Myth - Theaology

Goddesses

ANCIENT MIRRORS OF WOMANHOOD: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World, 1979, Merlin Stone. A fine selection of important Goddess legends, artfully presented.

THE NEW BOOK OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES1981; revised 1997, Patricia Monaghan. You can find any goddess from any pantheon here.

THE BOOK OF LILITH, 1987, Barbara Black Koltuv. History of the Dark Goddess as She relates to women and the anima.

THE CRONE: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power, 1985, Barbara G. Walker. A probing account of the honored place of older women in ancient matriarchal societies restores to contemporary women an energizing symbol of self-value, power, and respect.

THE EYE GODDESS, 1991, O.G.S. Crawford. Tracing the spread of an ancient Goddess cult through its iconography.

GODDESS: MOTHER OF LIVING NATURE, 1990, Adele Getty. Profusely illustrated coffee-table book of Goddess imagery.

THE GODDESS WITHIN: A Guide to the Eternal Myths that Shape Women's Lives, 1971, Jennifer & Roger Wooleer. Gestalt and Jungian psychologists Jennifer and Roger Woolger have written a fascinating guide to the goddess qualities that live within us all. Learn how to navigate the turning points in your life by understanding which goddess type is coming to the fore. Wonderfully affirming, profound in its implications, THE GODDESS WITHIN helps restore the feminine to its rightful place in the modern consciousness and offers every woman the unique opportunity to learn more about her own power to transform herself.

GRACE AND MERCY IN HER WILD HAIR, 1982, Ramprasada Sena. 18th century Bengali poet addressing Mother Goddess as Shakti and Kali.

THE GREAT MOTHER, 1963, Erich Neumann. Voluminous investigation of the archetype, with substantial photo section.

THE HEART OF THE GODDESS: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World's Sacred Feminine,1990, Hallie Iglehart Austen. Brief, well-told myths of the Goddess in all her aspects from around the world. Profusely-illustrated coffee table book.

THE HEBREW GODDESS, 1990, Raphael Patai. Essential work on Middle Eastern Goddesses: Ashera, Shekhinah, etc.

IN ALL HER NAMES: EXPLORATIONS OF THE FEMININE IN DIVINITY, 1991, Joseph Campbell & Charles Muses, eds. Brilliant essays on the Goddess by Joseph Campbell, Charles Muses, Marija Gimbutas & Riane Eisler.

INANNA, QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, 1983, Diane Wolkstein, Joseph Noel Kramer. Mytho-poetic, readable reconsuuction of most ancient Sumerian scriptures of the Goddess that still speak to us today. Beautiful poetry, good scholarship.

LADY of THE BEASTS: The Goddess and Her Sacred Animals, 1981, Buffle Johnson. Ancient images of the Goddess and Her sacred animals.

MYSTERIES OF THE DARK MOON: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess, l992, Demetra George.

THE MYTH OF THE GODDESS: Evolution of an Image, 1991, Jules Cashford & Anne Baring.

PELE, GODDESS OF HAWAII'S VOLCANOES, 1987, Herb Kawainui Kane. Beautifully-illustrated myths of the Volcano Goddess.

THE WITCHES' GODDESS: THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINITY, 1987, Janet & Stewart Farrar. Overview of Goddess from ancient Near East, Western Europe, Celtic and Meditetrranean, with rituals to invoke each one, and a list of Goddesses of the world.

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