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In the dream, I am standing with a Chinese family before their household shrine.

Beautifully carved in wood, the shrine is elaborate, immense: it takes up an entire wall of the house.

The gates of the central niche are opened. Behind them stands a finely-rendered wooden statue of Kwan Yin.

Kwan Yin is removed. Behind her stand yet another pair of gates. They open, revealing several painted panels depicting colorful female figures that I cannot identify.

“Pagan goddesses!” cries a woman's voice, as if horrified that such figures should stand behind the boddhisattva.

Now the painted goddesses, too, are removed. Behind them stand yet another pair of gates. These, in turn, open.

An outdoor light shines through. The niche has become a doorway.

Through the open doorway, a long landscape spreads out before our eyes: mountains, valleys, rivers, in unending vista, stretching out to a blue and misty horizon.

Behind Kwan Yin, the goddesses. Behind the goddesses, the Land.

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  • Steven Posch
    Steven Posch says #
    "The weeds will inherit the Earth."
  • Anthony Gresham
    Anthony Gresham says #
    "Behind Kwan Yin, the goddesses. Behind the goddesses, the Land." I like that. I look out my window and see my garden. The weeds

I gave a little chuckle when Chang O, Chinese Goddess of the Moon, danced into my life this week. I am a fan of the Chang O card in Kris Waldherr's The Goddess Tarot, as she represents Contemplation -- the equivalent of the Hermit -- and spiritual seeking. I identify greatly with her as a symbol for seeking the Goddess and for seeking my own sacredness as a woman.

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  • Susan Harper
    Susan Harper says #
    Thank you so much for reading and commenting! I hope you'll be a regular visitor -- I draw a Goddess card each week and post about
  • Mea English
    Mea English says #
    thank you for the nice article. not being familiar with chinese i only know Quan Yin, because i am trans. So through you i now hav

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