{"id":90,"date":"2013-11-12T05:28:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T05:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2014-11-19T03:39:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T03:39:47","slug":"there-is-still-power-in-ancient-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/there-is-still-power-in-ancient-names\/","title":{"rendered":"There is Still Power in the Ancient Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">from <em>Names<\/em> by Clay Gilbert, adapted by Pythia &amp; Xia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a9 2008 Pythia &amp; Rev. Xia<br \/>\nUse with permission.<br \/>\nDirector@templeofthegoddess.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Celebrant: Priestess or Priest<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People: <strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Forgotten, She does not die,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">but sleeps, whispering in Her dreams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">surrounded by concrete<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the midst of an urban jungle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isis, Astarte, Diana-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As we call, chant, and pray<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No grove beneath our feet,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">only the rough skin of gravel and concrete<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every breeze whispers Her name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every moonbeam holds Her spirit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">as we sound them forth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hecate, Demeter, Kali-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No longer forgotten. She sleeps by the roadside<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Surrounded by technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Ishtar, Cerredwin, Hecate, Inanna, Isis, Artemis, Sophia, Athena, Coatilicue, Aphrodite, Mielikki, Astarte, Gaia, Saraswati, Kali, Pele, Paso Wee, Demeter, Parvati, Hear, Akewa, Diana, Nidaba, Chicomecoatl, Lilith, Shekhina, Morgana, Maya, Izanami, Shakti<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"goddess mandala\" src=\"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/goddess-mandala.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">from Names by Clay Gilbert, adapted by Pythia &amp; Xia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a9 2008 Pythia &amp; Rev. Xia<br \/>\nUse with permission.<br \/>\nDirector@templeofthegoddess.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Celebrant: Priestess or Priest<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People: These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is still power in the ancient names<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Forgotten, She does not die,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">but sleeps, whispering in Her dreams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These words, remembered, wake Her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: ... \n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}