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  Captivating

  Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul

  by John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge

  Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager. What Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating is doing for... (more)
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  The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

  A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

  by Sue Monk Kidd

  "I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised, and, in fact, a little terrified, when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening." ––Sue Monk Kidd For years, Sue Monk Kidd was a conventionally religious woman. Then, in the late 1980s, Kidd experienced an unexpected awakening, and began a journey toward a feminine spirituality.... (more)
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  When God Was a Woman

  by Merlin Stone

  Here, archaeologically documented is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Known by many names, she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. How did the change in women's roles come about? By documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmans, Stone details an ancient conspiracy that laid the foundation for one of culture's greatest shams--the legend of Adam and fallen Eve.
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  The Invitation

  by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

  "The Invitation" is a declaration of intent, a map into the longing of the soul, the desire to live passionately, face-to-face with ourselves and skin-to-skin with the world around us, to settle for nothing less than what is real." -from The Invitation Shared by word of mouth, quoted on the World Wide Web, recited over the radio, and read aloud at spiritual conferences and other gatherings, "The Invitation"... (more)
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  The Chalice & the Blade

  Our History, Our Future

  by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler

  The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author-- The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.
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  The Spiral Dance

  A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess

  by Starhawk

  This brilliant overview of the growth, supression, and modern-day reemergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. In this beautiful 20th-anniversary edition, Starhawk now reveals the ways in which the practice of ritual and Goddess religion have, in the face of a changing world, developed over the last 20 years – and the ways in which these... (more)
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  The Great Cosmic Mother

  Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth

  by Monica Sjoo, Barbara Mor

  This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions
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  At the Root of This Longing

  Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst

  by Carol Flinders

  In At the Root of This Longing, Flinders identifies the four key points at which the paths of spirituality and feminism seem to collide – vowing silence vs. finding voice, relinquishing ego vs. establishing ‘self’, resisting desire vs. reclaiming the body, and enclosure vs. freedom – and sets out to discover not only the sources of these conflicts, but how they can be reconciled. With a sense of urgency brought... (more)
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  New Book Of Goddesses & Heroines

  by Patricia Monaghan

  The goddess takes center stage in this epic reference of mythological and legendary female deities from all civilizatons, lands, and eras. Readers can easily look up any goddess out of more than 1,500 entries, learn of feast days and traditional rites for honoring specific goddesses, interpret goddess images from dreams and art, and much more. Index. Bibliog. 53 photos.
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  Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth

  Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer

  by Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah Kramer

  A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade
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  The Two Marys: The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus

  by Sylvia Browne

  Many controversies have remained unanswered in Christianity for centuries. Some of these controversies have recently drawn increased attention due to new discoveries in archaeology as well as bestsellers and movies such as The Jesus Tomb and The Da Vinci Code . With the unique perspective only Sylvia Browne could bring, The Two Marys focuses on one of the greatest unknowns: the lives of the two most important... (more)
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  Diane Stein's Guide to Goddess Craft

  by Diane Stein

  The female deity represents a powerful aspect of the psychology of women's self-determination. Originally published as The Women's Spirituality Book, this guide describes the beliefs and practices of the goddess craft as it relates to the daily lives of women. Designed to be useful to both men and women, it emphasizes achieving power and control through healing, visualization, Tarot, and the women's I Ching. Diane... (more)
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  A Woman's Journey to God

  by Joan Borysenko

  More and more women are abandoning the religious beliefs they were raised with to search for a more authentic-and feminine-spiritual path. In this evocative book, Joan Borysenko-a leading authority on women's spirituality-shows women how their spiritual discontent can pave the way to a deeper, more meaningful faith.
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  Goddess Companion

  by Patricia Monaghan

  Now you can turn every day into a day dedicated to the goddess and your own personal spiritual evolution, when you get The Goddess Companion by Patricia Monaghan. Turn to The Goddess Companion each day for a clearer insight into how the divine flows through your life. This spirit-nourishing collection of 366 authentic goddess prayers, invocations, chants, and songs was culled from dozens of diverse eras... (more)
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  When the Drummers Were Women

  A Spiritual History of Rhythm

  by Layne Redmond

  In this long-awaited, lavishly illustrated book, drummer Layne Redmond presents an empowering narrative history of the sacred drum in the ancient Goddess civilization, using her extensive collection of images gathered during more than five years of research and travel in the Mideast and Europe. 80 photos & drawings.
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  Urgent Message From Mother: Gather The Women, Save The World

  by Jean Shinoda Bolen

  The message to all women of the world is "Wake Up! Arise! Do not ask for permission to gather the women. What cannot be done by men, or by individual women, can be done by women together. Earth is Home." Jean Shinoda Bolen's life’s work—her Jungian-inspired insights in The Tao of Psychology, the blockbuster Goddesss in Every Woman, the empowering Crones Don’t Whine and The Millionth Circle—all lead up to this... (more)
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  The Gospel of Our Mother God: The Scriptures of the World's First Faith

  by Golden Order

  For far longer than the two millennia of Christianity; for far longer than the whole period of patriarchy combined, humanity followed a single Faith throughout the whole world. That Faith was the worship of Our Mother God, the sole Creatrix and Nourisher of the Universe, Three in One and One in Three, the Mistress of all the Angels, the Queen of Heaven, the Light, the Life, the Love of the world and the proper... (more)
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  I Am an Emotional Creature

  The Secret Life of Girls Around the World

  by Eve Ensler

  In this daring, provocative, and insightful book, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart. Girls today often find themselves in a struggle between remaining strong and true to themselves... (more)
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  The Double Goddess: Women Sharing Power

  by Vicki Noble

  The first book to seriously study the double goddess that figures prominently in Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures. * Offers an important symbol for modern women seeking to reconnect with their ancient, integral sense of self and wholeness. * Presents an archetype for the sacred potential of female bonding, whether between mother and daughter, teacher and student, friends, or lovers. * Illustrated with... (more)
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  I Am Woman by Rite: A Book of Women's Rituals

  by Nancy Brady Cunningham

  This text provides the author's word pictures of women dancing, chanting and moving through rituals that honour womanhood. She shares spiritual insights and teaches women how to plan unique rituals that enhance pride and pleasure in womanhood.