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Divine Mother
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Divine Mother or Mother Divine may refer to
- Adi parashakti, a goddess of Hindu MythologyHindu mythologyHindu religious literature is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas. As such, it is a subset of Nepali and Indian culture...
- Blessed Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholicism religion
- Father DivineFather DivineFather Divine , also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an African American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the Messenger" early in his life...
, an American religious leader active in the 1930s, and either of his wives:- Edna Rose RitchingsEdna Rose RitchingsEdna Rose Ritchings was the symbolic maintainer of the International Peace Mission movement. She was also known as Sweet Angel in the movement, or as Mrs. S. A. Divine or Mother Divine because she is the widow of the movement's leader, Father Divine...
- Peninniah
- Edna Rose Ritchings
- Hindu mother goddess
- Lady Master Venus, a goddess in Ascended Master TeachingsAscended Master TeachingsThe students of "Ascended Master Teachings" organizations believe that the Presence of Life/God - Individualizes as the "I AM", and incarnates throughout the created universes until it achieves The Ascension . The "Teachings" as all Religious Teachings.....
- Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation, which claims this term as a trademark of own
- Mirra AlfassaMirra Alfassa-Early life:Mirra Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878, of a Turkish Jewish father, Maurice, and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Mathilde. She had an elder brother named Matteo. The family migrated to France the year before she was born. For the first eight years of her life she lived at 62 boulevard...
, known as "The Mother" in Hindu or Neo-Hindu context - Mother goddessMother goddessMother goddess is a term used to refer to a goddess who represents motherhood, fertility, creation or embodies the bounty of the Earth. When equated with the Earth or the natural world such goddesses are sometimes referred to as Mother Earth or as the Earth Mother.Many different goddesses have...
, a term used to refer to certain genre of goddess