The Heart of the Goddess
Art, Myth and Meditations of the World's Sacred Feminine
by Hallie Inglehart Austen

The Goddess reveals many aspects of herself in this magnificently conceived book. Hallie Inglehart Austen has assembled and organized a major collection of images of the sacred feminine. She writes of the Goddesses with the ease of someone who knows them well, and in introducing them, she provides us with a sketch of the historical, archaeological, mythological, and anthropological context in which they existed or were found. Austen's book does more than provide us with information, it offers the possibility of having a subjective experience. Her inclusion and choice of chants, poetry and ritual invites us to hear words, feel the cadence, respond with feelings and imagination, and thus shift out of the objective realm into a liminal one. Each one of the images in this book is a treasure, a piece of sacred art. Thousands of devotees have stood before each of these works. The potential of this book to initiate and change women and men is its greater potential. To be moved by these images is to be part of what I have long been calling" the last wave of the women's movement",otherwise called "women's spirituality". It is the acceptance of women's experience as sacred, as spiritual, and whatever women do to honor what they know, as ritual.(from the foreword by Jane Shinoda Bolen, M.D.)

Gossips, Gorgons & Crones
The Fates of the Earth
by Jane Caputi

Gossips, Gorgons & Crones is the first comprehensive analysis of nuclear-age culture and the accompanying return of female powers. Based in feminist, pre-patriarchal and Native American philosophies, this book provides a biting critique of patriarchal practices, myths, and values. In a poetic and humorous style Jane Caputi looks at the attitudes language and thought processes that are the foundation of our society and offers the reader a more hopeful look at our future. ds-that of Adam and the fallen Eve.

Songs for Earthlings
A Green Spirituality Songbook
compiled and edited by Julie Forest Middleton

Songs for Earthlings is a wonderful collection of 430 sacred songs, chants, and rounds. This beautiful resource includes words and easy music for each song, many guitar chords and arrangements, poetry, art, mandalas to color, and spaces for your own art and songs. Songs for Earthlings is an incredible collection of songs and chants for every occasion If you like to sing you will treasure and enjoy this book for years.

The Great Cosmic Mother
Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth
by Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mir

This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity's heritage. Now, with a new introduction and full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more clearly that the religion of the Goddess-which is tied to the cycles of women's bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth-was the original religion of all humanity.

Shakti Woman
Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World
The New Female Shamanism
by Vickie Noble

This book is a wonderful primer for understanding women's spirituality. Shakti Woman is a book about female authority, healing ourselves and the healing of the planet. It is a users guide to shamanic healing and empowerment through the process of getting in touch with the deep feminine and the Dark Goddess.
"For women today who seek to regain their lost connection to nature, power, and to their own bodies, Shakti Woman is both guide and inspiration. By sharing her own journey to female shamanism, Vickie Noble opens a door for others to follow. The message here is strong, inspiring, and direct. "-Marija Gimbutas, author of The Language of The Goddess.

When God Was a Woman
by Merlin Stone

Insightful and thought provoking, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the origin of current gender roles and in rediscovering women's power. Here is an invitation to discover a past that has been buried by millennia of Judeo-Christian myth and corresponding social order. Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess. She was revered as the wise creator and the source of universal order, not simply as a fertility symbol as some histories would have us believe. The author describes an ancient conspiracy in which the Goddess was reimagined as a wanton, depraved figure, a characterization confirmed and perpetuated by one of modern culture's best known legends-that of Adam and the fallen Eve.

Spiral Dance
A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess- Rituals-Invocations-Exercises-Magic
by Starhawk

The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess Worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalelled reference on the practice and philosophies of witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind body and spirit. Starhawk's brilliant comprehensive overview of the growth, suppression and modern day reemergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness.

Circle Round
Raising Children in Goddess Traditions
by Starhawk, Diane Baker & Anne Hill

Goddess tradition embraces the Wheel of Life, the never ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the Wheel is represented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions. This wonderful book is a one-of-a-kind resource for people of many faiths and beliefs. Circle Round will be a beloved companion in your home for years to come.

The Yoni
Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
by Rufus Camphausen

This gorgeously illustrated book is about one of the world's oldest and most widespread religions, one that curiosly enough is never mentioned among lists of the so-called major religions. Once great and encompassing, this religion seems now to be a lost creed, one that has been conveniently forgotten because it is a religion that focuses on women and the Goddess, and because it is a religion that incorporates and celebrates sexuality. Yoni is sanskrit word which translates as "womb", "origin",and "source", and more specifically "vulva". This book traces this primal motif from 30,000 years ago in Europe to contemporary representations across the globe today.

Poetry

The Illuminated Rumi
Translations and Commentary
by Coleman Barks
Illuminations by Michael Green

This visually stunning book is a truly groundbreaking collaboration that interweaves word and image: a magnificent meeting of ancient tradition and modern interpretation that uniqueley captures the spiritual wealth of Rumi's teachings. Coleman Barks' wise and witty commentary, together with Michael Green's art, makes this a classic guide to the life of the soul for a whole new generation of seekers.