Epiphany

EPIPHANY, GODDESS OF LIFE

When an infant takes its first breath and screams with the exultation of living, Epiphany is there. She is there when the child refuses to cease questioning, "Why?" When the maiden blushes at the first sign of love, She is there. She is with the mother who sees the face of her child, whether it is for the first time or the thousandth. When the crone looks about herself and sees that she is surrounded by the ones she loves, Epiphany is there.

She is there when the infant speaks, his words unable to be understood. She is there when the child nurses his hurt after a sound whipping for disobedience. When the maiden discovers that her passion alone cannot change the world, Epiphany is present alongside her. She is there when the mother walks sleepless, nursing her child though she herself is malnourished. She is with the crone when she watches the ones she loves make the same mistakes she herself once did.

Epiphany is present through all the stages of Life. Though the journey begins and ends the same for every mortal, it is the Process that She holds sacred. Those that seek Epiphany seek to involve themselves deeply in Life, to discover that the purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Her sacred symbol is the columbine flower of blue and white, and She reveres the white lily, the bear, and the butterfly.