A deeper understanding of love can be found thorugh the different gods and goddesses of the world and the way in which they represent or experience this emotion.

Cernunnos This celtic god is featured in many traditions . In England he was Herne the Hunter and Pan in Greece. hHs horms revealed his masculine vitality and his ejaculation causes a transformative energy to rise up the spine, manifesting horns and bringing mystical powers.

Eros

The youngest of the greek gods, Eros was the son of Aphrodite. He fired his arrows indiscriminately at both mortals and gods, causing them to fall in love. This love god often taught a harsh lesson- the heart leads where sometimes the head would not wish to go.

Frey

The Scandinavian god Frey fell in love with the giantess Gerda at first sight. Such was his desire to marry her that he endured many tribulations. Only after a battle with the giants did he win her- but he lost his magic sword and as a result, his god-like invincibility.

Inanna

Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love and fertility, who as queen of the land, made every king her bridegroom. She was also regarded as the source of the fertile Earth's life blood. Once a year Inanna descended into the underworld, driven by a powerful love, to rescue her husband from his 6 month long sojourn there.

Isis

Isis was the great Mother goddess of Egypt and she also governed marriage. She is often depicted suckling her child, Horus. Isis introduced marriage and when her husband Osiris was killed she retrieved his body to restore him to life. Her tears were said to cause the annual Nile floods.

Juno

Juno was the Roman goddess of women and marriage. As the wife of her brother, Jupiter, she was also the Queen of Heaven. Childbirth and all matters relating to women's role in the continuity of the race fell under the governance of Juno. Her month of June was said to be the most favourable for weddings.

Parvati

The Hindu Parvati sought to lure Shiva into marriage and through their loving relationship, she reconciled his polarities of remote aesthete and sexual master. These energies were made available to mortals to utilise in their own households. Parvati and Shiva's sexual antics were thought to shake the world.

Shiva

The hindu fertility god Shiva was one of the 3 supreme deities. he was beautiful but fierce and possessed a withering glance. As Lord of the dance, his divine steps relieved the suffering of humans when he performed in front of his beloved wife Parvati. Sexually he was known as the Tantric Master.

Venus

The Roman Love Goddess Venus represents the cycle of beauty and love. She is the original role model of the independent woman, who expresses herself sexually for the sheer joy of it. Venus was never faithful and not tied to any sense of duty. She existed purely for pleasure.

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