THE NEW BOOK OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES
by Patricia Monaghan
$19.95
When you know the power of the Goddesses
you know your power as a Woman
They come out in your dreams, your creativity, and your passion. They represent you in all your glory and complexity, and you represent them. They are the goddesses and heroines that form your true history. Now let these mythic stories nourish your soul as they speak to you on a level as deep and mysterious as the source of life itself.
The third edition of this classic reference offers a complete collection of goddess myths from around the globe. Discover more than 1,500 goddesses from Australia, Africa, North and South America, Asia, Europe -- and experience her as she truly is. This new edition also adds hundreds of new entries to the original text -- information found only in rare of limited editions and obscure sources.
Never before has such a vast panorama of female divinity been recorded in one source. And now there is a section on Cultures of the Goddess, which provides the information on the major religious systems detailed in the myths.
Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D. one of the pioneers of the women's spirituality movement. For 20 years she has been unearthing information about goddesses of the world's cultures. A member of the resident faculty of the School of New Learning at DePaul University in Chicago, Monaghan is also the author of Magical Gardens, O Mother Sun and Seasons of the Witch.
Includes contributions by Priscilla Buffalohead, Cecilia Corcoran, Miriam Robbins Dexter, Normandi Ellis, Susan Gitlin-Emmer, Deborah Holton, Edain McCoy, Janet McCrickard and Luisa Teish.