She Lives! The Return of Our Great Mother - Softcover

Laura, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895943328 ISBN 13: 9780895943323

Publisher: Crossing Pr, 1989

Synopsis

She Lives! celebrates the return of female divinity to our spiritual lives. The book opens with a creation myth, followed by a mythological account of the suppression of Goddess worship. Five other myth-like short stories tell about the return of the Goddess in our own time in Pagan, Christian, Jewish, and other settings. Also included are rituals for menarche, first orgasm, and menopause, as well as Goddess-centered rituals for male milestones; and celebrations for the equinoxes and solstices with choreographed dances and musically notated songs drawing on a variety of traditions. Several meditations round out this book, including a self-blessing belly dance.

About this title

From the Author:

She Lives! celebrates the return of female divinity to our spiritual lives. The book opens with the retelling of a creation myth and a mythological account of suppression of Goddess worship. Five other myth-like short stories tell about the return of the Goddess in our own time in Pagan, Christian, Jewish and other settings. Also included are also rituals for menarche, first orgasm and menopause, as well as Goddess-centered rituals for male milestones; seasonal celebrations with choreographed dances and songs in a variety of traditions; and several meditations, including a self-blessing belly dance.

About the Author:

Judith Laura has been involved in Goddess spirituality since the late 1970's when her first rituals were published in the journal, Womanspirit. Other of her rituals, articles, and poems have appeared in the journals, SageWoman, Of a Like Mind, Broomstick, Voices of Women, Metropolitan, and Pudding Magazine and in the Pudding House anthology, Prayers to Protest. She is also author of the book, Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century. She lives in the Washington D.C. area, where she leads workshops and classes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossing Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0895943328
• ISBN 13: 9780895943323
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 143