APRIL 12
Chhau Festival (India)
Mahesvari
Themes: Protection, Overcoming, Prayer
Symbols: Masks, Drum, Prayer Wheel
About Mahesvari: An epic mother-goddess figure in the Hindu pantheon and a protective aspect of Lakshimi, Mahesvari hears our prayers for assistance in risky, threatening or seemingly impossible situations. When your back's to the wall, Mahesvari opens a doorway for a clever, smooth exit.
To do today: consider following the Indian custom of dancing to drums while masked and enacting a pantomime in which you victoriously overcome some negativity in your life. If you're trying to quit smoking for example, dance over your cigarettes and destroy them. To overcome a broken heart, jump over a paper heart, then carry it with you to manifest Mahesvarie's life-affirming energy in your heart.
A fun version of Buddhist prayer wheel can be fashioned from a children's pinwheel. Write your prayers to Mahesvari on the blades of the wheel. Then focus on your intent and blow. The movement releases your prayers so Mahesvari can begin answering them.
Finally, find something that can act as a drum in the spell for protection and victory. Sprinkle the head of your makeshift drum lightly with rosemary and powdered cinnamon.
Then tap it saying:
Away, away Mahesvari, take the problems away.
Continue until the herbs have been cleared off completely, symbolically clearing away that obstacle.
(c) 356 Goddess by Patricia Telesco - copyright 1998
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