Medicine Woman
- 1981 This is the autobiographical account of a woman's search for identity
in a Native American culture...What begins as a search for a Native
American marriage basket becomes Lyn Andres's often terrifying journey
into the wilderness of Manitoba, where inexplicable events and dangerous
encounters serve as a testing grounds for Lynn's spiritual journey...
Flight of the
Seventh Moon the Teachings of the Shields - 1983 out of print This
beautiful book weaves rare and profound teachings of the Medicine Path
with the remarkable story of a warrior woman's gateway of
initiation.
Jaguar
Woman and the Wisdom of the Butterfly Tree - 1985 "Andrews enters
a strange, shadowy world. She becomes a jaguar spirit, has visions
and dreams, is filled with intense energies ... The goal is to
'become who you are', and grappling with Native American archetypes and
spirits is the path the author treads." -- Publisher Weekly
Star Woman: We
Are Made from Stars and to the Stars We Must Return - 1986 You are
invited to walk with Lynn Andrews into the American wilderness, to seek
selfhood with her in the depths of your own heart, and to soar with her on
a magic white horse over a rainbow to the stars ... Now Lynn Andrews again
joins two remarkable American Indian medicine women, Agnes Whistling Elk
and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, to further her quest for ancient knowledge and to
serve as the bridge between two worlds, the primal mind and the white
consciousness.
Crystal Woman,
The Sisters of the Dreamtime - 1987 Let Lynn Andrews take you where no
Westerner has ever been .. through a secret initiation ceremony of an
ancient Australian society .. to the depths of mystic crystals that can
heal the soul ... to the heart and illuminating visions of an American
shamaness. With her American Indian mentor, Agnes Whistling Elk, and
an Australian aborigine teacher, Ginevee, Lynn drives a Land-Rover into
the sere wilderness of central Australia, not far from Ayers Rock, the
sacred heart and life spring of this primeval land. Heading ever
deeper into uncharted territory, she is taken to a secret women's village
where her education into the powers and mysteries of the spirit will reach
an extraordinary new dimension.
Windhorse Woman:
A Marriage of Spirit -1989 Outside Katmandu where the majestic Himalayas
thrust their jagged peaks into Nepal's azure sky, Lynn V. Andrews begins
her most momentous journey. Her destination is a remote valley high
in the mountains where she is searching for a secret hidden for three
millennia ... Now on the roof of the world, she seeks an urgent solution
to both the wounds of woman's inner self and the ongoing destruction of
the Earth.
Women of Wyrrd:
The Arousal of the Inner Fire - 1991 Guided by Agnes Whistling Elk into
a world of power and magic, Lyn Andrews enters the sacred Dreamtime and
emerges as a young woman, Catherine, in medieval England. There she
encounters Grandmother, the Woman of Wyrrd, who becomes her teacher - a
woman who offers to take Andrews's ordinary life and build it into a
remarkable one full of power, goodness, adventure, and love.
Shakkai
Woman of the Sacred Garden - 1992 Lynn V. Andrews discovers the
secrets of Japan's sacred gardens and offers this knowledge to all women
who seek the sacred within themselves. Building on the wisdom she has
gained through her many journeys into self-discovery, Lynn V. Andrews now
moves to an altogether new and remarkable dimension. The place is
Japan in the future, but her journey there is truly timeless.
Woman at the Edge
of Two Worlds: The Spiritual Journey Through Menopause - 1993 In this wise, encouraging book,
Andrews powerfully illuminates the experience of menopause, showing how
the actual event can come to mean not the inevitable onset of aging and
decline, but access to a new and beautiful way of life. She
reintroduces the deep, internal beauty that comes with age and with unique
insight, she shows women the importance of ritual in marking and paying
tribute to this extraordinary passage.
Dark
Sister: A Sorcerer's Love Story - 1995 With the 10th book in the best
selling Medicine Woman series, Lynn V. Andrews writers her most
suspenseful and provocative work yet in this exploration of the dark side
of women's power. Dark Sister is a book about the choices
between love and evil in life, how decisions are made within each of us,
and how a woman can regain her own sense of integrity and peach.
Eloquently written, this story of domination, deception, fury,
retaliation, and love is a triumph that will help us to plumb the depths
of our own inner truth.
Jalaja Bonheim
Goddess A
Celebration in Art and Literature- For centuries, tales of the
goddess's creativity, strength, and suffering have sprung forth from every
civilization and corner of the world. In this elegant volume, editor
Jalaja Bonheim, Ph.D., has compiled a unique and culturally diverse
anthology of literature and art to reveal the many guises of the
goddess. Here is a book as beautiful as the goddess herself, certain
to captivate both aficionados of goddess mythology and fine art, as well
as serious connoisseurs of multicultural folklore. Breathtakingly
beautiful color plates make this an instant classic!
Elinor Dickson and Marion
Woodman
Dancing in the
Flames, The Dark Goddess - gives us a remarkably rich and deep
knowledge of the Dark Goddess. Her hidden presence in the psyches of
men and women becomes visible through Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson's
perceptive insights. Seen and unseen, appreciated or denigrated, in
history, myth, and culture as well as in individuals, the Dark Goddess
carries transformative power and feminine wisdom, which are revealed in
this beautifully conceived book that can affect the reader like a major
dream or evocative poem.
Riane Eisler
The Chalice and
the Blade - "Weaving together evidence from art,
archaeology, religion, social science, history, and many other fields of
inquiry into new patterns that more accurately fit the best available
data, The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural
origins. It shows that war and the "war of the sexes" are
neither divinely nor biologically ordained. And it provides verification
that a better future is possible - and is in fact firmly rooted in the
haunting drama of what actually happened in our past "-- from the
introduction
Sacred
Pleasure:
Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body- New Paths to Power and Love Our
deepest and most powerful human yearning is for connection - for sex, for
love, for all that gives pleasure and meaning to our lives. Yet sexual
violence is commonplace and the "war of the sexes" continues to
perpetuate misunderstanding and pain. Why does this struggle persist? What
can we do to reclaim our innate power to give and receive pleasure and to
find meaning in our lives? Sacred Pleasure ignites a brand-new
sexual revolution. Ina provocative tour de force on the sexual politics
that fashion our time, this groundbreaking book cuts through much of the
confusion and turmoil around us, tackling sexual myths that have corrupted
male/female relationships over the millennia.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes,
PhD
Women Who Run
with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype -Within
every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts,
passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who
represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered
species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth,
society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has muffled
the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. In Women Who Run with the
Wolves, Dr. Estes unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and
stories, many from her own family in order to help women reconnect with
the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature.
Demetra George
Mysteries of the
Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess - Exploring the
mystery, wisdom, and power of the dark phase of the moon's cycle Mysteries
of the Dark Moon presents a lunar-based model for moving through the dark
times in our lives with understanding, consciousness, and faith in
renewal. The moon's dark phase has traditionally been associated
with death and isolation. The mythical embodiment of these fears is the
Dark Goddess. Known around the world by many names -- Lilith, Kali,
Hecate, and Morgana -- the archetypal Dark Goddess represents death,
sexuality, and the unconscious -- the little understood, often feared
aspects of life.
Elinor Gadon
The Once and
Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Times - In this beautifully
illustrated and far-reaching history, Elinor Gadon vividly weaves words
and images to demonstrate the powerful connections between ancient and
contemporary art, between the Goddess of the Ice Age and the Goddess of
today. This panoramic view of Goddess imagery extends from the
prehistoric Goddess representations of Catal Huyuk, Malta, Avebury and
Crete, to the more patriarchal images of the Sumerians, Greeks, and
Christians, to the wide range of contemporary artists inspired by the
Goddess, including Frida Kahlo, Mayumi Oda, and Judy Chicago.
Joseph Campbell, Maria
Gimbutas
The Language of
the Goddess -"Gimbutas has woven together comparative
mythology, early historical sources, linguistics, ethnography, and
folklore to prove her case: that the language of the goddess under girds
our entire Western culture. This beautifully illustrated book will keep
archaeology, religion, and classics departments the world over a
tizzy" Rita Mae Brown LA Times
The Gods and
Goddesses of Old Europe, 6500-3500 B.C. : Myths, and Cult Images -European
civilization between 6500 and 3500 B.C. - long before Greek or
Judaeo-Christian civilizations flourished - was not a provincial
reflection of neighboring Near Eastern cultures but a distinct culture of
its own unique identity. The mythical imagery of this matrilineal
era tells us much about early humanity's concepts of the cosmos, of human
relations with nature, of the complementary roles of male and female.
Through study of sculpture, vases, and other cult objects from
southeastern Europe, Gimbutas sketches the village culture that evolved
there before it was overwhelmed by the patriarchal Indo-Europeans. The
Goddess incarnating the creative principle as Source and Giver of All,
fertility images, mythical animals, and other artifacts are analyzed for
their mythic and social significance in this beautifully illustrated
study.
Buffie Johnson
Lady of the
Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess and her Sacred Animals- This
rich collection of Goddess Imagery provides an unparalleled overview of
the Goddess as she was defined by the ancient societies that worshiped
her. With an artist's eye, in-depth analysis, and more than 300
photographs and illustrations, Buffie Johnson demonstrates the
universality of the female deity and awakens us to the beauty and
complexity of the Great Mother.
Sam Krammer, Diane
Wolkstein
Inanna, Queen of
Heaven and Earth; Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer - With the
publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern
literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths - that of Inanna
(known to the Semites as Ishtar), the world's first goddess of recorded
history and the beloved deity of the ancient Sumerians. In this
groundbreaking work ... Kramer ... and Wolkstein ...
have retranslated, ordered, and combined the fragmented cuneiform tablets
comprising the Cycle of Inanna to create an authentic portrait of the
goddess from her adolescence to her completed womanhood and 'godship'.
Barbara Mor and Monica
Sjoo
The Great Cosmic
Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth -This classic
exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on
religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess
religion that is humanity's heritage. Now, with a new introduction and
full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more
clearly that the religion of the Goddess - which is tied to the cycles of
women's bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of
the earth -- was the original religion of all humanity.
Vicki Noble
Shakti Woman
Feeling our Fire, Healing our World - "For women today who
seek to regain their lost connection to nature, power and to their own
bodies, Shakti Woman is both guide and inspiration. By sharing her own
journey to female shamanism, Vicki Noble opens a door for others to
follow. The message here is strong, inspiring, and direct." - Marija
Gimbutas
Asia Shepsut
Journey of the
Priestess : The Priestess Traditions of the Ancient World : A Journey of Spiritual
Awakening and Empowerment - In the ancient world, throughout the
rise and fall of Sumer, Egypt, Babylonia and Persia, women held great
power. Their influence gradually spread westwards until it finally took
root in Greece and Rome. Through an examination of history, ancient
stories and images, Asia Shepsut links age-old ritual to modern
conditions. The worship of Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte, Isis, Athena and
Aphrodite, with the yearly cycle of festivals and the celebration of the
sacred marriage, still has striking relevance for the modern-day priestess
striving to blend everyday life with spiritual service.
Starhawk
Dreaming the
Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics -Dreaming the Dark is the
story of a journey, its author's movement from a place of despair to one
of action. It is meant to start the reader on a similar path from the
numbness and hopelessness often felt in the face of racist and sexist
violence, poverty and unemployment, chemical spills, and the threat of
nuclear annihilation to an internal sense of strength and knowledge. It is
ultimately a message of hope and optimism, for Starhawk shares not only a
vision but tools for personal empowerment, the bui8lding of community, and
the transformation of culture.
The Spiral Dance:
A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess - this is another one of
those must have books. I especially like the exercises and meditations that Starhawk
gives. You will find this book to be a practical workbook for the Wiccan religion.
She covers everything from the Goddess religion and mythology to magical
symbols, rituals, initiation, covens, sacred space and the Wheel of the Year.
Merlin Stone
When God Was a
Woman - Here, archeologically documented, is the story of the
religion of the Goddess. Known by many names - Astarte, Isis,
Ishtar, among others - she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle east.
Beyond being worshipped for fertility, she was revered as the wise creator
and the one source of universal order. Under her, women's roles differed
markedly from those in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Women bought
and sold property, traded in the marketplace, and the inheritance of title
and property was passed from mother to daughter.
Barbara Walker
The Women's Encyclopedia of
Myths and Secrets - "Walker has written a tribute to the
goddess. Like the witches and wise women of old, Walker has eyes to see
what the rest of us cannot: the figure of the goddess hidden behind the
rites, dogma, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, superstitions, even our very
language. She sees the restoring of the goddess to her rightful place as
an essential healing act for women and our whole culture ... You can rely
on it to be witty and compulsively readable" -- The Philadelphia
Inquirer
The
Woman's Dictionary
of of Symbols and Sacred Objects - This fascinating guide to
the history and mythology of female-related symbols feature: unique
organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object; 21 different
sections, including Round and Oval Motifs, Sacred Objects, Secular-Sacred
Objects, Rituals, Deities' Signs, Supernaturals, Body Parts, Nature,
Birds, Plants, Minerals, Stones and Shells, and more; Introductory essays
for each section; 753 entries and 636 illustrations; an alphabetical index
for easy reference.
Marta Weigle
Spiders and
Spinsters: Women and Mythology - this text is a wide ranging
source book of texts and graphics about women as they are depicted in the
mythologies of the American and classical Judeo-Christian tradition. The
study of sacred symbols, texts, and rites and their dynamic expression in
human psyches and societies, has generally concerned men's myths: most
extant documents, field data, and interpretation come from male scribes,
scholars, artists, and informants. As a result, Weigle notes, we know a
considerable amount about women who people men's narratives, but almost
nothing about women's mythologies - the stories women recount among
themselves, the rituals they perform, and their evaluation of their own
and men's significant and moving symbolic expressions. It should not come
as a surprise, then, if the major portion of this book shows how men have
portrayed women mythologically.
Felicity Wombwell
The Goddess
Changes: A Personal Guide to Working With the Goddess - The
Goddess Changes is a guide for working with the Goddess in a personal,
individual way. All of us go through the cycle of birth, life and death,
and throughout our lives this cycle repeats itself in metaphorical ways.
This process is reflected in the Goddess's sacred tasks of Spinning,
Weaving and Cutting. By exploring the ancient feminine mysteries, and
particularly the goddesses associated with the weaving of the thread of
life, we can find a way of working with the changes that life brings.
