Aine na gClain: is the Irish Goddess of plenty who was worshipped on Midsummer's Eve. She is associated with herbs and healing. Call upon her if you want your herb garden to be successful or if you nee increased health and vigour.

Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of love and beauty. (Roman, Venus.) Aphrodite originated as a fertility Goddess with dominion not only over human beings but also over plant and animal life. She later became the Goddess of pure ideal love as well as the Goddess of sexual love and passion. She is the essence of feminine beauty, seduction and charm. Aphrodite will aid you should you want to attract a lover or enhance your physical beauty and personal charm.

Arianhod: is the Welsh Goddess of the stars (The Corona Borealis was named for her) Arianhod is one of the children of Don many of whom gave their names to constellations (ie. Cassiopeia—Llys Don; The Milky Way—Caer Gwydion) Arianhod and the other children of Don can be called upon to aid in retrieval of past life memories as well as in communing with and absorbing the spiritual radiance of star spirits.

Artemis: is the Greek Goddess of the Moon and the hunt. (Roman, Diana.)She is closely associated with nature particularly in its wildest aspects. She loves nothing better than to roam through rough, mountainous terrain. She is the Goddess of the chase and of forests. She is the patroness of virgins and presides over childbirth.

Astarte: is the Semitic Goddess of fertility. Her cult spread throughout the Middle East and she became associated with the Babylonian Ishtar and the Greek Aphrodite, among others. Astarte will help you in all matters related to fertility, whether you want to conceive and give birth to a healthy child or desire a beautiful garden or bountiful harvest.

Ataensic: is the North American Indian Goddess of the Sky and Creator Goddess.

Bast: is the cat-headed Goddess of Egypt, protection and cats. She is a greatly benevolent Goddess who offers protection against illness and dark forces. Call upon her for protection when you feel vulnerable and she will endow you with the strength and power of a great cat. Bast also has a joyous, fun-loving side. She is associated with pleasure and she loves music and dancing.

Blodewedd: Welsh Goddess who embodies the maiden aspect of the triple Goddess. She is associated with the Moon and women's mysteries. Invoke her to help your garden grow or protect your child.

Brigit: Celtic Goddess of fertility and plenty. She is the patroness and protector of mothers. If you call upon Her for help in the protection of your children, She will respond like the warrior Goddess She is. Brigit is also associated with learning, apprenticeship and culture.

Ceres: Italian Goddess of fertility and harvest. Call on her in matters related to agriculture or if you are having difficulty conceiving a child.

Cerridwen: Welsh Goddess of the Moon and Harvest. Patroness of poets. Cerridwen prepares a magickal brew in a cauldron and stews it throughout the year. This brew would yield three precious drops. These would bestow on the blessed receiver the wisdom of the past, the knowledge of the present and the secrets of the future.

Demeter: Greek Earth and fertility Goddess. Call upon her if you wish to conceive a child, for protection of your children or for a bountiful garden or harvest.

Flora:  The Roman Goddess of flowers and springtime, she presides over the budding of new life and watches over crops, fruit trees and flowers.

Fortuna: The Roman Goddess of Fate (the Greeks called her Tyche). If you are favoured by Fortuna, She will bestow good luck upon you.

Freya: Scandinavian Goddess of many attributes, she presides over love, beauty, marriage and feminine cunning. If you call upon her, she will aid in protecting your marriage and making it fruitful. She is beautiful, compassionate and particularly favours those of brave, noble and heroic character.

Gaea: The Greek Mother Goddess of the "deep-breasted Earth". She is the universal mother who created the universe, bore the first race of the gods and gave birth to the human race. It is Gaea who nourishes us all and through her love and benevolence humans are gifted with healthy children, happy marriages and all the abundance that the earthly plane has to offer.

Hathor: The Egyptian Goddess of the Sky, Hathor is a Goddess of beauty, joy, music, dance, love and marriage. She is often represented as a cow goddess who nourishes all with her milk and warmly welcomes the dead to the Afterlife with a plate of bread and bowl of water.

Hebe: The Greek Goddess of youth. She has some powers of bestowing the attributes of youth. Call upon her if you need a little extra youthful sparkle.

Hecate: is the ancient Goddess (Thracian in origin though more well-known in her Greek form) of the Moon and Underworld. She is a powerful patroness and the Goddess of witches and sorcery in general. She is associated with the dark or crone aspect of the triple Goddess. Leave an offering to her on the eve of the full moon and she may gift you with an increase in your magickal powers.

Hera: Greek Goddess of marriage and childbirth. (Roman, Juno.)Call on Hera if you desire a romantic commitment or to preside over the birth of a child.

Hestia: Greek Goddess who symbolized the household fire, thus the Goddess of hearth and home. Seek her when you desire a safe, harmonious home or when you are looking to find a comfortable, peaceful house or apartment.

Horae: Greek Goddess of the four seasons.

Inanna: Sumerian Mother Goddess, the Mother of Heaven and Earth. She rules over the stars and planets. Invoke her during health or moon workings.

Isis: Egyptian Goddess of many aspects. She is the Mother of Nature, Goddess of Love, Queen of Heaven, Bestower of abundance and healing and patroness of the magick arts. This kind, beneficent complete Goddess will aid all who call on Her.

Ishtar: Dual-aspected Assyro-Babylonian Goddess. She is a warrior Goddess but also the Goddess of Love. She is the patroness and protector of prostitutes (sacred prostitution formed part of her worship) and when she descended to the earthly plane, she was almost always in the company of "courtesans, harlots and strumpets". If a working girl or exotic dancer is in trouble, she can call on Ishtar for protection and Ishtar will provide it in her warrior Goddess form. As Goddess of Love and voluptuousness, Ishtar can help you if you wish to attract a lover or increase your sexual attractiveness. Beware though, she does have an irritable, violently passionate side to Her Nature.

Kali (or Kali-Ma, the Black Mother): Hindu Goddess of Creation, She is an extremely powerful adversary of evil, destructive forces and should be called upon if you are in fear of physical danger.

Lilith: Derives from the Sumerian "lil" (wind spirit) and is also associated with the Hebrew "lay lah " (night). Lilith is a Goddess of the night, the stars and of sorcery. An independent, assertive, unashamedly seductive and sexual Goddess, she was reinvented by the Judeo-Christian tradition as a fearsome and demonic image of feminine power.

Ma'at: The Egyptian Goddess who personified the principles of truth and justice.

Mary Magdalena: Christian. The prostitute who washedJesus Christ's feet with her tears and wiped them dry with her hair, Magdalena was among Christ's followers. She was with him when he died on the Cross ad was also present when he was buried by Joseph of Arimathea. When she went to Christ's tomb to anoint his body, she was greeted by Angels and told that Christ was Risen. She was the first of Christ's followers to whom He appeared in His resurrected form (Mark 16: 9-11) ∧ (John 20: 11-18).

Mary, Mother of Jesus: Christian. Mary is chosen by God as the "most highly-favoured" and "blessed among women." She is the instrument through which the all-powerful, eternal Divine joins itself to frail, transient humankind as proof and fulfillment of God's continuing love and commitment to his creatures. Through immaculate conception, God gives Mary His Son, Jesus, who is both "The Son of Man" and "The Son of God". In Arthurian legend, Mary is associated with the Pentagram; A knight who bore a shield emblazoned with Mary's pentagram was under her protection.

Morgan: The Celtic Goddess of Magick, seductive beauty and feminine cunning.

Nephtys: The Egyptian Goddess who watches over the spirits of the dead, aiding their transition to the Afterlife.

Nut: Egyptian Mother Goddess who gave birth to the Sky and the Sun as well as to Isis, Osiris, Horus, Set and Nephtys. Nut is frequently represented with a long body touching the earth with her hands and feet while arching her body above to support the heavens. Like Her daughter, Nephtys, she watches over the spirits of the dead, cradling them in her arms to ease their transition to the Afterlife.

Persephone: Greek Goddess of budding Springtime, the harvest and The Underworld. (Roman, Prosperina.)The daughter of Zeus and Demeter, she was loved by Hades and kidnapped by him while she was gathering flowers. He took her to his empire of the Underworld to the deep grief of Demeter who was finally able to arrange a compromise through the Gods whereby her beloved daughter was able to spend part of the year with her and the rest with Hades in The Underworld. Persephone's time on the surface of the earth occurs from the first budding of springtime until the time of the harvest when she returns to The Underworld.

Pomona: The Roman Goddess of fruit, especially the fruit that grows on trees. Pray to her when you want a bountiful unblighted harvest from your orchard.

Selene: The Greek Goddess of the Moon (Roman, Phoebe), Her Golden Crown shines through the dark of night. Seek Her when you feel confused and need to bring Her light and clarity to bear upon a problem. Also as Moon Goddess, She presides over women's mysteries and psychic powers.

Themis: Greek Earth Goddess who personifies the virtues of regularity and organization. Call upon her when you need to ground or balance your energy or complete a difficult organizational task.

Aegir: The Scandinavian Lord of the Sea. He had a magnificent palace beneath the waves which was illuminated by the gold and other treasures that were lost during shipwrecks. He and His wife, Ran, Goddess of sea storms welcomed the drowned and honoured them in the palace serving them fruits of the sea at their great table.

Amun: Egyptian Creator God who was worshipped as the King of the Gods. Amun is a fertility God associated with the masculine aspects of generation and reproduction.

Angus MacOg: The Irish God of masculine beauty, passionate love and youth.

Anubis: The jackal-headed Egyptian God who conducted the souls of the dead, opening to them the path to the Afterlife. He had a special relationship with his aunt, Isis, who brought him up as her own for which he repaid her by acting as her guardian. Invoke him for protection.

Apollo: The Greek God of the Sun and light, he is also a pastoral God, associated with music and the arts in general. (Roman, Phoebus Apollo.)He is the son of Zeus and the twin brother of Artemis.

Apsu: Assyro-Babylonian God who represented the sweet half of the primordial element Water. When merged with the feminine salt water (Tiamat) all things were created, beginning with the Gods.

Bacchus: The Roman God of wine, intoxication and orgiastic excess. Call upon him when you want to throw one wild party!

Balder: Scandinavian God of Light and Wisdom. He was known as the "Good God," a kindly God who was so beautiful physically and spiritually that he emanated radiance. All who came into contact with him loved him. Invoke Him to attract wisdom, kindness, and good friends.

Bran: Called "The Blessed," Bran is an omnipotent Celtic God whose qualities of strength, health and self-sacrifice for the good of his people are of particular emphasis. Bran watches over all those who call upon him. He will fight for you and like Jesus Christ, sacrifice himself for your benefit. It is particularly helpful to invoke him if you are feeling weak in body and/or spirit and require the fortification Bran can bestow.

Cernunnos: The Celtic God who embodies the male principle in the cycle of fertility and rebirth. He is the consort of The Lady (often called Flora) and comes to merge with Her at Beltane, the Spring fertility festival which is celebrated on May 1. He is often depicted with the antlers of a deer representing the cycle of fertility signified by the shedding of antlers.

Dionysus: Originally a Thracian God, Dionysus eventually emerged as the Greek God not merely of intoxication but also of the wisdom and insight that one can gain through the altered state of consciousness that alcohol bestows.

Eros: The Greek boy-god of love and physical desire. (Roman, Cupid.) The son of Aphrodite and Ares.

Hades:Greek. (Roman, Pluto.)Sovereign of the Underworld, the son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. He is a rather grim deity, a God of mystery and inexorability, but his nature is not essentially evil. His queen is Persephone.

Horus: The Egyptian falcon headed God of the Sky and Sun. One of his eyes represents the Sun, the other, the Moon. He is many aspected and represents among other things, purification, Divine Justice, and regeneration.

Hymen: The Greek God of marriage.

Jesus: Christian. Jesus was conceived of God and a mortal woman, The Virgin Mary. He is therefore not only the Son of God but the Son of Man (genuinely human yet also Divine), the symbol of God's love and continued interest and involvement with human beings. While carrying Jesus, Mary married Joseph, a carpenter and descendant of the legendary David.

Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem because Joseph was obligated by Roman law to travel to the city of his birth to take part in a population census and when he and his pregnant wife arrived, they found no room at any of the local inns.

During his early life, Jesus is believed to have practiced Joseph's trade of carpentry, a very humble profession. His bemused mother discovered him, at the age of twelve, engaged in knowledgeable discussion with the scribes. When she questioned him about this, he told her that he was merely doing his "father's business."

As a young man he embarked upon his great mission which he commemorated by being baptized by his cousin, John the Baptist. Thereafter, he spent forty days and forty nights in the wilderness where he resisted the temptations of the devil. He then gathered around him thirteen disciples, many of whom were fisherman, from families as humble as his own. "Follow me," Jesus told them, "and I will make you fishers of men." Jesus travelled around Galilee, teaching and performing miraculous healings, exorcisms and even necromancy.

His views were wildly radical: He believed in the power of love as a redemptive force. He believed in the inherent worth of the lowliest, the poorest, the hungriest, the most sinful—the very dregs of the society to which He belonged. He saved an adulteress from stoning at the hands of a mob by saying, "Let he among you who hath not sinned, cast the first stone." One of his most favoured people was Mary Magdalene, a prostitute. He was reviled by many for his fellowship with "sinners and publicans." He was human and he understood poverty, sorrow and sin.

He also believed the established religious hierarchy was obsolete, unnecessary and sometimes corrupt, its outward observances of the Law in all its many complicated manifestations, unimportant. To the Jewish religious authorities, his views constituted blasphemy. The conflict between Jesus and these powerful people culminated when Jesus drove the money lenders from the Temple, furious at the hypocrisy and incompatibility of the money lending trade being conducted in a House of Worship. "My House shall be called The House of Prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves," he shouted. As a result, the authorities decided that this increasingly troublesome young man must be removed.

Aided by Judas Iscariot, a disciple of Jesus who betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver, the authorities arrested Jesus during Passover in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was crucified by the Romans with the encouragement of the Jewish religious leaders. On the third day following the crucifixion, Jesus was seen first by Mary Magdalene and then by his disciples, having been raised from the dead and glorified.

Jesus is the fulfillment of Gods' commitment to the salvation of human beings. According to the Gospels, Jesus knew that he would one day be brought low and die the death of a common criminal but viewed his own death as necessary for the redemption of humankind. He is therefore not a victim as he has often been portrayed. His rebelliousness and the resultant bitter suffering and death He endured were not the acts of a sacrificial victim but rather courageous acts of love for His fellow human beings.

Mithras: Asian God of the Sun and bringer of light and wisdom. He is the patron God of all men and particularly of soldiers.

Odin: Scandinavian God associated with men's mysteries, Odin bestowed strength, heroism and triumph. He was also considered the God of spiritual life and magick.

Osiris: The Egyptian God of Nature, vegetation and rebirth. Osiris was the mate of Isis, his sister. He is a God of justice and knowledge. One of his first acts as King of the Heavens was to outlaw cannibalism and teach his people to develop agricultural skills. He is particularly associated with civilization and justice but he is a complete God who, like Isis, will come to the aid of all who call on Him.

Pan: Greek God of fertility, nature, woodlands, music(he invented the pipes of Pan) and casual sex.

Poseidon: The Greek God of the Sea (Roman, Neptune), brother of Zeus, Poseidon ruled from his magnificent palace beneath the waves in Euboea. Invoke him for a safe sea journey. And whatever you do, avoid blinding his son the Cyclops and then telling him your name. You'll get in big trouble.

Ptah: Egyptian God who is the patron and protector of craftsmen and artists. He is himself an expert handyman and metal worker.

Shiva: The Hindu God of birth, death and rebirth, Shiva is often represented dancing within a ring of fire which symbolizes the whole of the cosmos into which all souls must merge, becoming one with the Divine Dancer himself.

Thor: The Scandinavian God of Thunder. He is brave, strong and noble. He is also simple in his tastes and pursuits and is the patron God of farmers, fishermen and the working class in general.

Thoth: The Egyptian ibis-headed God of wisdom, the moon, science, literature and Magick. He is said to have been the first magician and is the patron God of magicians.