Divine Mother

American  

noun

Hinduism.

1. the creative, dynamic aspect of the Godhead, the consort or Shakti of Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva, variously known as Devi, Durga, Kālī, Shakti, etc.

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Example Sentences

Through a bizarre philosophy that wove Kabbalah, Gnosticism and Sabbatai’s ideas with worship of the Divine Mother, Frank believed he was achieving tikkun olam, the Jewish ideal of repairing the world.

From Los Angeles Times

It was, however, a very valuable copy of one of the famous pictures of the world, and Amy’s beauty-loving eyes were never tired of looking up at the sweet face of the Divine Mother, while her tender thoughts of her own were busy at her heart.

From Literature

Thomas Lake Harris — a New York mystic who specialized in channeling the afterlife verses of dead English Romantic poets before founding a commune in Northern California — modeled his vision of the Divine Mother goddess on his own mother, who died when he was 9.

From New York Times

The river is worshipped as "Ganga Mata", the divine mother who has sustained life and nurtured civilisation for thousands of years.

From BBC

She is the Divine Mother who both nourishes and destroys life, who embodies the dualistic traditions of Hindu thought, who presides over maya — the illusion called life.

From Washington Post