The Goddess Stone: Connecting with Ancient Sources of Strength
In today’s distracting, uncertain, and challenging world, we understand the pull of wanting to find comfort and companionship in ancient sources of strength. The Goddess Stone, a natural menilite, gives us the chance to do just that—not through idolatry, but by honoring the divine feminine and all that it stands for. Each goddess represents a different aspect of life: wisdom, love, healing, or strength. And the Goddess Stone gives us a means to access the goddesses’ powers—tapping into their energies and channeling them into our own lives.
Aligning with the Divine Feminine through Menilite
Menilite, celebrated for its earthy tones, smooth textures, and long energies of the ancient Goddess, aligns perfectly with these tools’ purposes. If meditation, journeying, or other transformative practices are part of your routine—especially ones involving the use of a “Goddess Stone,” which may also be referred to as a “goddess align energy stone” or a “stone of the sacred feminine”—then you are already linking your energies with those of the ancient ruler or area of life associated with your chosen goddess and tapping directly into the potent wisdom and guidance she can impart. Whether you hold your stone in your lap, place it on your altar, or attune to its energies in any other way during your meditative practices, you will be invoking all the powerful qualities of the ancient goddesses and serving as a conduit of the healing and transformative energies they have carried with them across time.
Calling on Goddesses for Strength and Wisdom
If you need strength, consider aligning with goddesses known for their warrior spirit, like Durga. Their stones can give you support and strength during hard times when you need courage and determination. If you’re looking for wisdom, focus on goddesses associated with knowledge and insight. Their stones can help you enhance your intuition and see things from different angles. When it comes to the Goddess Stone, one of the most potent energies to channel is that of Athena. She’s the Greek goddess of wisdom, intelligence, strategy, and insight, with a little bit of problem-solving and depth perception thrown in for good measure. Meditating with the stone and really focusing on the potent energy and attributes of Athena can help you make much more informed decisions and solve problems with a lot more ease and depth.
Invoking Aphrodite for Love and Compassion
Both self-love and romantic love are required for a complete life, and both are far too often elusive. The right stone can help open the heart to receive the love one desires—light that pours forth when invoking a goddess like Aphrodite, who is perfect to consult when seeking either to enhance or better fathom the relationships one has with others and oneself. Aphrodite is a goddess of love, beauty, and memory; her (and our) “Goddess Stone” serves as a perfect reminder to embody the energies of kindness, compassion, and delight in all of the interactions both one and the other party have with the loving pathway that is life.
Healing with Goddess Energy
Those who require healing are encouraged to connect with the goddesses who personify the qualities of compassion and renewal. Their energies help with both emotional release and the kind of “wellness that transcends the physical.” If one is in need of healing (and who isn’t, given the world we live in), the presence of a goddess like Brigid can hardly not be restorative.
The Power of Brigid: Healing and Creativity
Brigid is a goddess of the ancient Celts. She presides over poetry (ooh la la!)—an art form that speaks to the deep structure of the world. Brigid also is a goddess of healing; put those two together and Brigid becomes one potent major deity for those who are recovering in any way.
Kali: Harnessing Strength for Life’s Challenges
Another vital aspect that many request from divine guidance is strength. When one aligns with a warrior goddess like Kali, individuals facing difficult life changes may feel an influx of empowering energy. Kali’s fierce presence calls upon one to harness the energy needed to protect and uphold the changes they have decreed in their life. That energy is fueled by courage, an almost instinctual response when one is called to face life’s difficulties head-on. The Goddess Stone emits that energy, harnessing it to help a user reach deep within themselves and pull out the reserves of strength.
Athena’s Wisdom and Strategic Energy
The Greek goddess Athena epitomizes wisdom and strategy. Her essence can be tapped through the Goddess Stone to inspire intelligent and meticulous planning. For complex decisions or challenges that require higher-order thinking and divinely bestowed calmness and clarity, one might call upon Athena. With her on one’s side, one can expect discernment to happen and the activation of detailed plans to overcome life’s many odious obstacles.
Isis: Magic and Healing Powers
Isis (Egyptian): Magic and Healing
The Egyptian goddess known for her magic and healing powers brings energy ripe for transformation. The Mother Stone associated with Isis is an excellent ally for times when you need to embrace change, whether it’s a change in your personal life or a shift in the world around you. If you’re going through an uncomfortable period of emotional or physical distress, the essence of Isis can be an excellent aid for making it through to the other side. That said, Isis also offers comfort and strength as a source of magic. Thus, she is always a good goddess to call upon if you (or someone else you know) need a dose of resilience to get through an “untransformative” period of your life.
Saraswati: Inspiration for Knowledge and Creativity
Saraswati (Hindu): Knowledge and Creativity
The Hindu goddess Saraswati embodies the essence of knowledge and creativity. Her power and presence in one’s life leads to and inspires the pursuit of education and the cultivation of artistic talent. A Goddess Stone infused with the very essence of Saraswati motivates and inspires individuals to seek and find enlightenment through their pursuit of knowledge. Whether that pursuit takes the form of “normal” academic endeavors or artistic expressions, Saraswati’s influence in one’s life enhances the individual’s natural abilities and leads to even greater dimensions of intellectual and creative growth.
Freya: Love, Fertility, and Beauty
Freya (Norse): Love and Fertility
The Norse goddess Freya epitomizes beauty, passion, and divine energy associated with love and fertility. When one connects with a Goddess Stone attuned to Freya’s energy, one can embrace—like the goddess—gracefully the cycles of life. Freya encourages her devotees to appreciate forms of beauty that the goddess favors: nature, human connections, and direct signs of passion and love. The Norse goddess’s influence—as her name suggests—welcomes those in her orbit to grow into ever “freer” individuals capable of accepting more love in their lives both as personal growth and direct signs of receiving divine love.
Kali’s Empowering Energy for Transformation
The fierce energy of Kali, the Hindu goddess associated with destruction and rebirth (not the “death cult” some think), empowers people to confront their fears and embrace the changes in life that are essential to growth. A Goddess Stone aligned with Kali offers empowerment for working through old patterns of resistance long past their expiration dates. It teaches that what we call “bad” is really just the precursor to what we can call “good”—or more accurately, what may be happening in our lives that isn’t good can be the precursor to what is really good for us. Kali is here to offer liberation from all that constrains us and keep us from powers that be helpful.
Aphrodite: Self-Love and Relationship Harmony
In Greek mythology, love and beauty are personified in the figure of Aphrodite. A Goddess Stone imbued with her energy focuses on the core attributes of this goddess—self-love, confidence, and aesthetic appreciation. While there are certainly many aspects of the goddess that could be touched upon, the essence of Aphrodite we work with emphasizes developing a healthily nurturing self-image and an image that is also respectful of what it means to be in a relationship (of any kind, really) with another person.
Hera: Cultivating Stability in Family and Partnerships
Hera is the ancient Greek embodiment of marriage and family. As such, she exudes an aura of commitment, an aura of loyalty, and an aura of nurturing relationships. When someone connects with a Goddess Stone aligned with Hera, they connect with the essence of familial bonds and the aura of partnership. Hera’s energy helps cultivate stability in that which we call our family and in that which we call our partnerships. Hera’s energy reminds us of the essence of open communication, of trust, and of the foundation upon which strong familial bonds are built and maintained.
Oshun: Fertility, Abundance, and Emotional Healing
In the Yoruba tradition, Oshun is the goddess who personifies the bodies of water, which for them symbolizes fertility, abundance, and wealth. Yet, she is much more than that. She embodies profound love connections and personable, joyful relationships. She is someone to hang out with because she epitomizes what it means to work through emotional healing to achieve a place of peace.
Brigid: Creativity, Fortitude, and Healing
The Celtic goddess Brigid, who presides over fire, poetry, and healing, is another imaginative figure in goddess history. People honor her for the gifts she gives—the energy to be creative, the fortitude to persist in the face of life’s challenges. If a Goddess Stone has a certain amount of energy that pushes the spirit of a figure who figures prominently in goddess history, a stone aligned with Brigid’s energy would be helpful, especially when emotional or physical wounds require a long time to heal and when the inspiration to create isn’t there.
Amaterasu: Light, Hope, and Clarity
Amaterasu, the Japanese goddess of the sun and universal order, is a deity embodying light, hope, and clarity. She is the one who brings the clear, bright sunshine of illumination to any kind of path. When a life path feels chaotic or uncertain, Amaterasu’s warm and powerful presence can be called upon to RAISE the very energy of the path. The presence of the warm, optimistic Amaterasu can help one see beyond today’s obstacles to tomorrow’s summit.
The Durga Goddess Stone: Motherly Protection and Strength
The Goddess Stone, a natural menilite, offers a profound way to commune with the divine Durga. It is known for its motherly and protective energies, and when one is near the Goddess Stone, one can feel the fierce, tender strength that the goddess is known for. Meditating with the Goddess Stone, one might ask Durga for the virtues she has in spades: courage, resilience, and the ability to manifest her motherly protecting energy in a situation that demands it.
Explore the Divine Feminine: Choose Your Goddess Stone
And there are undoubtedly plenty more. Consult our guide, then, to discover the Goddess you wish to invoke in your life. Have us align your Goddess Stone to the Goddess of your choosing, and empower it with your desire.
The Versatility of the Goddess Stone
The adaptability of the Goddess Stone makes it possible for one to use it in whatever way one wishes to enhance aspects of their life. It reminds us that at any moment we can access help from the Divine. For that reason, I like to keep a Goddess Stone on my altar—one, because I admire its beauty, and two, because even in the act of choosing to keep it there, I am engaging with the energies of the stone.
The Goddess Stone: A Tool for Transformation
In the end, the Goddess Stone provides an opportunity not just for alignment but also for a profound transformation of the self. It helps us achieve what we may not have thought possible—embodying, day in and day out, the kinds of qualities we usually relegate to the realm of fantasy. When we work with the stone, we’re not just achieving synchronicity with the divine (although that’s a definite benefit); we’re also using a power tool for personal transformation.
Intentions and Gratitude: Deepening Your Work with the Goddess Stone
State your intentions clearly: When you work with both the Goddess and the stone, speak aloud and affirm all the intentions you have set for your work with them. Say these with certainty and as if they are already happening. Give thanks: Offer gratitude to both the Goddess and the stone for their guidance after each session of working with them. They have taken the time to be here with you in this life. To work with such energies—and with such reverence, too—is a surefire path toward unfathomable abundance.