Given To The Goddess

Author : Lucinda Ramberg
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822376415

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Given to the Goddess by Lucinda Ramberg Pdf

Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to a goddess. Called devadasis, or jogatis, those dedicated become female and male women who conduct the rites of the goddess outside the walls of her main temple and transact in sex outside the bounds of conjugal matrimony. Marriage to the goddess, as well as the rites that the dedication ceremony authorizes jogatis to perform, have long been seen as illegitimate and criminalized. Kinship with the goddess is productive for the families who dedicate their children, Ramberg argues, and yet it cannot conform to modern conceptions of gender, family, or religion. This nonconformity, she suggests, speaks to the limitations of modern categories, as well as to the possibilities of relations—between and among humans and deities—that exceed such categories.

Author : Sophie Bashford
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781788171779

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You Are a Goddess by Sophie Bashford Pdf

Discover the inner Goddess energies that lie within you through nine Goddess archetypes—an empowering guide on finding healing, strength, and transformation, for readers of Warrior Goddess Training The Goddess is guiding your life . . . You know 'the Goddess' as a divine feminine figure of myth, art and faith—but are you aware that, in truth, the Goddess is a life force that lives in you? Did you know that your multi-faceted experiences of life as a woman are influenced by Goddess consciousness? Do you sense that you have a hidden feminine energy that longs to be seen, accepted, valued—and used for a healing purpose? In this highly engaging and stirring book, leading intuitive Sophie Bashford takes you on a journey to meet nine Goddess archetypes, which will help you to: • Understand the many ups and downs, emotions and cycles of your life through the ‘eyes of the Goddess’ • Discover how the Goddesses can ignite your spiritual growth and uncover your feminine healing gifts • Learn how to work with each Goddess for self-healing, positive inner change and empowerment • Get in touch with a divine feminine support and healing system comprising nine archetypes, including Kali, Mary Magdalene, Aphrodite and Isis Sharing intuitively channeled messages, beautiful guided meditations and moving personal experiences, Sophie leads you into safe territories where your darkest inner fears can be healed, your deepest dreams awakened and your entire life transformed.

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Goddess religion
ISBN : 1577662733

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The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present by Carl Olson Pdf

"This comprehensive text, highly acclaimed as the premier sourcebook on goddesses, introduces students of religion to the various manifestations and complex nature of the goddess. Often a stranger to contemporary devotees of monotheistic religions, the goddess forces the recognition of female power, which can transform deeply held beliefs. The recent renewed interest in goddesses and the rise of feminist scholarship are addressed in this well-chosen collection of essays, written by an international group of scholars. The book elucidates the diverse religious cultures and periods of history in which goddesses have played an important role by providing examples of ancient and modern goddesses in Eastern and Western religious traditions, in major world and tribal religions, and in living religions and those no longer practiced."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Trevor Greenfield
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781782799245

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The Goddess in America by Trevor Greenfield Pdf

An anthology with contributions from nineteen writers, The Goddess in America is a book that identifies the enduring experience of Goddess Spirituality through a four-part discussion focused on the Native Goddess, the Migrant Goddess, the Goddess in relation to other aspects of American culture (Feminism, Christianity, Witchcraft etc.) and the Goddess in contemporary America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004216228

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When the Goddess was a Woman by Anonim Pdf

Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mahābhārata, the Rāmāyaṇa, and the south Indian cults of Draupadī and Kūttāṇṭavar along with new articles written especially for this collection, this two volume work offers a comprehensive re-reading of the Indian epic tradition by the foremost scholar in Indian epic studies today.

Author : Sanjay Patel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101657799

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The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel Pdf

Pixar animator and Academy Award–nominated director Sanjay Patel (Sanjay’s Super Team) brings to life Hinduism’s most important gods and goddesses—and one sacred stone—in fun, full-color illustrations, each accompanied by a short, lively profile. The Little Book of Hindu Deities is chock-full of monsters, demons, noble warriors, and divine divas. Find out why Ganesha has an elephant’s head (his father cut his off!); why Kali, the goddess of time, is known as the “Black One” (she’s a bit goth); and what “Hare Krishna” really means. “Throw another ingredient in the American spirituality blender. Pop culture is veering into Hinduism.”—USA Today

Author : Ffiona Morgan
Publisher : Daughters of Moon Pub.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1880130068

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Goddess Spirituality Book by Ffiona Morgan Pdf

Author : Carol P. Christ
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780415921862

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Rebirth of the Goddess by Carol P. Christ Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Rachel S. McCoppin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476648521

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Goddess Lost by Rachel S. McCoppin Pdf

Drawing upon historical, archaeological, and mythical examples from around the world, this book reveals how societal views of female empowerment and authority can be directly traced to the reverence once directed towards female warriors, priestesses, healers, queens, pharaohs, and goddesses. Communities which revered women as sacred idols of their belief systems were far more likely to place women in prominent positions of social or political influence, since their members were quite used to envisioning power in the hands of a strong or divine woman. The book also explores how goddesses were purposefully devalued during the rise of patriarchal civilizations, thus restricting the social importance of earthly women and their accompanying rights. One such instance can be found in Greek mythology's Gaia: once revered as a dominant earth mother, she was replaced by a division of less-powerful figures with more socially acceptable feminine roles, such as Aphrodite, the goddess of love (typically held up as an object of male lust); Hera, the goddess of marriage and childbirth (often portrayed as obsessed with jealousy over the extramarital exploits of her husband); and the mostly silent goddess of the hearth, Hestia. The devaluing of once revered goddesses appeared in quite distinct ways across different cultures; thus, this book breaks down its chapters by global region, including Europe, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, India, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.

Author : William Audsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015011946871

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Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts by William Audsley Pdf

Author : Anne Baring,Jules Cashford
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780141941400

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The Myth of the Goddess by Anne Baring,Jules Cashford Pdf

A comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss.

Author : Ellen Cannon Reed
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0877288801

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The Witch's Qabalah by Ellen Cannon Reed Pdf

Because the classic writings on the Qabala have been expressed primarily in the terminology of the Western Mystery Tradition or in terms of the ceremonial magician, its usefulness as a tool for the Craft has been overlooked. With this book, Ellen Cannon Reed -- a High Priestess of the Isian tradition -- brings the symbolism of the Qabala into a new light so pagans can see its value and use it to enhance the Great Work. Reed explains the Tree of Life -- the primary symbol used to represent the universal energies as "revealed" by the Qabala -- and how its spheres and paths correspond to elements in the pagan tradition. Teachers can use the Qabala to understand the growth of students and their problems, using the Vices and Virtues to recognize stages of growth. Reed also provides exercises, meditations, and encouragement to students who are studying without a teacher. She discusses the Qabala as it appears in everyday life, which spheres of the Tree of Life to use for specific workings, and details two rituals using the Tree: a Dedication to the Journey, and the Rite of mending Love. Reed's command of the material allows teachers and students alike to gain powerful insight into their own search for spirituality. First published in 1983 as Witches Qabala Book 1: The Goddess and the Tree, this revised and updated edition is enhanced with Reed's thirteen additional years of experience.

Author : Tamora Pierce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442427648

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In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce Pdf

Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.

Author : Mahesh Sharma
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781468954784

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The Hindu Goddesses by Mahesh Sharma Pdf

Hindu’s ancient religious texts that have been guiding the society for ages towards the development of a better society. Hindu religious texts make one aware of one’s duties and of the principles of Dharma or righteous behaviour. As the original texts are too voluminous, we have presented their essence in the question and answer form, which not only enrich the mind with the knowledge of Hinduism but also enlighten the reader on the philosophical concepts of Hinduism.

Author : William Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Hindu literature, Sanskrit
ISBN : UCBK:C005365024

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Account of the Writings, Religion, and Manners, of the Hindoos by William Ward Pdf