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Book Synopsis The Concept of the Goddess by : Sandra Billington
Download or read book The Concept of the Goddess written by Sandra Billington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Concept of the Goddess explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including: * Celtic * Roman * Norse * Caucasian * Japanese traditions. The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being equally important aspects of their cults.
Book Synopsis The Concept of the Goddess by : Sandra Billington
Download or read book The Concept of the Goddess written by Sandra Billington and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an up-to-date, highly readable study of the female aspects of religion both in past and present mythologies. It explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures.
Book Synopsis The Concept of the Goddess by : Sandra Billington
Download or read book The Concept of the Goddess written by Sandra Billington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an up-to-date, highly readable study of the female aspects of religion both in past and present mythologies. It explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures.
Download or read book The Goddess written by David Leeming and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as we have sought god, we have found the goddess. Ruling over the imaginations of humankind’s earliest agricultural civilizations, she played a critical spiritual role as a keeper of nature’s fertile powers and an assurance of the next sustaining harvest. In The Goddess, David Leeming and Christopher Fee take us all the way back into prehistory, tracing the goddess across vast spans of time to tell the epic story of the transformation of belief and what it says about who we are. Leeming and Fee use the goddess to gaze into the lives and souls of the people who worshipped her. They chart the development of traditional Western gender roles through an understanding of the transformation of concepts of the Goddess from her earliest roots in India and Iran to her more familiar faces in Ireland and Iceland. They examine the subordination of the goddess to the god as human civilizations became mobile and began to look upon masculine deities for assurances of survival in movement and battle. And they show how, despite this history, the goddess has remained alive in our spiritual imaginations, in figures such as the Christian Virgin Mother and, in contemporary times, the new-age resurrection of figures such as Gaia. The Goddess explores this central aspect of ancient spiritual thought as a window into human history and the deepest roots of our beliefs.
Book Synopsis Practicing the Presence of the Goddess by : Barbara Ardinger
Download or read book Practicing the Presence of the Goddess written by Barbara Ardinger and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2000 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical approach to a growing movement offers suggestions for honouring the feminine spirit and communing with the Goddess. It includes chapters on the Goddess of the spheres, pagans and witches, re-creating the sacred dimension, altar etiquiette and invoking deities. The author shows how how to build a meaningful altar, use rituals and meditations to enrich awareness and invent new rituals to celebrate personal events. Her suggestions run from the mundane, to the exotic, to the extraordinary.
Book Synopsis The White Goddess by : Robert Graves
Download or read book The White Goddess written by Robert Graves and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.
Book Synopsis The Goddess Twins by : Yodassa Williams
Download or read book The Goddess Twins written by Yodassa Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ . . . an impressive, commanding novel about black girl magic . . . The Goddess Twins is an emotive and powerful feminist novel that inspires the innate goddess in every girl..” —Foreword Reviews “Family bonds create the magic in this stirring fantasy.” —Kirkus Reviews It’s days before your eighteenth birthday, but your mother is missing and suddenly you have supernatural powers. What are you willing to face to discover the truth of who you really are? After years of traveling the world, black identical twins Aurora and Arden think they’ve settled into normalcy in Ohio. But days before their eighteenth birthday, the snarky twins develop powers in telekinesis and telepathy―at the same time that their famous mother, who’s on tour in London, disappears. Searching for answers and determined to rescue her, the sisters unearth truths that threaten to extinguish their bond and demolish their strength as individuals. Can they trust their beguiling, newly discovered British cousins when they barely trust one another? Should they heed the warnings of their immortal grandmother, a Patoi-chatting goddess, who says she’s friendly with The Fates and can see inside a person’s very soul? In order to succeed in their quest, these goddess twins must work together, master their powers, and unveil a horrifying, century-old family mystery. Otherwise, they may not live to see eighteen―or their mother again.
Book Synopsis Roles of the Northern Goddess by : Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson
Download or read book Roles of the Northern Goddess written by Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much work has been done on goddesses of the ancient world and the male gods of pre-Christian Scandinavia, the northern goddesses have been largely neglected. Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of these goddesses by men and women. With its use of evidence from early literature, popular tradition, legend and archaeology, this book investigates the role of the early hunting goddess and the local goddesses who were involved in all aspects of the household and the farm. What emerges is that the goddess was both benevolent and destructive, a powerful figure closely concerned with birth and death and with destiny of individuals.
Book Synopsis Goddess of the North by : Lynda C. Welch
Download or read book Goddess of the North written by Lynda C. Welch and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough, academic look at the past, present, and future of Norse polytheism. Welch highlights many Norse goddesses as well as other divine females of the Norse pantheon - Valkyries, Norns, Giantesses, Disir - and in a straightforward manner, makes a definitive case for the primordial goddess.
Book Synopsis The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions by : Anway Mukhopadhyay
Download or read book The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions written by Anway Mukhopadhyay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Goddess, in her various puranic and tantric forms, is often figured as sitting on a corpse which is identified as Shiva-as-shava (God Shiva, the consort of the Devi and an iconic representation of the Absolute without attributes, the Nirguna Brahman). Hence, most of the existing critical works and ethnographic studies on Shaktism and the tantras have focused on the theological and symbolic paraphernalia of the corpses which operate as the asanas (seats) of the Devi in her various iconographies. This book explores the figurations of the Goddess as corpse in several Hindu puranic and Shakta-tantric texts, popular practices, folk belief systems, legends and various other cultural phenomena based on this motif. It deals with a more intricate and fundamental issue than existing works on the subject: how and why is the Devi – herself - figured as a corpse in the Shakta texts, belief systems and folk practices associated with the tantras? The issues which have been raised in this book include: how does death become a complement to life within this religious epistemology? How does one learn to live with death, thereby lending new definitions and new epistemic and existential dimensions to life and death? And what is the relation between death and gender within this kind of figuration of the Goddess as death and dead body? Analysing multiple mythic narratives, hymns and scriptural texts where the Devi herself is said to take the form of the Shava (the corpse) as well as the Shakti who animates dead matter, this book focuses not only on the concept of the theological equivalence of the Shava (Shiva as corpse) and the Shakti (Energy) in tantras but also on the status of the Divine Mother as the Great Bridge between the apparently irreconcilable opposites, the mediatrix between Spirit and Matter, death and life, existence-in-stasis and existence-in-kinesis. This book makes an important contribution to the fields of Hindu Studies, Goddess Spirituality, South Asian Religions, Women and Religion, India, Studies in Shaktism and Tantra, Cross-cultural Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Postcolonial Spirituality and Ecofeminism.
Book Synopsis The Goddess Unveiled by : Richard K Page
Download or read book The Goddess Unveiled written by Richard K Page and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Goddess, supreme power of the earth, matter and humankind. Learn the secret of her identity, her relationship with the father god of spirit and the aether. History has taken thousands of years to erase her significance to the universal truths. The book reveals the true nature of the Mother Goddess, her position in the Abrahamic faiths and why she is feared by them. Undeniable evidence which places her back into the realms of mankind for the new era of Aquarius in the new sacred trinity as Purest of Virgins, Whore of Babylon and the Most Holy Mother. A book containing revelations of long-hidden attributions of the goddess and her rulership of this plane of existence. For Pagans, Witches and Occultists alike, it is not sufficient to merely say the words in your crafting and devotionals. You need to understand the core architecture which you are implementing as it is only when you understand the meanings and attributions to your Goddess and your divine self utilizing the archetypal spheres of relevance which she presides over that you have the power to invocate her will to achieve supreme manifestation of the material realms. This is the book that will explain to you why your craft fails. The understanding of the mechanisms is what is missing from books of the occult, incantations, prayers and spellcraft without self attunement is akin to being given the ingredients for a recipe, without the proportions and cooking time. this book is that recipe. Foundational knowledge that will elevate you to your supreme internal deity.
Book Synopsis The Living Goddesses by : Marija Gimbutas
Download or read book The Living Goddesses written by Marija Gimbutas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-01-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore by : Michael Shally-Jensen
Download or read book Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore written by Michael Shally-Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 959 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many mythological traditions from around the world seek to explain the origins of the earth, human beings, and the forces of nature. This set examines the stories associated with gods and goddesses: their relationships with each other and with human beings; their faults, foibles, strengths, and special powers. It offers explanations of how the gods and goddesses gifted humans with life, water, fire, music, and dance. Nearly 220 essays detail gods and goddesses from around the globe: the Greek and Roman pantheon including Zeus, Neptune, Nike, and Aphrodite; Norse gods including Odin and Loki; Native American deities including Hunahpu and Xbalanque; and Egyptian gods and goddesses like Ra and Osiris.
Book Synopsis In the Hand of the Goddess by : Tamora Pierce
Download or read book In the Hand of the Goddess written by Tamora Pierce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.
Book Synopsis The Myth of the Goddess by : Anne Baring
Download or read book The Myth of the Goddess written by Anne Baring and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1993-03-25 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss.
Download or read book Goddess Power written by Isabella Price and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating ‘herstory’ of the Divine Feminine, rich in heart, depth and wisdom . . . an empowering message of hope and inspiration.” —Katherine Woodward Thomas, New York Times–bestselling author At the dawn of religion, God was a Woman. The Divine Feminine is known by innumerable names and symbol-rich manifestations across the world’s cultures. Throughout the ages the Goddess has been honored and worshiped as the Virgin Mary, Isis, Inanna, Asherah, Diana, Kuan Yin, Kali, Oshun, Athena, Pele, Sarasvati, Demeter, and White Buffalo Calf Woman, to mention just a few. Goddess Power takes you on a fascinating and, at times, surprising journey into the enduring essence of the Divine Feminine. Inside this book you will learn: • How the Goddess path offers an empowering message and inspiration • The importance of re-establishing a healthy balance and integration of both the “masculine” and the “feminine” archetypes • That the notion of God as archetypal “Sky-Father” is fairly recent in Western culture • Why the wisdom of the Goddess/Sacred Feminine has been ignored, distorted, and oppressed for centuries • How archetypes, mythic narratives, and qualities of Goddesses are alive within you and how they reveal intimate truths about yourself and others • How Goddesses can serve as empowering guides in your personal and professional life • Why especially black Goddesses/dark-skinned Mothers (e.g., Kali or Black Madonna) are a powerful symbol and catalyst for change in our times, both individually and collectively • And much, much more! “An empowering message and inspiration that can be drawn from the Goddess so humanity might evolve toward higher awareness.” —Karen Tate, author of Walking an Ancient Path and Goddess 2.0
Book Synopsis The Language of the Goddess by : Marija Gimbutas
Download or read book The Language of the Goddess written by Marija Gimbutas and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goddess is the most potent and persistent feature in the archaeological records of the ancient world. In this volume the author resurrects the world of goddess-worshipping, earth-centred cultures, bringing ancient matriarchal society to life.
