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!Channelled and compiled by Elizabeth (Starlightowl) Hibel
This manual may be given to students but must be kept in its entirety
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The Moon is the celestial Mother I am daughter of the Moon
Devoted to Artemis. My blood is Amazon My life is Amazon.
Servant to my Nation and to my Sisters.
I am daughter of the Moon.
. Artemis was worshiped in most Greek cities but only as a secondary deity.
However, to the Greeks in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) she was a prominent deity.
In Ephesus, a principal city of Asia Minor, a great temple was built in her honour, which became one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World".
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But at Ephesus she was worshiped mainly as a fertility goddess, and was identified with Cybele the mother goddess of eastern lands.
The cult statues of the Ephesian Artemis differ greatly from those of mainland Greece, whereas she is depicted as a huntress with her bow and arrows.
Those found at Ephesus show her in the eastern style, standing erect with numerous nodes on her chest.
There have been many theories as to what they represent. Some say they are breasts, others that they are bulls testes which were sacrificed to her.
Which is the true interpretation remains uncertain, but each represent fertility.
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Artemis-Moon Goddess Artemis: is the Greek goddess of the moon and the hunt. She is also one of the virgin goddesses, and She protects women in labour, small children and wild animals.
As a virgin goddess, She, Hestia, and Athena are not affected by Aphrodites (Greek goddess of love) manipulations.
Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto (sometimes called Letona) as well as the twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis is one of the principle Goddesses of Greek mythology.
She was chief hunter to the Gods and Goddesses.
Goddess of hunting and wild animals especially bears. Artemis was also the Goddess of childbirth, of nature, and of
the harvest.
As the Moon Goddess, she was sometimes identified with the Goddess Selene and Hectate.
The Amazonian Moon Goddess, she was worshiped at Ephesus, her entire torso covered with nurturing breasts.
Artemis' bow is symbolic of both the crescent Moon as well as of inner self-esteem, of an exquisitely tuned inner
tension.
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The Amazons(Moon-women), who were loyal to Her, worshipped one aspect of Artemis(the New Moon phase).
. The sixth day of the New Moon was hers.
Acorns and wormwood were sacred to Her.
She rides her chariot across the sky and shoots her arrows of silver Moonlight to the earth below.
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Artemis myths
Actaeon: A legendary Greek hunter, son of Aristaeus and Autono (who was the daughter of Cadmus).
Artemis turned Actaeon into a stag and he was chased down, torn to pieces, and killed by his own hunting dogs.
According to one myth, She did this because Actaeon saw Her naked while she was bathing in a stream near Orchomenus.
Artemis, as a virgin goddess, was so pure that She allowed no man to see her
In another myth, She did this because Actaeon boasted he was a better hunter than even Artemis Herself.
Callisto: The daughter of Lycaon, was a follower of Artemis.
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One day, however, Zeus seduced Callisto, and Callisto became pregnant with His child.
As Artemis requires the same chastity of Her followers that she maintains herself, she punished Callisto by changing her into a bear.
Zeus then prevented Callisto from being hunted to death by setting her image in the stars.
Callistos child, Arcus, was saved.
The Greeks believed that Bast and Artemis were the same Goddess.
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Holy Days
Monday: Artemis is associated with Monday.
Festival of Diana: Roman holy day. The Festival of Diana in Rome honoured Diana.
The Greeks and Romans considered Artemis and Diana to be the same Goddess.
Celebrated on March 21, 1999.
March: Artemis is associated with March.
April: Artemis is associated with April.
Sagittarius Festival: Greek holy day.
Sagittarius Festival, dedicated to Artemis/Diana, whom the Greeks considered to be the same Goddess as Bast.
Celebrated on November 22, 1999.
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Magickal information and Correspondences: Symbols: Artemis is typically shown with a bow and arrow (representing the rays of the moon).
Sacred candle color: silver and white
Planet: Moon \
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Herbs (and foods) associated with Artemis: almond
amaranth
cedar
cypress
daisy
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date palm
hazel
honey
mugwort
myrtle
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ox-eye daisy
silver fir
willow
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Stones associated with Artemis:
silver:
Artemis may be thought of as the silver goddess.
She wore silver sandals, rode a silver chariot in the silver moonlight, and kills with silver arrows shot from a silver bow.
In fact, many dying women, as well as women in childbirth, went to Artemis to ask for a quick, painless death from Her silver arrows.
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sacred animals: Animals sacred to Artemis are:
deer/stags
Geese
wild dogs
fish
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Goats
Bees
Bears
Keep in mind that since Artemis is the protectress of animals, all animals can be considered sacred to her.
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