sunday morning show called Organic X. It was mellow alt rock and it was there I first heard the Indigo Girls and fell hopelessly in love with their music.

For me, the Goddess speaks through the female singer/songwriters of the 1990’s. If I need to get my soul right, this is the music that fixes me up. If you want to know what I think the Goddess looks like, I would point to Amy Ray, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin, Paula Cole, and even Jewel before she broke my heart by going Nashville on me.

When I hear women talk of needing their own space, their own healing and their own spiritual territory I don’t understand it. But I think I glimpse some of what they mean when I listen to the Indigo Girls.

13. Secure Yourself – Indigo Girls

12. Tiger – Paula Cole

11. Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5VlOl6tj4

10. Hands – Jewel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFLPwv6b3lI

9. Polaroids – Shawn Colvin

8. The Ocean – Dar Williams

7. Fallen – Sarah McLachlan

6. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia

5. Thank You – Natalie Merchant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ZjrGdlNDo

4. Uninvited – Alanis Morrisette

3. 32 Flavors – Ani DiFranco

2. Falling In Love – Lisa Loeb

1. World Falls – Indigo Girls

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