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Secrets of St. Valentine's Day

b2ap3_thumbnail_199px-First_Book_of_Kings_Chapter_8-3_Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media.jpgLike many holidays, Valentine's Day holds a secret.

In earlier times, this day was a celebration of women's pro-creative power — our body-centered power to renew life, and the pleasure of doing so!

This poem, unearthing Celtic, Roman, and heretical Christian strands weaving through Valentine's Day, begins...

This Valentine came in the mail today —
the fe-male, that is:
Greetings from history in women's terms.

Valentine's Day is a fraud, of course, you know that,
Hall-marked and carded as it is for commerce.
But more than that:

The boy himself's a fraud.
St. Valentine's a fiction, the convenient invention
of some grim Christian churchmen.

...and comes to you complete with historical notes, such as

and where the fever starts:
Words such as fever, febrile, and February have their origin in Februata as an epithet of the Great Goddess.

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Another note discusses the Christian heretics who named themselves Valentinians. They took their name from the Latin word meaning strength. 

Why "strength"? Here's one possibility:

Strength — Boaz — names the pillar on the left side of the entrance to King Solomon's Temple. The left side: the realm of the Feminine Divine.

This 3rd-century glass bowl depicts Solomon's Temple. Jachin ("establishes") and Boaz ("strength") are the detached black pillars shown on the right and left sides of the entrance steps. (Click on image for a larger view.)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Leading image attribution: "First Book of Kings Chapter 8-3 (Bible Illustrations by Sweet Media)" by Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Book_of_Kings_Chapter_8-3_(Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media).jpg#mediaviewer/File:First_Book_of_Kings_Chapter_8-3_(Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media).jpg

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The Woman's Belly Book: Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure — info at loveyourbelly.com — shares what I've learned during 25 years of exploring the mystery and power of the body's center.

The French edition, published by Le Courrier du Livre, arrives in January 2016!

It's today's best-kept secret: Your body's center, your belly, is home to your core life force. It's the site of your soul power, the source of your passion and creativity, your intuition and sense of purpose, your courage and confidence.

My greatest joy? Inspiring women to activate our body-centered soul power so that we may express ourselves all the more as the gutsy woman we are.

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