How do I choose an Essence?

There are many different ways…

You could simply read through the information on each of the individual essences and decide which ones are most appropriate. To narrow things down, it might help, when reading through the descriptions, to have a particular issue in mind that you want help with. 

You may simple feel drawn to a particular essence or even a picture of the Goddess. In this case, you could follow your hunch or intuition. Alternatively you may instinctively dislike one the Goddesses – she may be your ‘shadow’ Goddess and indeed be very helpful for you to get to know! (see below)

Sometimes getting feedback and the perspective of someone else may be useful. Ask a friend, your therapist, or someone else you trust, to pick the essence for you.

For some people, methods such as dowsing or muscle-testing may work or just putting your hand over the essences or the pictures to see which one ‘feels’ right.

You may decide you want to strengthen already existing Goddesses or you may want to encourage the energy of weaker or ‘shadow’ Goddesses, those which you either don’t like or see as negative in other people. Usually a ‘shadow’ Goddess will be expressed as “I would never be like that! Or “I could never do that”!

A good way to find out more about your own Goddess energy would be to attend a Goddess Workshop

There is no right or wrong way to choose the essences. It is about what works for you.

About the essences

Athena - Intelligence- with clear crystal quartz

Athena Essence Qualities

For the inner masculine to honour, guard and protect the inner feminine
Masculine energy – connection to father and father issues
Protection going into difficult situations
For feeling vulnerable and needing strength and support - to find the armour and protection needed for the soft vulnerable feminine
For a commanding spirit
Loyalty – to self and others
Kindness
To encourage practical skills
Warrior energy
Thinking clearly – focusing the mind
Intellectual support – good for thinking clearly – for moving forward in the world of business and commerce
Becoming successful in business and intellectual pursuits
Wielding the sword of intelligence and vitality
For courage and strength, especially intellectually
Single mindedness – to keep focused on your goals
Perseverance – to keep going even when things are tough
To help manifestation of ambitions and at the start of new projects
To help with autonomy - going it alone
Standing firm in your own ground
Physically
For sleep problems – overactive mind, too many thoughts
Anxiety – not feeling strong enough to cope with the world
Skin problems – itchy rashes that embody the anxiety within
Possibly eating disorders – anorexia and bulimia
Female hormonal problems – amenorrhea

Artemis – Shaman - with clear crystal quartz

Artemis Essence Qualities

Feminine wisdom
Bridging and connecting masculine knowledge and feminine wisdom
Physical  and athletic energy

VitalityWisdom of the wilds

Fierce warriorStealth

Being grounded in nature

Earth – cycles, rhythms, connected with all life – women’s cycles – to bring back to balance with the moon energy

To support Shamanic practice - especially contacting nature spirits

Animal instincts – gut feelings and trusting that wisdom

Sending the arrow to cut through things – finds its way to the target – swift precise, on target – getting there

Aloneness – being comfortable with self, spending time alone

Sexuality – wild feminine, grounded in the body

Midwife to births – of new things – projects, creative endeavours

Ancient knowledge and wisdom of the earth and nature

Moon – darkness – darker side of things – killing off whatever is no longer needed – cutting ties

Physical

For acute hearing, smell and eyesight

Female hormonal problems – to being back regular cycles that have been disrupted by any emotional, mental or physical issues

Fertility issues – useful during pregnancy and birth

For over doing it physically – strains and sprains

Aphrodite - Love – with Rose quartz, Amethyst & Clear crystal quartz
Aphrodite Essence Qualities
Increasing sexual energy - Eros
Sensuality & touch – when they have been denied or lost
For men to get in touch with their feminine
Watery – connection with the colour orange
To bring out softness and heartfelt communication
To encourage feelings and emotions
All of the senses – heightening, especially taste
For peak experiences to bring them to life and fulfil the energy
Kundalini energy rising – helpful with
Rising out of the waves – stuck in water or emotional issues
Feeling loved & cared for, connected by the touch of nature, especially water
A sense of belonging, being part of the human race
For inner and outer beauty – letting our truly beautiful self shine through
Physical

Eating disorders and body image issues– anorexia or bulimia
Menopause, adolescence, pregnancy – all female hormonal problems, especially relating to sexuality
Sexually transmitted diseases - Chlamydia, genital herpes and warts, Candida, gonorrhoea, syphilis, hepatitis A, B & C, Aids

Hera - Power - with clear Crystal quartz and Amethyst

Hera Essence Qualities
To help solitary retreats
Commitment/marriage
For commitment in relationships – to keep going even when you feel alone and isolated
For the inner marriage – to keep the commitment to the inner masculine and the inner feminine
Very masculine energy -  
the masculine serves the inner feminine with commitment and love
Fire energy – when things get tough and you want to give up – having the commitment to keep going – to work things through, either in the internal world of yourself or the external world with another
Structure – base chakra qualities
Having solid foundations to build things on
Strong, firm orderly
Ice turning to woodland – melting the frozen heart, turning ice into earth
To build fire and earth energy
To rise above matter and look down
Power – to stand tall – to oversee things from a distance or from above
High places – crown chakra – reaching up from the base chakra to above – grounded in spiritual work – structure to spiritualism
Queen energy – power - self empowerment
Orderly
Wise council
Going with the ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and troughs of your life journey, relationships or career/family
Forging ahead despite the storms - Weathering the storms
Keeping to the path, the journey, even in bad weather – knowing the path ahead will be clear for you. Knowing that the prickly, thorny parts of your journey will be cleared if you keep focused and committed to your life path
Physical
High blood pressure
Digestive problems – constipation – heartburn
Migraines
Depression
Boils and ulcers – toxic

Persephone - Shadow - with Hematite, Snowflake Obsidian, & Sodalite

Persephone Essence Qualities

Seeing in the darkness – light in the darkness – light & dark, dark & light – interchangeable – one inside the other – totally connected like mother and daughter – can’t have one without the other

Depression – light/dark - ‘Dark night if the Soul’

Comfortable in the darkness – just another place to move to and move out of – for people trapped in dark places - Safe in the dark – fear of the dark – being able to come and go as you wish

Trauma – physical and emotional – stuck in the underworld

Underground - going into the depths of ourselves

Contact with the lower world

Contact with the unconscious parts of ourselves

Seeing and exploring our ‘shadow’ – marriage to the darker aspects of ourselves

Transmutation – bringing and breaking things down, deep into the Earth compost to be transformed

Letting go of all our negative and unwanted ways of being

Serpent energy – transformation

Psychic senses – to enhance3^rd eye opening whilst staying grounded

For maturing – growing, to bring depth

Opening up and keeping protected – finding our shields and protection for keeping us safe from harm

Physical

Shock & Trauma – accidents

Anxiety and panic attacks

Nightmares

Multiple allergies and sensitivities

ME 

Demeter - Mother - with rose quartz and moonstone

Demeter Essence Qualities

Nurturing the inner child – useful for all inner child work

Feeding the young-  inner and outer

Birth of new things – projects. ideas, bringing them into life

Creativity, manifesting dreams

Planting seeds for the future, of your dreams – new growth

Mothering – holding – secure

Mother issues

For feeling safe and warm

Mother Earth energy – deep feminine contact

Letting go into the depths of the Earth

Grounding in Mother Earth safety

Milk of Human kindness – giving effortlessly and completely

Caring and protecting without restricting- Balanced mothering – not ‘S’mothering

Light (Contrast of light and dark with Persephone –these two essences can be used together to bring light and dark into balance – for those afraid to go into the dark places, Demeter can be used to shine a light in the dark spaces – Persephone can be used to balance light and dark when too connected to the light and afraid and needing to go deeper into the unconscious)

Physical

Low libido

Varicose veins

High cholesterol

Hypothyroid

Bloating and water retention

Please note that these essences should not be used as a substitute for qualified medical care or intervention