Women's Rites of Passage: Reconnecting to the Source of Feminine Power - Softcover

Hemitra Crecraft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976849801 ISBN 13: 9780976849803

Publisher: Woman Wisdom Press, 2005

Synopsis

Multi-media home study course. Reclaim the sacred teachings of menstruation and menopause. Honor yourself as a wisdom-keeper. Includes indigenous wisdom, stories, dozens of transformative activities, scripted ceremonies and a CD of guided meditations. You will study feminist and patriarchal perspectives on women's bodies, cycles, sexuality and power as shared through an Ancient Lineage of Wisdom Teachings passed down from woman to woman. These revealed teachings embrace the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, erotic, ecological and cultural dimensions of Women's Blood Mysteries, in particular, menstruation and menopause, as relevant to women of all ages. Your participation will occur on many levels: first, through the transmission of knowledge designed to root you in your sacredness as a woman; second, through introspection to journal your feelings and observe the core changes in how you hold yourself in the world; and third, through healing our adolescent and mid-life selves through meditative practices, creative exercises and ceremonial honorings of our rites of passage so that regardless of a woman's age, our foundation and dignity as women is restored. Some of the topics are: Shamanic Power of Menstruation: Summoning the Psychic and Biological Source of Creation; Influence of the MotherLine: The Broken Links in Women's Wisdom; Yoni Worship and the Quest for Enlightenment; Menstrual Practices of Matrifocal Society: Marrying the Moon and Moon Lodge Tradition; The Fatal Flaws of Matriarchy and Patriarchy; Women's Self-Esteem and Social Status: Identifying the Roots of Misogyny; The Wisdom and Madness of Menstrual Taboos; Erotic Dimension of Blood Mysteries; The Six Stages of Menstrual Empowerment; Menopause as Second Puberty; Menopausal Symptoms: Underlying Psycho-Spiritual Causes; Mystical Dimension of Menopause: Wisdom Hormones & the Anatomy of a Hot Flash; Dispelling the Myth of Aging: Crone Power as the new Feminine Yang Energy of Transformation

Edition details

• Publisher: Woman Wisdom Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976849801
• ISBN 13: 9780976849803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264