Habitations of the Great Goddess
Author: Cristina Biaggi
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781879198180
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of the tombs, temples, and artifacts dedicated to the female deity of pre-history, the Great Goddess.
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Goddess as Nature
Author: Paul Reid-Bowen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1317126343
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Goddess as Nature makes a significant contribution to elucidating the meaning of a female and feminist deity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Bridging the gap between the emergent religious discourse of thealogy - discourse about the Goddess - and a range of analytical concerns in the philosophy of religion, the author argues that thealogy is not as incoherent as many of its critics claim. By developing a close reading of the reality-claims embedded within a range of thealogical texts, one can discern an ecological and pantheistic concept of deity and reality that is metaphysically novel and in need of constructive philosophical, thealogical and scholarly engagement. Philosophical thealogy is, in an age concerned with re-conceiving nature in terms of agency, chaos, complexity, ecological networks and organicism, both an active possibility and a remarkably valuable academic, feminist and religious endeavour.
Goddesses in World Culture
Author: Patricia Monaghan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 973
ISBN-13: 0313354669
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of accessible essays relates the stories of individual goddesses from around the world, exploring their roles in the cultures from which they came, their histories and status today, and the controversies surrounding them. Goddesses in World Culture brings readers the fascinating stories of close to 100 of the world's goddesses, ranging from the immediately recognizable to the obscure. These figures, many of whom derive from ancient cultures and civilizations, serve as points of departure for examining questions that go well beyond the role of women in religion and spirituality to include social organization, environmental awareness, historical developments, and psychological archetypes. Each volume of this groundbreaking set is composed of 20–25 previously unpublished articles written by expert contributors from diverse disciplines. Volume one covers Asia and Africa, volume two covers the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe, and volume three covers Australia and the Americas. Goddesses from cultures often overlooked in texts on religion, such as those of the Australian Aborigines, Korea, Nepal, and the Caribbean, are included here. In addition, the work offers new translations of ancient texts, introduces little-known folklore, and suggests new approaches to contemporary religious practices.
The Living Goddesses
Author: Marija Gimbutas
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2001-01-12
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780520229150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents evidence to support the author's woman-centered interpretation of prehistoric civilizations, considering the prehistoric goddesses, gods and religion, and discussing the living goddesses--deities which have continued to be venerated through the modern era.
The Double Goddess
Author: Vicki Noble
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Published: 2003-06-19
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781591430117
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of the "double goddess" iconography prominent in Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures that expands our understanding of female sovereignty. Celebrates this archetype of sacred female bonding and depicts a vast array of relationships women may form with themselves and each other to explore a sense of self and empowerment, and to share power with each other.
A Woman's Book of Rituals and Celebrations
Author: Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D.
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2011-12-11
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1608681386
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a handbook on how to perform sacred ceremonies in the tradition of Goddess spirituality in one's own home with ordinary household items. An annual cycle of celebrations is included, as is advice on how to set up an altar and use simple tools. The author, a practitioner of Wicca (witchcraft), expounds the life-affirming, eco-feminist values of that tradition. Suggestions for rituals and ideas for inventing one's own are given. Poetry and blessings blend in a title which supports celebration of the Goddess image in daily life. These rituals are personal, moving rites which celebrate love and peace, and which act as meditations for considering new rituals, old traditions, and the course of women's lives.
VSMM 2000
Author: Hal Thwaites
Publisher: IOS Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 750
ISBN-13: 9784274904073
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Biography of Goddess Inanna; Indomitable Queen of Heaven, Earth and Almost Everything
Author: Sandra Bart Heimann
Publisher: Balboa Press
Published: 2016-09-29
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 1504358236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When stars were many and people few, a great story was told everywhere. The first storytellers were women. Their story was so large it filled the universe it told of a Great Mother encompassing life, death and return of everything. When Neolithic farming people settled, and depended on plentiful crops and herds, a goddess of fertility stepped into stardom. Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of love, crescent moon, evening star, fertility and renewal. She is the longest lasting supreme goddess of the Ancient Near East. Inannas biography includes her rise to supreme holder of almost all the powers of culture and civilization. 5000 year old poems bring Inanna to life. She sings to her miraculous vulva and to her consort-lover; she struggles to keep her powers and complains of her losses and demotions. Inanna represents lifes powerful contradictions. She changes peace to war and back again; she causes strife and brings love; she turns women into men and men into women. Inanna loves all her people, every one. A biography must have adversity and Inanna has plenty; she must always conquer of the ever-rising tide of patriarchal domination in all its forms. Buried and forgotten for two millennia, she now steps from the dust, ties up her sandals, applies her kohl, adjusts her tiara, summons her lions, and returns. Her story is also womans story. Let me introduce you to Inanna, Queen of Heaven, Earth, and almost everything
The Butterfly Effect
Author: Susan Hawthorne
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781876756567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a concept from physics in which it is surmised that small actions can have enormous consequences, and that the flutter of a butterfly's wing on one side of the world can cause devastating storms on the other side. This work includes poems on a range of subjects, including death, history, culture physics, and more.
Encyclopedia of Sacred Places [2 volumes]
Author: Norbert C. Brockman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-09-13
Total Pages: 724
ISBN-13: 1598846558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now thoroughly revised and updated, this encyclopedia documents the diversity of shrines, temples, holy places, and pilgrimage sites sacred to the world's major religious traditions, and illustrates their elemental place in human culture. As interest increases in the role of world religions in history and international affairs, the new edition of Encyclopedia of Sacred Places—which arrives 15 years after the publication of the original edition—provides new and updated information on site-specific religious practice and spiritually significant locations around the globe. While many of the entries describe specific places, like the Erawan Shrine and the Rock of Cashel, others examine types of sacred sites, pilgrimages, and practices. With articles that describe both the places and their associated traditions and history, this reference book reveals the enormous diversity and cultural significance of religious practice worldwide. For students and teachers of classes ranging from high school geography to university-level courses in religious studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology, this book provides essential reference on places of great significance to the world's various faith traditions.
