1.0The Queen of My Selfhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyselfDonna Heneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/author/dhenesBlood for Bread - The Queen of My Selfrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="i1EuUsTeTn"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2010/09/blood-for-bread.html">Blood for Bread</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2010/09/blood-for-bread.html/embed#?secret=i1EuUsTeTn" width="600" height="338" title="“Blood for Bread” — The Queen of My Self" data-secret="i1EuUsTeTn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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At the harvest, one can easily imagine that the Earth Goddess has offered up Her life in the form of the fruits of the land, and that in doing so, She commits the supreme sacrifice. She expends all of Her generative energy. It is as if Mother Nature in autumn is in the midst of…