http://www.northernway.org/hgoddess.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/religion/god-wife-yahweh-asherah-110318.htm
http://www.edenics.net/english-word-origins.aspx?word=ASH_TREE
Asherah, the Shekinah, consort and beloved of Yahweh. God-the-Mother. Her sacred pillars or poles once stood right beside Yahweh's altar, embracing it. Moses and Aaron both carried one of these Asherah "poles" as a sacred staff of power. The Children of Israel were once dramatically healed simply by gazing at the staff with serpents suspended from it. This symbol, the snakes and the staff, has become the modern universal symbol for doctors and healers.* Asherah was also widely known in the Middle Eastern ancient world as a Goddess of Healing. Then She was removed forcibly from the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures around 400 or 500 B.C.
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Could the bible story of Esther have anything to do with an allegory concerning this goddess? There is so much we have not been told.
Isn't that Ishtar? Tell me about her. My computer won't pull up the links.