Goddess
Spirituality
Adler,
Margot, Drawing Down the Moon
A great
introduction to paganism, the fastest growing religion in
America!
Allen, Paula Gunn,
Grandmothers
of the Light
Luminous
stories and myths from the native American
tribes
Allen, Paula Gunn,
Sacred
Hoop: Recovering The Feminine in American Indian
Traditions
Austen,
Hallie Iglehart, The
Heart of the Goddess
Beautiful
full-page color plates with facing
meditations.
Bonheim,
Jalaja, Aphrodite's
Daughters, women's sexual stories and the journey of the
soul
Christ,
Carol P., Laughter of Aphrodite
An early
work by one of the foremothers of the women's
spirituality movement
Christ,
Carol P., Rebirth of the
Goddess
the first
feminist thea-ology, includes 9 touchstones for planetary
healing
Christ,
Carol P. et. al., Womanspirit Rising
The classic
anthology on feminine spirituality, with new preface,
updated index.
Christ,
Carol P.
Diving Deep and Surfacing
A well-loved
reflection on women's spiritual quest in literature and
life
Christ,
Carol P. Weaving
the Visions
The stunning
multi-cultural sequel to Womanspirit Rising
Galland,
China, The Black Madonna
Fascinating
travels to the shrines of the Black Virgin
Galland,
China, The Bond Between Women
How women,
celebrating the goddess, respond to the cries of the
world.
Flinders,
Carol, At the Root of This Longing
Explores
the value of feminine spirituality in coping with the
problem of evil; a good companion to Galland's
book.
George,
Demetra, Mysteries of the Dark Moon
A classic
of feminist pagan astrology
Getty,
Adele, Mother of Living Nature
A great
introduction to the great goddess, with beautiful
images
Gottlieb,
Lynn, She Who Dwells Within
Gottner-Abendroth,
Heide, The Dancing Goddess
Gottner-Abendroth,
Heide, The
Goddess and Her Heroes
Grahn, Judy,
Blood,
Bread and Roses
Harding,
Elizabeth U., Kali, The Black Goddess of
Dakshineswar
Is she
really bloodthirsty and cruel?
Johnson,
Buffie, Lady of the Beasts: The Goddess and Her Sacred
Animals
One of the
very first discussions of the goddess tradition in
art
Kien,
Jenny,
Reinstating
the Divine Woman in Judaism
Markale,
Jean, The
Great Goddess
Matthews,
Caitlin, Sophia:
Goddess of Wisdom
Monaghan,
Patricia, Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations &
Rituals
Monaghan,
Patricia, The new book of goddesses & heroines
An
encyclopedic reference including every goddess and
heroine you can think of; revised.
Monaghan,
Patricia, O Mother Sun
Delightful
myths and stories about the forgotten sun
goddess
Noble,
Vicki, Shakti Woman
A profound
discussion of the original shamanic tradition
Noble,
Vicki and Vogel, Karen, Motherpeace Round Tarot
Deck
A woman's
tarot using images and symbols from the Great Goddess
traditions
Noble,
Vicki, Making Ritual With Motherpeace
Cards
Sjoo,
Monica & Mor Barbara, The Great Cosmic
Mother
Sjoo, Monica,
The
Return of the Dark/Light Mother or New Age
Armageddon?
Stein,
Diane, Woman's Book of Healing
Stein,
Diane, Casting the Circle, A Women's Book of
Ritual
Teish,
Luisah, Jambalaya, The Natural Woman's Book of
Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
The
powerful tradition of New Orleans voudou, by the great
Yoruba priestess
Turner,
Kay, Beautiful Necessity
Beautiful
images of altar art
Walker,
Barbara, The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and
Secrets, and
The
Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred
Objects
Indispensable
reference books!
Walker,
Barbara, Secrets of the Tarot: Origins, History and
Symbolism
Walker,
Barbara, Crone
Really the
first book to take woman's old age seriously!
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Archeomythology
and history of the goddess religion
Eisler,
Riane, The Chalice and the Blade
The great
classic, delineating the difference between the
cooperative communities of the goddess and the dominator
mode of present day civilization.
Lerner,
Gerda, The Creation of
Patriarchy
How we got
here, by the renowned feminist historian.
Marler,
Joan, From the Realm of the Ancestors
Essays on
the work of Marija Gimbutas
Redmond,
Layne, When the Drummers Were Women
Smith, Brenda
Gates, Goddess
of the Mountain Harvest
Spretnak,
Charlene, Lost Goddesses of Early
Greece
Stone,
Merlin, When God Was a Woman
Groundbreaking
work showing how goddess worship pervaded the Middle
East, even after the arrival of the Hebrews
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Ritual
and Magic
Mountainwater, Shekhinah,
Ariadne's Thread
Books
by Starhawk
The
Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of The Ancient
Religion Of The Great
Goddess
The classic
work that introduces the history, thealogy,
and practice of Witchcraft and earth-based
spirituality. It includes basic magical
training and outlines for seasonal and moon
rituals. It's been updated twice with new
introductions, notes and
commentary.
Dreaming
The Dark: Magic, Sex, and
Politics
Links
magic, political activism and psychology
through an analysis of power, contrasting
power-over with power-from-within. It
describes rituals and directa ctions at the
Diablo Canyon antinuclear blockade in 1981,
and includes an appendix which provides a
detailed historical look at the Witch
burnings. It's also been updated twice with
new introductions.
Truth
or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority and
Mystery
Weaves
insights from magic and direct action
together, looking at the ways we internalize
the structures of power around us, andthe
insights and rituals that can help us
transform them both internally and
externally. It includes a historical analysis
of the onset of patriarchy in ancient
Mesopotamia. Winner of the Media Alliance
Meritorious Achievement Award.
The
Fifth Sacred Thing
Visionary
novel of the future. The ideas in her
previous books come to life as she portrays
the clash of two societies: one based on
co-operation, diversity, and art, the other
on war and domination. The conflict is seen
through the eyes of a remarkable family of
Witches and healers. Winner of the Lambda
Award for lesbian and gay science
fiction.
Walking
to Mercury
In
this novel, a prequel to The Fifth Sacred
Thing, Starhawk traces the early life of
Maya Greenwood from the stormy battle of the
'Sixties through the time of her mother's
death twenty years later.
The
Pagan Book of Living and
Dying
Co-written
with M. Macha Nightmare and the Reclaiming
Collective.
Inspired
by the death of Starhawk's mother, this book
presents Pagan thealogy, practice and liturgy
for death and dying, including prayers,
chants, meditations, and rituals. For more
information, please visit the website at
www.reclaiming.org/dying/ddbook.html.
Circle
Round: Raising Children in the Goddess
Tradition.
Co-written with Anne Hill and Diane
Baker.
Explains
Goddess religion for children and teenagers,
with a complete guide to the rituals and
celebrations of the Pagan year, rites of
passage, and daily practices. It includes
stories, songs, craft projects, recipes, and
other hands-on suggestions for bringing
earth-based spirituality alive to young
people. Illustrated by Sara Ceres Boore.
Website at www.circleround.com.
Twelve
Wild Swans
Co-written with
Hillary Valentine
While
both a handbook for magickal practice and a
guide for nonviolent protest, what makes this
book truly unique is that it is also a book
about magickal process.
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Stein,
Diane, The Women's Book of Healing
Walker,
Barbara, Women's Rituals
Budapest,
Z., Grandmother Moon
From the
grandmother of the goddess movement
Budapest,
Z., Grandmother of Time
Budapest,
Z., Holy Book of Women's Mysteries
Budapest,
Z., Summoning the Fates: A Woman's Guide To
Destiny
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Goddess
Mythology
Cahill,
Susan, ed., Wise Women, Over 2000 Years of Spiritual
Writing by Women
Gadon,
Elinor, The Once and Future Goddess
Still the
best introduction to the goddess past and present,
through art
Graves,
R., White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetric
Myth
Mookerjee,
Ajit, Kali: The Feminine Force
The great
mother goddess of India, through her sacred
texts
Palmer,
Martin & Ramsay, Jay, Kuan Yin: Myths &
Revelations of The Chinese Goddess of Compassion
The story
of Kuan Yin, from the original Chinese texts
Stone,
Merlin, Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood
Reconstructs
the stories of goddesses throughout the world
Wolkstein,
Diane et al., Inanna: Queen of Heaven & Earth
Text of the
epic journey of the Sumerian goddess
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Feminist
Philosophy and analysis
Caputi,
Jane, Gossips, Gorgons and Crones
Disturbing
analysis of how sexual abuse and other perversions are
linked to the invention of nuclear warfare; are we
looking into the face of the goddess in her most
terrifying aspect?
By
the a-mazing Mary Daly!
Daly,
Mary, Beyond God the
Father
Cellular
dissection of patriarchal religion
Daly,
Mary, GynEcology
Reconstructing
the world from a radical feminist
perspective
Daly
Mary, Pure Lust
More
of the same; delicious!
Daly,
Mary, Websters' First New Intergalactic
Wickedary of the English Language
Purging
patriarchal privilege from the
language!
Daly,
Mary, Outercourse
Daly
Mary, Quintessence
Exploring
a woman-centered world of the
future
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Eisler,
Riane, Sacred Pleasure
Sexuality
re-interpreted according to a partnership model of
relationship
Greer,
Germaine, The Whole
Woman
Griffin,
Susan, Chorus of Stones
A brilliant
intonation on the subject of war, sexuality, and
patriarchy
Griffin,
Susan, Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
Firey
poetic exploration of the parallel oppression of women
and nature
Griffin,
Susan, Pornography and Silence
Pornography
unexcused!
Griffin,
Susan, The Eros of Every Day Life
Hanigsberg,
Julia E. & Ruddick, Sara, ed.,
Mother Troubles:
Rethinking Contemporary Maternal
Dilemmas,
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Feminist
Psychology
Anderson,
Sherry & Hopkins, P., Feminine Face of God: The
Unfolding of the Sacred in Women
An
exploration of the re-emergence of the divine feminine
through diverse perspectivies
Bolen,
Jean Shinoda, Goddesses in
Everywoman
Bolen, Jean
Shinoda, The
Millionth Circle
Bolen, Jean
Shinoda, Goddesses
in Older Women, Archetypes in Women Over
Fifty
Estes,
Clarissa Pinkola, Women Who Run With the
Wolves
Great stories
about the inner witch archetype
Perera,
S., Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for
Women
The story
of Inanna as an archetype for the exploration of the deep
inner feminine
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Goddess
Art
Bonheim,
Jalaja, Goddess: A Celebration in Art &
Literature
Goddess at
your fingertips -- The ultimate coffee table
book
Boulet,
Susan Seddon, Goddess Paintings
Craighead,
Meinrad, Mother's Songs: Images of God the
Mother
Harvey,
Andrew & Baring, Ann, Divine Feminine: Reclaiming
the Feminine Image of God Throughout the
World
Gorgeous small
book of artwork and invcations
Muten,
Burleigh, Return of the Great
Goddess
Another small
book with big impact; 59 full color and 22 black &
white illustrations
Stanton,
Sandra, Divine Feminine in World
Mythology
A journal, with
some of Stanton's luminous goddess
illustrations
Women
of Power
Ramphele,
Mamphela, Across Boundaries,
The
Journey of a South African Woman
Leader
Healing
Atreya,
Ayurvedic
Healing for Women
Christine
Northrup, M.D., The
Wisdom of Menopause
Barbara J. Scot,
The
Stations of Still Creek
Fiction
Diamant,
Anita. The
Red Tent
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