The Book Out of the Shadows Order News Resouces Articles/Library Discussion Board Poetry/Prayer Recommended Links Recommended Books Join the John J. Coughlin News mailing list for updates on the author and future books!	Mary and the Dark Goddesses by Donna Wilshire This is the temple of Hekate Old Woman, living alone in reflection This temple dug into the earth . . . This temple is the Inner Sanctum The close and holy darkness inside the earth Here one descends into The Spiral Labrynth of Transformation! Old Hekate! Goddess of Transformation! She leads us . . . Inside . . . And down Into the close and holy darkness of the Earth! Hekate! Goddess of Inner Journeys! She leads us into the close and holy darkness of our Innermost Selves Goddess of Reflection! She leads us into the close and holy darkness of our minds and hearts and wombs . . . Deep inside where we are truly alone . . . But not afraid! For Hekate, the Loving Mother who leads us into darkness, Leads us out! By Donna Wilshire's Virgin, Mother, Crone: Myths and Mysteries of the Triple Goddess, p. 165 All work is copyright the listed author. Return to Library