Images of Dea--Living Stream Traditions

Hello, I am very happy to share with you all a picture I found on Pinterest...and I was delighted to learn that it can be purchased as artwork. The artwork is here:

fineartamerica.com/featured/sacred-mother-global-goddess-series-cristina-mcallister.html

This image seems to me to be a wonderful representation of Dea, and includes much of the symbolism that I associate with Dea. (If you look at the artist's page, she has other symbolic images too, but this one is clothed and less abstract than some of the others.)

I especially like the inclusion of roses, the lotus, and lilies. The figure is multi-armed, and also surrounded by sunlike imagery that reminds me of Our Lady of Guadalupe. An inset includes an image of the Venus of Willendorf, which reminds me of the long historical worship of Our Mother.

For those of us who've read The Feminine Universe and appreciated the chapter on "Art Neo," this image reminds me of the figure on the cover of that book and also seems to express some of the uplifting and soaring style described there.

While I like the Living Stream traditional images of Our Mother via Christian and Hindu and Buddhist imagery, I also like to find new pieces like this one. I got this in the smallest metal size, which really makes the colors pop as well as the detail. As soon as my household gets back to normal this summer, I plan to put this on the wall of my shrine room. It comes in other formats too, and I was really pleased with the quality of the work as well as the care taken in shipping to make sure it arrived safely.

Kathi+