Women's Spirituality Bibliography

Maitland, Sara. A Big-Enough God: a Feminist's Search for a Joyful Theology. Riverhead Books, 1996.

Mariechild, Diane. Mother Wit: a Guide to Healing and Psychic Development. New rev. ed. Crossing Press, 1988.

Markale, Jean. Women of the Celts. Inner Traditions, 1975.

Matthews, Caitlin. Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom: The Divine Feminine from Black Goddess to World-Soul. HarperCollins, 1991.

Maynes, ed. Gender, Kinship, Power. Routledge, 1996.

McCoy, Edain. Celtic Women's Spirituality : Accessing the Cauldron of Life. Llewellyn, 1998.

_____. Lady of the Night: a Handbook of Moon Magick & Rituals. Llewellyn, 1995.

McGrath, Sheena. The Sun Goddess: Myth, Legend and History. Sterling Pub., 1998.

Meehan, Bridget. Exploring the Feminine Face of God: a Prayerful Journey. Sheed & Ward, 1991.

Miller, Ronald S. As Above, So Below: Paths to Spiritual Renewal in Daily Life. Los Angeles, Calif. : Jeremy Tarcher, 1992.

Monaghan, Patricia. The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines. 3rd ed. Llewellyn, 1997.

Moon, Sheila. Changing Woman and Her Sisters. Guild for Psychological Studies, 1985.

Motz, Lotte. The Faces of the Goddess. Oxford University Press, 1997.
CONTENTS: The great mother -- The rise of a goddess in our time -- Reverence of nature: northern Eurasia -- The creativity of suffering: the Eskimo -- The lady of the manor: Latvia -- The human condition: Mesopotamia -- The mountain mother: Anatolia -- Demeter, the ravished earth: Greece -- The exaltation of death: Mexico -- Amaterasu and the sacred land: Japan.

Mountainwater, Shekhinah. Ariadne's Thread: a Workbook of Goddess Magic. Crossing Press, 1991.

Murdock, Maureen. The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness. Shambhala, 1990. (also its Workbook. Shambhala, 1998.)

Muten, Burleigh, ed. Return of the Great Goddess. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997.

Muto, Susan. Womanspirit: Reclaiming the Deep Feminine in Our Human Spirituality. Crossroad, 1991.

Myss, Caroline. Anatomy of the Spirit: the Seven Stages of Power and Healing. Harmony Books, 1996.

Neumann, Erich. The Great Mother. Pantheon, 1955.

Nicholson, Shirley, ed. The Goddess Re-Awakening: The Feminine Principle Today. Quest Books, 1989.

Noble, Vicki. Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World: the New Female Shamanism. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

Norris, Kathleen. Amazing Grace: a Vocabulary of Faith. Putnam, 1998.

_____. Cloister Walk. Riverhead Books, 1997.
Kathleen Norris shows us how religious life fills a gap in the soul. Her style is in the tradition of Thomas Merton, and her poetic talents present the monastery as a symbol of spirituality.

Ochs, Carol. Women and Spirituality. Rowman & Allanheld, 1983.

Ochshorn, Judith. The Female Experience and the Nature of the Divine. Indiana University Press, 1981.

Oda, Mayumi. Goddesses. Volcano, 1988.

Olson, C., ed. The Book of the Goddess: Past & Present. Crossroad, 1994.

Orenstein, Gloria. The Reflowering of the Goddess. Pergamon, 1990.

Orlock, Carol. The Goddess Letters: the Myth of Demeter and Persephone Retold. St. Martin's Press, 1987.

Orloff, Judith. Second Sight. New York : Warner Books, 1996.

Page, Jake and David Adams Leeming. Goddess : Myths of the Female Divine. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Page and Leeming gather 75 tales of the female divine in a readable introduction to goddess lore. Follows Goddess from the Ice Age to her re-emergence as mythological figure.

Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. Vintage Books, 1989.

Palmer, Martin and Jay Ramsay. Kuan Yin: Myths and Revelations of the Chinese Goddess of Compassion. HarperCollins, 1995.

Patai, Raphael. The Hebrew Goddess. Ktav, 1967.

Perera, Sylvia Brinton. Descent to the Goddess: a Way of Initiation for Women. Inner City Books, 1981.

Perron, Margaret, Mary Kathryn Love, and Julieanne Carver.. The Grace Trilogy: Messages of Love, Grace, and Peace. Hazelden, 1997.
Three women describe how they found spiritual strength together.

Plant, Judith, ed. Healing the Wounds: the Promise of Ecofeminism. New Society Publishers, 1989.

Plaskow, Judith and Carol P. Christ, eds. Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality. HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.

Pollock, Rachel. The Body of the Goddess : Sacred Wisdom in Myth, Landscape, and Culture. Element, 1997.

Preston, James. Mother Worship: Theme & Variations. UNC Press, 1982.

Progoff, Ira. At a Journal Workshop: the Basic Text and Guide for Using the Intensive Journal. Dialogue House Library, 1976.

Ranck, Shirley Ann. Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: an Exploration of Women's Power Past, Present and Future. Delphi Press, 1995.

Raphael, Melissa. Thealogy and Embodiment: the Post-Patriarchal Reconstruction of Female Sacrality. Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

Redmond, Layne. When the Drummers Were Women: a Spiritual History of Rhythm. Crown Pub., 1997.

Reilly, Patricia Lynn. A God Who Looks Like Me: Discovering a Woman-Affirming Spirituality. New York : Ballantine Books, 1995.

Roberts, Elizabeth, ed.. Earth Prayers From Around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

Roberts, Wendy Hunter. Celebrating Her: Feminist Ritualizing Comes of Age. United Church Press, 1998.

Rosoff, Ilene, ed. The Womansource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community of Women. Celestial Arts, 1995.

Ruether, Rosemary Radford. Sexism and God-Talk: Towards a Feminist Theology. Beacon, 1983.

_____. Womanguides: Readings Toward a Feminist Theology. With a new preface. Beacon Press, 1996.

Ryan, Regina Sara. The Woman Awake: Feminine Wisdom for Spiritual Life. Hohm Press, 1998.

A former nun's examination of spiritual women from Buddhist goddess Green Tara to Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.

Sark. The Bodacious Book of Succulence : Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life! Fireside, 1998.

_____. Living Juicy: Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul. Celestial Arts, 1994.

_____. Succulent Wild Woman: Dancing With Your Wonderful Self! Fireside, 1997.

Schaup, Susanne. Sophia: Aspects of the Divine Feminine Past and Present. Nicolas-Hays, 1997.

Schipflinger, Thomas. Sophia-Maria: a Holistic Vision of Creation. S. Weiser, 1998.

Sered, S.S. Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister. Oxford University Press, 1994.

Sewell, Marilyn, ed. Cries of the Spirit: a Celebration of Women's Spirituality. Beacon Press, 1991.

Shuttle, Penelope and Peter Redgrove. The Wise Wound: Myths, Realities, and Meanings of Menstruation. Bantam, 1990.

Sinetar, Marsha. Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics: Lifestyles for Self-Discovery. Paulist Press, 1986.

Sjoo, Monica and Barbara Mor. The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth. 2nd ed. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

Snow, Kimberley. Keys to the Open Gate: a Woman's Spirituality Sourcebook. Conari Press, 1994.
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Spencer, Aida Besancon. How Jesus' Conversation with the Woman at Samaria (John 4) can Help the Church address Goddess Spirituality. (Evangelical Theological Society papers ETS-4741, 1995)

Spretnak, Charlene. Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: a Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths. Boston : Beacon Press, 1984.
CONTENTS: Gaia -- Pandora -- Themis -- Aphrodite -- Triad of the moon: Artemis, Selene, Hecate -- Hera -- Athena -- Demeter and Persephone.

Spretnak, Charlene, ed. The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays by Founding Mothers of the Movement.Anchor Books, 1994.

_____. States of Grace: the Recovery of Meaning in the Postmodern Age. HarperCollins, 1991.

Starhawk. Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics. 15th anniv. ed. Beacon Press, 1997.

_____. The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. 10th Anniversary ed. HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.

_____. Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

Stein, Diane. Casting the Circle: a Woman's Book of Ritual. Crossing Press, 1990.

_____. Dreaming the Past, Dreaming the Future: a Herstory of the Earth. Crossing Press, 1991.

_____. The Goddess Book of Days: a Perpetual 366 Day Engagement Calendar. New ed. Crossing Press, 1992.

_____, ed. The Goddess Celebrates: an Anthology of Women's Rituals. Crossing Press, 1991.

_____. The Kwan Yin Book of Changes/Goddess of Mercy and Knowledge. Llewellyn Publications, 1985.

_____. Meditation on the Goddess. Llewellyn, 1988.

_____. A Woman's I Ching. Crossing Press,1997.

_____. The Women's Spirituality Book. Llewellyn Publications, 1993. (Llewellyn's New Age Series)

Stewart, Iris J. Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality Through Dance and Ritual. Inner Traditions, 1998.

Stone, Merlin. Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: a Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World. Beacon Press, 1990.

_______. When God was a Woman. Harcourt, Brace, 1976.

Straffon, Cheryl. The Earth Goddess: Celtic and Pagan Legacy of the Landscape. Sterling Pub., 1998.

Stuart, Elizabeth. Spitting at Dragons: Towards a Feminist Theology of Sainthood. Mowbray, 1996.

Telesco, Patricia. Goddess in My Pocket: Simple Spells, Charms, Potions and Chants to Get You Everything You Want. HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.
Features light-hearted guidance for bring the sacred feminine into everyday life.

_____. 365 Goddesses: a Daily Guide to Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess. HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.

Thoele, Sue Patton. A Woman's Book of Spirit: Meditations for the Thirsty Soul. Conari Press, 1997.

Vanzant, Iyanla. One Day My Soul Just Opened Up. Simon & Shuster, 1998.
Combines shelf-help therapy with daily spiritual lessons drawn from the author's life.

Waldherr, Kris. The Book of Goddesses. Beyond Words Pub. Co., 1997.

_____. Embracing the Goddess Within: a Creative Guide for Women. Beyond Words Pub. Co., 1997.

Walker, Barbara G. The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power. Harper & Row, 1985.

_____. The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. Harper & Row, 1988.

_____. The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. HarperSanFrancisco, 1983.

_____. Women's Rituals: a Sourcebook. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

We'Moon : Gaia Rhythms for Womyn : Wise Womyn Ways. Mother Tongue Ink (annual).

Whitmont, Edward C. Return of the Goddess. Crossroad, 1982.

Williamson, Marianne. A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of 'A Course in Miracles.' HarperPerennial, 1993.

Wilshire, Donna. Virgin, Mother, Crone : Myths and Mysteries of the Triple Goddess. Inner Traditions, 1994.

Wolkstein, Diane and Samuel Kramer. Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Harper & Row, 1983.

Wombwell, Felicity. The Goddess Changes. Mandala, 1991.

Woodman, Marion. Addiction to Perfection: the Still Unravaged Bride. Inner City Books, 1985.

_____. Coming Home to Myself : Daily Reflections for a Woman's Body and Soul. Conari Press, 1998.

_____. The Pregnant Virgin: a Process of Psychological Transformation. Inner City Books, 1985.

Woolger, Jennifer Barker and Roger J. Woolger. The Goddess Within: a Guide to the Eternal Myths that Shape Women's Lives. Fawcett Columbine, 1989.

Wynne, Patrice. The Womanspirit Sourcebook. Harper & Row, 1988.

Young, Pamela Dickey. Christ in a Post-Christian World: How Can We Believe in Jesus Christ When Those Around Us Believe Differently--or Not at All? Fortress Press, 1995.

Zweig, Connie, ed. To Be a Woman: the Birth of the Conscious Feminine. J. Tarcher, 1990.


Health and Well-being

Andes, Karen. A Woman's Book of Power: Using Dance to Cultivate Energy and Health in Mind, Body and Spirit. Perigee, 1998.
Andes uses dance and movement to feed the soul and keep fit.

Crawford, Amanda McQuade. Herbal Remedies for Women: Discover Nature's Wonderful Secrets Just for Women. Prima, 1997.

Northrup, Christiane. Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing. 2nd rev. ed. Bantam, 1998.

Rose, Barry. Homeopathy for Women : a Comprehensive, Easy-To-Use Guide for Women of All Ages. Trafalgar Square, 1998.

Stein, Diane. All Women are Healers: a Comprehensive Guide to Natural Healing. Crossing Press, 1990.

_____. Essential Reiki: a Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art. Crossing Press, 1995.

_____. The Natural Remedy Book for Women. Crossing Press, 1992.

_____. A Woman's Book of Healing: Crystals and Gemstones, Auras and Laying on of Hands, Chakras and Colors Llewellyn, 1988. (Llewellyn's New Age Series)

Weed, Susun S. Menopausal Years: the Wise Woman Way. Ash Tree Pub., 1992.

Divination

Atwater, P.M.H. Goddess Runes : a Comprehensive Guide to Casting Divination with One of the Oldest Known Rune Sets. Avon Books, 1996.

Blair, Nancy. Amulets of the Goddess: Oracle of Ancient Wisdom. Wingbow, 1993.

Franklin, Anna and Paul Mason. The Sacred Circle Tarot: a Celtic Pagan Journey. Llewellyn, 1998.

Goddess Knowledge Cards; paintings by Susan Seddon Boulet; text by Michael Babcock.

Noble, Vicki. Motherpeace : a Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art, and Tarot. HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

Waldherr, Kris. The Goddess Tarot Deck. U.S. Games, 1998.
"The Goddess Tarot is a natural extension of my bestselling book, The Book of Goddesses. It uses some of the art and imagery from that book to create a tarot deck which I hope will become an essential tool of empowerment for women everywhere. I have long desired to create a tarot deck of my own, and am pleased to have finally done so!"--Kris Waldherr

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