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Kinuko Y. Craft @kinukoycraft_official

Cupid & Psyche on pg. 173 of “Visions of Beauty”

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Venus

Roman Mythology: Agricultural Goddess of cultivated fields, gardens, vines, vegetation, love, sex, beauty, and desire.

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A Litany to Ashtoreth/Astarte

Hear my prayer, oh Astarte. Lady of the Moon, Of the Heavens, Of the Earth. Beloved Goddess, Ashtoreth, of the lineages of Inanna-Ishtar and Asherah!

Listen unto my words. Know, Ashtoreth, that I love you. Know that I see you in the pantheons of the world. Know that I see your divinity everywhere, in all goddesses.

I know you, Astarte, by many forms! I know you as Artemis, beloved of the Ephesians! I know you as Diana, beautiful one of Lake Nemi! I know you as Hekate, the key-keeper! I know you as Aphrodite, who bestows passion in lovers! I know you as Athena, ever-granting wisdom! I know you as Babalon, who holds the chalice of the blood of life! I know you as Andraste, lady of Ravens and Wolves! I know you as Astaroth, Dutchess of the Infernal Realms! I know you as Aradia, First of Witches! I know you as Gaia, Mother Earth Herself! I know you as Nyx, Nott, Nuit, Veil of Night! I know you as Isis, Goddess of 10,000 Names! I know you as Hathor, Qetesh, Lady of Sacred Pleasures! I know you as Freyja, Valkyrie Queen! I know you in all pantheons, in all names, in all goddesses! Likewise, I know you as Tanith of Carthage! I see how you have become beloved in all nations! I see how your evolutionary line across cultures is interwoven! I see how you are in all goddesses! I see how your essence ever thrives! Oh Ashtoreth, Astarte, I love you in all forms, in all names! I love you, for you teach the art of sacred syncretism! I love seeing how your essence permeates and shifts between pantheons. I love seeing your endless manifestations! I love seeing your beauty! Astarte, my Lady of the Moon, my Lady of Life, of the Vines and of the Trees! Astarte, my Lady of the Witches' Craft! Astarte, Patroness of the Queer! Astarte, my Lady of Undying Worship! Astarte, Ashtoreth! Look upon my litany, hear my words of reverence, and know that I love you! Know that you are within me, and I am of you! Know that I feel your blessings! Ave Astarte, Ashtoreth! Great Goddess Divine!

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Moon and Venus conjunction

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Sculpture of Mary Magdalene, 1401-1500; France

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🎶 aphroditeeee 🎶

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Work in progress of the Astarte statue

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myth moodboard: arianrhod

welsh goddess of the moon, the stars, and fate

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virgin mary, from my sketchbook

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Kallisti. Fairest of them all.

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If I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but I have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:2

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A tiny Holy Mary shrine at Poznańska street in Warsaw.

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lithuanian mythology: austėja

goddess of the bees, she is isssociated with growth, abundance, and reproduction, she has been a protective figure for families and regarded as the true “mother of bees.”