The Goddess of 10,000 Names hovers before the landscape of the Castle Crags wilderness in Siskiyou county. This remarkable place was the site of a protracted battle in 1855 between the local indigenous peoples and gold rush miners who had invaded the land and destroyed its resources in search of a rumored lost mine. Amidst the battle’s fervor of greed, violence, and contagion, it is said a group of native women, infants and children were massacred in their sleep, ambushed by drunken sailors. Most of what we know about the battle today and its repercussions comes from the writings of Joaquin Miller, legendary Mt Shasta “scoundrel and scholar,” who allegedly witnessed and participated in the events as a teenager. This tragedy remains a deep wound on Mt Shasta’s native peoples, stained with their blood and the loss of their sacred lands.
The Mt Shasta Goddess Temple is committed to honouring the Great Mother through acts of spirit, beauty, and service, and we embrace opportunities to help shape a better world for women. Our annual devotional cycle dedicated to Goddesses from many world cultures invites our membership to reflect on the diversity of the female divine, and our practices and teachings inspire women of all colors, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds to discover the divinity within. In our Temple, we believe that every woman is an earthly embodiment of the Goddess.
• Material: 14.77 oz/yd² (350 g/m²) paperboard
• Sizes: Medium: 5″ × 7″ (127 × 178 mm)
• Product weight: Medium: 0.6 oz (17 g)
• Toner-based printing
• Vibrant colors
• Comes with a complimentary envelope