Celebrating The Great Mother

Author : Cait Johnson,Maura D. Shaw
Publisher : Destiny Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0892815507

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Celebrating the Great Mother by Cait Johnson,Maura D. Shaw Pdf

Adults have a wide array of books to help explore earth-based spirituality. But what if they want to include their children? Here is a handbook to help parents, caregivers, teachers, and counselors create meaningful spiritual experiences that will inspire children of all ages. The ideas, suggestions, and activities collected here show how to bring children into rituals that celebrate seasonal cycles and help reclaim the spiritual roots of today's modern holidays. With surprisingly little effort, earth-centered activities and rituals can be incorporated into simple daily routines. Part 1, “Handbook for Earth-Connected Parenting,” gives techniques for developing a child's inner wisdom and sense of the sacred: dream journals, visualization, Tarot play, talismans, and interactions with the natural world Part 2 is a guide to the specific seasonal festivals, and offers a comprehensive collection of practical and enjoyable ways to celebrate the sacred days of our ancestors. Make a bean rune divination system, gather smudge sticks, grow grass pots, assemble a “dream pillow,” create altars the authors offer easy-to-follow suggestions. Includes suggested reading and resource sections for locating additional information and materials for creative projects.

Author : Christine R. Page
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591433552

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The Heart of the Great Mother by Christine R. Page Pdf

Reveals sacred spiritual tools to connect with the love, passion, and creative powers of the Great Mother for spiritual transformation • Explores the three faces of the Great Mother’s love and wisdom in our lives and how to build our magician’s wand, which enables us to be masters of our creativity • Details the journey of the soul through the twelve signs of the zodiac to integrate the shadow self and embody the soul’s true light • Explains how we are being called to birth a new world, one that embraces the divine feminine qualities of intuition, emotional creative power, and rhythmic renewal The year 2012 marked the birth of a new cycle of time that will last for the next 26,000 years. In charge of such birth is the Great Mother, the eternal source of all creation. She is calling on the feminine within us all to create a world worthy of the next seven generations and begin an era of peace, abundance, and spiritual evolution. To birth this new world, we must release our hold on old destructive patterns and instead embrace the divine feminine qualities of intuition, powerful creativity, and rhythmic renewal. As Christine Page reveals, the Great Mother hears our heart’s yearning to escape our old ways of suffering and struggle to find peace, fulfillment, and joy. She is reaching out to us across the dimensions, offering spiritual initiation and the chance to know ourselves fully right now. Dr. Page explains how important it is to acknowledge and integrate our shadow selves--the unloved parts of us--so we can radiate our light from the fullness of who we are without shame or judgment. Drawing on alchemy and mythology, the author details the journey of the soul through the twelve signs of the zodiac until our inner light shines. She also explores how to connect with and use sacred spiritual tools to open our hearts and merge with the Great Mother’s love and creative powers. Exploring the mythology of the Triple Goddess, the author explains how the three faces of the Great Mother help us on our spiritual journey of transformation: As virgin she inspires us to manifest our dreams. As mother, she teaches us to celebrate and nurture all living things, especially ourselves. As crone, she shows us that creativity changes like the seasons, encouraging us not to be possessed by our creations but to embrace mystery and impermanence. Finally, the Great Mother emboldens us to build our magician’s wand, the rod of light along the spine which enables us to be masters of our creativity, bringing forth transformation for ourselves and generations of children still to come as we embark into a new era of expanded consciousness and love.

Author : Claiborne Swanson Frank
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614286912

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Mother and Child by Claiborne Swanson Frank Pdf

In the latest body of work by author and photographer Claiborne Swanson Frank, the artist set out to explore what modern motherhood means in the 21st century. Turning her lens on 70 iconic families of mothers and children from such celebrated names as Delfina Figueras, Carolina Herrera, Lauren Santo Domingo, Anne Vyalitsyna, Aerin Lauder, and Patti Hansen, Swanson Frank’s stunning portraits capture the emotional bonds and beauty that frame the primal relationship of a mother and her child. Complementing her work is a series of questions-and-answers, in which Swanson Frank delicately tasks each mother to look within themselves and express what being a mother truly means to them. Their answers, while exceedingly thoughtful and introspective, are also amusing, fascinating, and moving. Each one of these deeply intimate and stunning portraits will captivate and inspire readers as they embark on this profound journey that reminds us all of the power of motherhood and the great gift of love.

Author : Cait Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594776533

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Witch in the Kitchen by Cait Johnson Pdf

A book of recipes, spells, and rituals for celebrating our connection to the Earth and her seasons. • Redesigned to focus on all eight pagan holidays. • Includes new spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as 80 vegetarian recipes. • Written by practicing witch Cait Johnson, coauthor of Celebrating the Great Mother (12,000 copies sold). The beliefs of Wicca are rooted firmly in the earth--in the gradual circling of her seasons and the bounty and blessings she provides. In Witch in the Kitchen: Magical Cooking for All Seasons, practicing witch Cait Johnson celebrates the sacred in each season with more than 80 soul-satisfying and appetizing recipes. In engaging and inviting prose, the author provides rituals, spells, and meditations for the eight pagan holidays, inspirations for creating a kitchen altar, and ways to prepare for each season. She offers ideas for decorating your kitchen with objects of power and magic--eggs symbolizing fertility in spring, dried orange slices as reminders of the sun in mid-winter--to align our bodies, spirits, and senses to the pace and mood of the Earth's changes. Above all are the recipes for delicious, sensuous salads, soups, main dishes, and desserts made from ingredients in tune with the Earth's seasonal gifts. Serve Stuffed Acorn Squash and Fig-Apple Crumble at a Samhain gathering; celebrate Winter Solstice with Pomander Salad and Savory Yuletide Pie; welcome Imbolc with Sprouted Spring Salad and Magic Isle Pasties; or share the harvest at Lughnasad with Spicy Stir-Fried Greens and Sunny Peach Pie. With its recipes, rituals, and reminders of our ancient connections to the seasons, Witch in the Kitchen invites you to honor yourself and the Earth and delight in the magic that comes from sharing good food with good company.

Author : Alice Faye Duncan
Publisher : Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534461833

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Just Like a Mama by Alice Faye Duncan Pdf

Celebrate the heart connection between adopted children and the forever families who welcome them with kindness, care, and unconditional love in this powerful picture book from the author of Honey Baby Sugar Child. Carol Olivia Clementine lives with Mama Rose. Mama Rose is everything—tender and sweet. She is also as stern and demanding as any good parent should be. In the midst of their happy home, Carol misses her mother and father. She longs to be with them. But until that time comes around, she learns to surrender to the love that is present. Mama Rose becomes her “home.” And Carol Olivia Clementine concludes that she loves Miss Rose, “just like a mama.” This sweet read-aloud is, on the surface, all about the everyday home life a caregiver creates for a young child: she teachers Clementine how to ride a bike, clean her room, tell time. A deeper look reveals the patience, intention, and care little ones receives in the arms of a mother whose blood is not her blood, but whose bond is so deep—and so unconditional—that it creates the most perfect condition for a child to feel safe, successful, and deeply loved.

Author : Benjamin Uriah Critchlow
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781490734828

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Poetry and Social Studies for All by Benjamin Uriah Critchlow Pdf

Collections of Poems relating to Social Studies with Exercises in comprehension after every poem.

Author : Thomas Figueira,Carmen Soares
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351805582

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Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus by Thomas Figueira,Carmen Soares Pdf

Herodotus is the epochal authority who inaugurated the European and Western consciousness of collective identity, whether in an awareness of other societies and of the nature of cultural variation itself or in the fashioning of Greek self-awareness – and necessarily that of later civilizations influenced by the ancient Greeks – which was perpetually in dialogue and tension with other ways of living in groups. In this book, 14 contributors explore ethnicity – the very self-understanding of belonging to a separate body of human beings – and how it evolves and consolidates (or ethnogenesis). This inquiry is focussed through the lens of Herodotus as our earliest master of ethnography, in this instance not only as the stylized portrayal of other societies, but also as an exegesis on how ethnocultural differentiation may affect the lives, and even the very existence, of one’s own people. Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus is one facet of a project that intends to bring Portuguese and English-speaking scholars of antiquity into closer cooperation. It has united a cross-section of North American classicists with a distinguished cohort of Portuguese and Brazilian experts on Greek literature and history writing in English.

Author : Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781453275818

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating Mothers & Daughters by Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen Pdf

This compilation of stories will touch the reader's soul with the funny moments and sentimental times shared by mothers and daughters. Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter's Soul II includes stories about young women leaving home for the first time to attend college, how mothers and daughters at odds with each other learn to forgive and forget, and how one daughter comes to terms with saying goodbye. The relationship a mother and daughter shares is at times difficult, but in the end, it can be one of the most precious.

Author : Jean-Guy A. Goulet,Liam D. Murphy,Anastasia Panagakos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216138228

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Religious Diversity Today by Jean-Guy A. Goulet,Liam D. Murphy,Anastasia Panagakos Pdf

This insightful three-volume set examines faith through the social and cultural perspective of anthropology, sociology, and religious studies, shedding light on the role of religion in the human experience. Why is human suffering and the existence of evil part of the human experience? How does religious doctrine establish one's identity? In what ways does religion interact with and shape the social order? This thought-provoking work ponders these questions and explores the concept of religion from various perspectives: as a tool for self and community-based spiritual awareness, as a set of practices that translates faith into interaction with others, and as a cornerstone of society for those who seek to harness—or hinder—its influence. Written in accessible and inviting language, each volume focuses on a particular dimension of religion. The first book examines religious experience in the modern world and explores suffering in religious faiths, the second volume centers around ritual and pilgrimage, and the last book analyzes the controversial relationship between religion and societies. The content features such thought-provoking topics as death and green burials, sexuality and sex trade, and how and why evil manifests in the human experience.

Author : Trisha Faye
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539420140

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In Celebration of Mothers by Trisha Faye Pdf

A mother listening to her child's heartbeat. A mother soothed as she holds her son's hand. A daughter grateful for the pearls of wisdom from her mother, gracing her neck in an invisible strand long after her mother's life on earth. Memories of special Easter dresses. A mother's purse full of delightful objects. A mother dancing around the kitchen as she shares music with her son while they mop. Shopping trips with mother's that are more than mere chores. The stories here celebrate mothers and the glorious world of motherhood, in all its variations. Mothers celebrating their own children, and children paying tribute to their mothers. Take a peek inside to join the celebration. In Celebration of Mothers, women share stories of gratitude. The contributors write of their thankfulness for their mothers, for what they've learned through the years, for the acts of kindness and sacrifice their mothers exhibited. If the mother has too short of a life, as in Redwood Park, or if she lives a long, full life to over 100 years old, as in One Hundred and Going Strong or My Mom, My Angel, a common trait is shared; a deep, abiding love for mothers and the state of motherhood.

Author : Sarolta A. Takács
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292794436

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Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons by Sarolta A. Takács Pdf

A fascinating exploration of women’s role in Roman religion that facilitates a better understanding of their importance in Rome’s cultural formation. Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere of the state. Although deterred from participating in most aspects of public life, women played an essential role in public religious ceremonies, taking part in rituals designed to ensure the fecundity and success of the agricultural cycle on which Roman society depended. Thus religion is a key area for understanding the contributions of women to Roman society and their importance beyond their homes and families. In this book, Sarolta A. Takács offers a sweeping overview of Roman women’s roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome’s history and culture from the republic through the empire. She begins with the religious calendar and the various festivals in which women played a significant role. She then examines major female deities and cults, including the Sibyl, Mater Magna, Isis, and the Vestal Virgins, to show how conservative Roman society adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history, artistic expressions, and religion. Takács’s discussion of the Bona Dea Festival of 62 BCE and of the Bacchantes, female worshippers of the god Bacchus or Dionysus, reveals how women could also jeopardize Rome’s existence by stepping out of their assigned roles. Takács’s examination of the provincial female flaminate and the Matres/Matronae demonstrates how women served to bind imperial Rome and its provinces into a cohesive society.

Author : Vicki Reece
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781608104765

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The Joy Of Mom by Vicki Reece Pdf

A wonderful gift for any mom, this beautiful little book is filled with inspiring and feel good quotes. Modern quotes, ancient proverbs and beautiful photos create a celebration of the joys and blessings of motherhood that should be on every mom's bookshelf. "I couldn't help thinking as I read through this book what a wonderful gift this would be for a first time mom. All of the awesome things they are going to look forward to are featured in this wonderful little book." — Two Classy Chics

Author : Susan de-Gaia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216166979

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Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions [2 volumes] by Susan de-Gaia Pdf

This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures. Across the span of human history, women have participated in world-building and life-sustaining cultural creativity, making enormous contributions to religion and spirituality. In the contemporary period, women have achieved greater equality, with more educational opportunities, female role models in public life, and opportunities for religious expression than ever before. Contemporaneously with this increased visibility, women are actively and energetically engaging with religion for themselves and for their communities. Drawing on the expertise of a range of scholars, this reference chronicles the religious experiences of women across time and cultures. The book includes sections on major religions as well as on spirituality, African religions, prehistoric religions, and other broad topics. Each section begins with an introduction, followed by reference entries on specialized subjects along with excerpts from primary source documents. The entries provide numerous suggestions for further reading, and the book closes with a detailed bibliography.

Author : Frances Elizabeth Willard,Minerva Brace Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89098855505

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A Great Mother by Frances Elizabeth Willard,Minerva Brace Norton Pdf

Author : Henry John
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798394923005

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Mother's Day by Henry John Pdf

"Mother's Day: A Celebration of Love, Family, and Femininity" is a beautifully written and thought-provoking book that explores the many different facets of motherhood. From the joys and challenges of raising children to the broader social and cultural implications of motherhood, this book offers a comprehensive and engaging look at one of the most important roles in society. At its core, "Mother's Day: A Celebration of Love, Family, and Femininity" is a tribute to the incredible strength and resilience of mothers. Throughout history, mothers have faced countless obstacles and challenges, from poverty and discrimination to war and conflict. Yet, despite these challenges, they have always managed to find a way to provide for and protect their children, often at great personal sacrifice. But this book is more than just a celebration of motherhood; it is also a call to action. It reminds us that there is still much work to be done to support mothers and their families, both in our own communities and around the world. From advocating for policies that support maternal and child health to promoting greater inclusivity and diversity in our celebrations of motherhood, there are many ways that we can work together to make a positive difference in the lives of mothers and their children. Through its compelling stories, insightful analysis, and inspiring call to action, "Mother's Day: A Celebration of Love, Family, and Femininity" offers a powerful reminder of the enduring value and importance of motherhood. Whether you are a mother yourself or simply someone who appreciates the incredible sacrifices and contributions that mothers make every day, this book is sure to leave a lasting impression.