Totem poles are more social than religious and share nothing in common with idols, are never worshiped and never figure in religious ceremonies. For the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nisga'a, Gitksan, Kwakiutl and other people living along the wooded shores and rivers of the Pacific Northwest, totem poles embody their tribal, clan, family and individual identities, and serve as visible reminders of the past and the present... (the story continues...) Quantity: Dark Choc. $21.99 Milk Choc. $21.99 White $22.99 3: 1 of each drk, mlk, wh $49.99 Gift Wrap? add $5

Chocolate Deities are Fine Quality Gourmet Handmade Chocolates that celebrate those gods and goddesses of love and luxury, joy and happiness, compassion, peace and serenity, healing, and fertility of the body and imagination. Theobroma Cacao, the Food of the Gods: The Chocolate Gods and Chocolate Goddesses. We honor those deities who long for sweet offerings and embrace the notion that chocolate has powers to transport and inspire beyond other mere consumables. We chose chocolate for it is the food of the gods in that it induces and celebrates love, which brings you into relationship with all living things; helps to heal a broken heart; brings joy, which helps your spiritual journey; calls forth peace and compassion; lowers stress, which helps you on your inner journey; carries anti-oxidants, which help you on your healing journey; has aphrodisiac qualities which enlarge and foment fecundity; stimulates the imagination, and according to the ancient Aztecs who first discovered it, provides strength and wisdom. Chocolate Deities are: offerings; prayers and wishes; food stuffs; love objects; altarpieces; spiritual chocolates, kitchen art of the highest order and yummy chocolate gifts. As the history of chocolate tell us, it was the Ancient Mayans and Aztecs who discovered and enjoyed chocolate. We thank the Mayans and the Aztecs for their discovery of Theobroma Cacao, the Food of the Gods, and we thank their gods for sharing it with them.

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