Mother's Day - Crystalinks

The Story of Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a holiday honouring mothers, celebrated (on various days) in many places around the world. Mothers often receive gifts on this day.

Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins. One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and (mythology), the wife of Cronus; was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (March 15 to March 18). The Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.

In the United States, Mother's Day was copied from England by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War with a call to unite women against war. She wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia. Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

In the UK, the day now simply celebrates motherhood and thanking mothers. According to the National Restaurant Association, Mother's Day is now the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States. In most countries, Mother's Day is a new concept copied from western civilization. In many African countries, the idea of one Mother's Day has its origins in copying the British concept, although there are many festivals and events celebrating mothers within the many diverse cultures on the African continent that have been there centuries before the colonials arrival. In most of East Asia, Mother's Day is a heavily marketed and commercialized concept copied straight from Mother's Day in the USA. Mothering Sunday

Mother's Day Origins in Ancient Egypt

Nefertiti

Isis and Horus

Mother's Day has its roots in ancient Egypt where the people worshipped the goddess Isis who embodied the virtues of the archetypal Egyptian wife and mother. She was the sister-wife of Osiris, mother of Horus and hence became the symbolic mother of the king, who was himself regarded as a human form of Horus.

The worship of Isis spread from the Delta region throughout the Upper and Lower Kingdoms. The Isis cult survived well into the times of the Ptolemaic and Graeco Roman eras. While Isis worship, with all the paraphernalia of priests and ritual, became widespread in the Roman Empire, her most famous sanctuary that can be seen to this day is on the Island of Philae. Pharaonic literature is full of proverbs and accounts about the respected position of mothers. Motherhood was held in high esteem by the ancient Egyptians, who believed that mothers are God's gift to Earth where He kept the secrets of life. A judge in an ancient Egyptian court of law might ask if the defendant had satisfied his mother's heart.

Sekhmet and Bast
'She who loves and nutures us'

We are in a time of Rebirth

Evolution of Consciousness and Return of the Feminine Energies

On Mother's Day we honor all of those who play the role of 'mother' in this reality. We honor the Earth Mother who nurtures our souls and guides our spiritual journey. Your mother figure who may not even be your biological mother but one who nutures you, is there to listen and understand, guides you, gives advice without judgment, and loves you unconditionally

Adopted children have karma primarily with the adopted mother, for better or worse. Some adopted children feel this relationship to be fulfilling, while other children feel incomplete without knowing about their biological mother. Thanks to the internet, uniting parents and children has become easier.

Deceased Mothers: We are evolving to a place where we feel our connection with souls who have crossed over. They often remain to guide our way. She will come in your dreams, appear as a symbol of transcendence such as a bird or butterfly. Karma between mother and child transcends realities. You will sense that she is around one way or another. As spirits often come to flowers, set out some fresh flowers on Mother's Day. You will sometimes experience her through a floral fragrance.

Mother figures come in many colors, shapes and sizes.

Sometimes maternal roles are played by men.

A mother figure can be a grandparent,

Caretaker, Nanny, or Housekeeper in your home.

The Earth Mother - Primal Creational Force

We are in a time of 'Green Themes', eco-friendly ways
to save the environment and honor the Earth Mother.

On Mother's Day spend time with someone who represents a mother figure. If you have issues with your mother, see if there is a way to resolve them. If balance cannot be met, accept that she has her own issues. Release anger, resentment, fear, and pain. Our soul connection to our mother, on any level, often brings tears and a catharsis of whatever troubles us in our emotional and spiritual bodies, going way back to childhood. This is the time of the return of the original Earth Mothers from the creational bloodline, the guardians of the planet who awaken now. If you are a mom, I wish you a happy Mother's Day, wherever you are, whatever you are doing.