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I thought your students, the goddesses they are might enjoy this article. . .”In Sanskrit the word Dakini means goddess. From this aged and wizened philosophy we can gather much wisdom. Joseph Campbell speaks of the archetypes of the Goddess in many of his books. They manifest in many forms. In Greek mythology we have Athena and Helen, in Celtic religions there are the goddesses Argona and Brigid. In Hindu and Buddhist mythology there are thousands of goddesses which pervade the culture representing the sweet, nurturing side of femininity, and the beautiful vessel as well as the destroyer of life, as in the Goddess Kali. An understanding of the goddess in any form can only help to educate us more about ourselves, whether we are men or women. The feminine aspect is part of us all. And in this time when the male, dominant do-er part of humanity has been over zealously displaying its fruits, we are wise to embrace the feminine. We can embrace the receiver, the life giver and the dancer through a study of the goddess. With so many goddesses to look to, I have chosen the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the Dakini or goddess worship as another means to understand the Divine Feminine within us. . . from Dakinis, the Goddess Within