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Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
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Lilith Dorsey · 240 pages
Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints
Denise Alvarado · 242 pages
A magical mystery tour of the extraordinary historical characters that have defined the unique spiritual landscape of New Orleans. New Orleans has long been America’s most magical city, inhabited by a fascinating visible and invisible world, full of mysteries, known for its decadence and haunted by its spirits. If Salem, Massachusetts, is famous for its persecution of witches, New Orleans is celeb
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Maya Deren · 350 pages
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Wade Davis · 304 pages
A Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic.
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Zora Neale Hurston · 301 pages
As a first-hand account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo, Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of cer
The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women
Sherry Ruth Anderson, Patricia Hopkins · 253 pages
Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine
Jean Shinoda Bolen · 320 pages
Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen's magnificent spiritual autobiography is the story of a call to adventure, the mystery of the feminine, and the extraordinary pilgrimage that marked her midlife passage. Bolen frames her search for meaning at midlife as a quest for the mysterious lost Grail of the Arthurian legend. For Bolen, the Grail represents the elusive object of a lifelong search for what is missing fr
Warrior Queen: Answering the Call of The Morrigan
Trista Hendren · 251 pages
Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex & Politics
Starhawk · 242 pages
Discusses how the ancient religion of the Goddess offers a transforming power that could heal the spiritual and political split between individual and society.
The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth
Monica Sjoo, Barbara Mor · 501 pages
Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine
Joseph Campbell · 304 pages
"Previously uncollected lectures and writings that trace the evolution of the Goddess, from Neolithic Old Europe to the Renaissance, and interpret classical motifs. Offers insight into self-actualization for women. Edited and introduced by the executive director of the Opus Archives and Research Center"--Provided by publisher.
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
Sue Monk Kidd · 245 pages
"Sue Monk was a 'conventionally religious, churchgoing woman, a traditional wife and mother' with a thriving career as a Christian writer until she began to question her role as a woman in her culture, her family, and her church. From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore to monastery retreats and rituals in the caves of Crete, Kidd takes readers through the fear, anger, healing,
The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
Riane Eisler · 261 pages
"In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--Library journal (6/1/85).
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Ayaan Hirsi Ali · 288 pages
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge · 224 pages
Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to" be" the Beauty of the story. And yet―how many women do you know who ever find that life? Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, striving to be the women they "ought
Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul
Clarissa Pinkola Estes · 383 pages
The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories from an American Faith
Joanna Brooks · 209 pages
Story about leaving behind the innocence of childhood belief and embracing the complications and heartbreaks that come to every adult life of faith. Explores the author's journey through her faith, and the experience of being a Mormon.
A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam
Wafa Sultan · 256 pages
The respected psychiatrist describes her witness to the consequences of radical Islam, in a cautionary examination of the practice's beliefs and its prejudice against women.
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement
Kathryn Joyce · 258 pages
Provides an intimate view of the patriarchy movement. They believe the "biblical" woman wears modest, feminine dress and avoids not only sex but also dating before marriage. She doesn't speak in church, or try to have authority over men. She is a submissive wife who bolsters her husband in his role as spiritual and earthly leader of the family.
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
Asma Barlas · 254 pages