Trickster Goddess Le-Hev-Hev

“Le-Hev-Hev” a Melanesian Goddess…‘she who smiles so that we can draw near and she can eat us’ …Painting Goddess has once again brought me back to myself, after a week of painting aliens and feeling alienated and gloomy The Sun has come back! Prints and cards are available in my shop.

About Le-Hev-Hev: Before a departing soul could pass to the afterlife, the Melanisians said, it had to confront this goddess, who tried to trick the soul with games. Drawing on the sand in front of her, she challenged the soul to complete her diagram. Should the dead one be unable to do so --or did so incorrectly -- Le-Hev-Hev had the soul for dinner.

The Malekulans who honored Le-Hev-Hev considered her a goddess, not a monster, offering her boars so she would not eat human corpses. Her earthly forms were the spider, the crab, and the rat; she was also embodied in female genitalia. Her name has been roughly translated as “she who smiles so that we draw near and she can eat us.” ~ from The Book of Goddesses & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan

The Book of Goddesses & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan

My well worn copy of “The Book of Goddesses & Heroines” by Patricia Monaghan

Kathy Crabbe Creative Soul Guide in Temecula Wine Country, California

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe inspires soul-seekers to discover their innate gifts and talents through intuitive, creative expression in safe, relaxed and playful environments. She has been an artist forever and a Creative Soul Guide since awakening her own intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny SoCal with her architect husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves. Kathy is sharing 365 days on posting art on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart

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Being in my emotions feels powerful and scary (Cancer Full Moon)

Being in my emotions feels powerful and scary (close-up) by Kathy Crabbe

Being in my emotions feels powerful and scary by Kathy Crabbe

Inspired by the Cancer Full Moon Dec. 25, 2015.

Kathy Crabbe Creative Soul Guide in Temecula Wine Country, California

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe inspires soul-seekers to discover their innate gifts and talents through intuitive, creative expression in safe, relaxed and playful environments. She has been an artist forever and a Creative Soul Guide since awakening her own intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves. Kathy is painting a Lefty-a-Day for 365 days and posting all works in-progress on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart

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Birth of the Sun Goddess: Happy Solstice!

Birth of the Sun Goddess by Kathy Crabbe

Birth of the Sun Goddess (close-up) by Kathy Crabbe

Birth of the Sun Goddess (close-up) by Kathy Crabbe

I painted this Goddess at the Winter Solstice. May she fill you with hope and courage and energy for the New Year. May she help you delve deeply into this darkest of dark times. May she help you find beauty and wisdom within as you navigate stormy seas. Solstice Blessings to ALL and may these words also resonate with my Sisters and Brothers in the South who are celebrating Summer Solstice.

Prints & Cards are available in my Shop.

Kathy Crabbe Creative Soul Guide in Temecula Wine Country, California

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe inspires soul-seekers to discover their innate gifts and talents through intuitive, creative expression in safe, relaxed and playful environments. She has been an artist forever and a Creative Soul Guide since awakening her own intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves. Kathy is painting a Lefty-a-Day for 365 days and posting all works in-progress on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart

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The Creative Soul Deck is especially for women who want to be inspired and inspire others in safe, playful, storytelling circles guided by beautiful imagery and powerful affirmations.

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The Night Before Solstice (Crone Denial NO More!)

I got sick for a day, probably because I burnt out on marketing, so I'm throwing it all out the window for Solstice...letting go...ahhhh. As I sit in my hot tub and feel the weight lifting I relax fully and completely into Goddess; into me.  Funny thing is, when I do this two great ideas come to me.

1. I need to focus on ME and that's okay; in my art and my writing.
2. There isn't much out there for the CRONE online. It's Millennial dominated (and Gen X) and I am the bridge.

I was born in 1965 so I am the very first of my generation (Gen X) to turn fifty. I understand the computer and am comfortable there and I can share all I do with other CRONES.

Strangely enough,  I was at a store yesterday (bargain shopping, of course) with my buddy; a fellow artist and crone, and the checkout lady asked if I wanted the Senior Discount. "What?!" I said..."NO! I'm not a senior yet". My friend, Terri Stiles Alkayali who is, inquired what qualified one as a senior and then gladly took the 20% discount. Later, she laughed, saying I was in CRONE DENIAL. I love that term. Did she make it up? Anyway, here's to the CRONE and yes, I celebrate CRONE-DOM with my beautiful grey hair. I'm fifty and proud of it. ***Blessed Be***

About Kathy

Kathy Crabbe inspires soul-seekers to discover their innate gifts and talents through intuitive, creative expression in safe, relaxed and playful environments. She has been an artist forever and a Creative Soul Guide since awakening her own intuitive gifts at age forty.

Kathy lives in sunny SoCal with her husband and pet muses, Abby the shaggy black dog and Djinn Djinn, the small scruffy one in an adobe home they built themselves. Kathy is painting a Lefty Goddess-a-Day for 365 days and posting all works in-progress on Instagram at http://instagram.com/kathycrabbeart

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Amanda's Soul Portrait and Reading Testimonial

Amanda's Soul Portrait & Reading Testimonial

Wow. I have been letting this settle in, and now have a good window of time to write back. I loved the reading. It really hit home for me...was very profound.

The healing stones you picked for me were SO spot on. I have been looking more into them and each one really speaks to me as a place where I could use some support. I am definitely going to seek them out.

I thought the phone format was great, and it was nice to be able to have the interactivity of it and to connect with you in that way. I think I like it better than the written ones...though it's hard to choose.

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It is lovely!! I love it. I was so happy to receive it. I love how the "lady" has leaf feet which flow into the branch...she has a beautiful organic feel with those double spirals and leaf designs on her dress...very elfish...I love the green/plant connection. She is sort of ethereal, with a whimsical air, yet grounded too.

I also like the fiery waves around the heart chakra area. Those are definitely "my colors (the Fall/earthy ones, esp the red on her dress). It is all quite intriguing and mysterious. :)

Again, a thousand thank-yous for this gift you have given me. I cherish it.

All in all, the readings I've had with you have been beautiful, life-affirming glimpses into myself, and I feel, the nature of Life...you have an amazing gift and I'm so grateful to be on the receiving end of them. I feel buoyed up and held by this guidance you offer and channel.

Thanks so much again Kathy, this has been a great gift and really fun too.

Amanda, Midcoast Maine, USA

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ABOUT KATHY CRABBE 

Kathy Crabbe is a Creative Soul Guide, artist, author and educator who has devoted her life to exploring spirituality and creativity with passion and integrity.

Kathy empowers soul-seekers to live the life of their dreams through online resources, inspirational art, Divine Feminine eClasses, eBooks, and Creative Soul Readings infused with a rich background in the arts.

“By sharing my art and my creative life in as many ways as possible I hope to inspire and offer resources to others who seek to awaken, connect and heal their own creative soul.”