Mind Over Menopause

The fiery Pele, is known to be passionate, volatile, and capricious. She is the Goddess of Fires and dwells in the craters of the Kilauea Volcano, sending ribbons of red hot lava down the mountainside.

But there is another Goddess of middle-aged women whom you may not know – Volcanus Nocturnus– the Goddess of Inner Fires.

This intense Fire Goddess manifests Her powers only after sunset. She prefers to let her devotees reach the alpha state of sleep before manifesting Her loving touch.

Through Her touch, women receive the gift of Healing Sweat, thus detoxifying our bodies, Vivid dreaming and Cranial Pressure, much like accupressure only working from the inside out.

These gifts give women the chance to arise from slumber, take an aspirin (guarding us against strokes–my Goddess thinks of everything) and allows us those few nocturnal hours to be alone, enjoy our own private living room sweat lodge, so that we can either solve the problems of the world’s economy or decide how to get the berry stains out of our favorite white blouse most efficiently.

My Goddess, Volcanus Nocturnus, comes to me even without my prayers and supplications, because Her devotion to me as a Crone is complete and loyal.

Her symbol is not that different from the posters you see of wet t-shirt contests.

When Volcanus Nocturnus moves onto someone else, I will release Her with Love, and think of Her often when I arise at a reasonable hour with cool, dry sheets.

One of the winning entries in the ‘Create A Goddess Competition’ at Goddess Gift

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