Language: English

OCC036050  –  Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / Divine Mother, The Goddess, Quan Yin

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Edited by Diane Stein, this is a compilation of writings on ritual by the founders of the Goddess-centered spirituality movement. Starhawk writes about creating sacred space; Shekinah Mountainwater offers words and images of feminine power, describes the nine powers of magic, and offers advice about psychic self-defense. Other contributors include Z Budapest, Marion Weinstein, Jeannine Parvati Baker, Carol Christ, Uzuri Amini, Penina Adelman, Claudia L’Amoreaux and more. It is an invaluable tool for any woman seeking to more fully understand the liberating power of feminist ritual. Written as a companion book to Diane Stein’s Casting the Circle: A Women’s Book of Ritual, the Goddess Celebrates: An Anthology of Women’s Rituals brings together writings to help readers create their own rituals. This how-to book, edited by Stein, highlights rituals for birth, menopause, ealing child-hood sexual abuse, and much more. Includes photos and brief descriptions of all contributors.

This is a wonderful book on the Goddess and feminine spirituality and magick. Quite a few female authors contributed to this book among them was Starhawk, Z. Budapest and more. The book deals with Wicca and Santaria, mostly Wicca though. There is so much love and devotion in this book. It gives you ideas on how to do a solitary or group ritual. It teaches you how to work with the elements. It speaks on being proud of the woman’s moon time. The joy of life and the Goddess is evident in this book. I hope this book comes back in print again.

—J. Dougherty

This newest book by Diane Stein is a collection of writings on ritual by many of the leaders of the Women’s Spirituality movement. The articles are full of information on how to design and perform ritual, as well as chants, invocations, songs and stories. The women are well-known to us: Z Budapest, Marion Weinstein, Starhawk, Carol Christ and many more. The writings cover everything about ritual from the basics of how and what ritual is about, to specifics about rituals relevant to a woman’s life, to the enactment of certain myths in ritual that bring us closer to the divine. This is an enjoyable and insightful collection full of information and creative ideas useful to anyone working with rituals.

—Elisa Robyn, Owl Feather Magazine

A collection of writings on ritual by women who are ground breakers in reclaiming Goddess centered spirituality--Z Budapest, Starhawk, carol Christ, Uzuri Amini, Shekinah Mountainwater, Penina Adelman, Jennine Parvati Baker, Claudia L'Amoreaux, Marion Weinstein, Norma Joyce, Antiga, Jay Godspinner. Diane Stein is author of Essential Reiki, All Women Are Healers, Casting the Circle, and 30 other books. She is a strong voice in the Women's Spirituality Movement.

—From the Cover

edited by Diane Stein