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Asherah, often represented as a tree, was the ruling queen of the Semitic pantheon. Her "Tree of Knowledge" bore fruit not only to feed the body, but also to nourish the spirit. As the Holy Communion Goddess, she gives sacred purpose to your baking and cooking. Worship of this Hebrew fertility goddess ensured that matrilineal descent patterns would be protected from patriarchy. After harvest, women molded bread loaves shaped just like this figure, which were then blessed. This was the origin of the communion ritual we still celebrate today. Asherah's name means "holy place." Invite her simple form into your kitchen and your heart.
Black fired Ganges Clay [Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, c."1400 BCE] #ASH
see also: Sacred Sexuality
see also: Middle Eastern items
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