Practicing the Presence of the Goddess Everyday Rituals to Transform Your World

by Ardinger, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781577311737
• ISBN10: 1577311736
• Format: Board Book
• Copyright: 2000-09-08
• Publisher: New World Library

Summary

A spiritual guide for readers of all faiths with meditations and personal rituals to help women honor the feminine spirit. Illustrations.

Table of Contents

Candle. Circle. Magic	x
Foreword	xi
Burleigh Muten
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Still Looking for an Equal-Opportunity Religion	xiv
PART 1 OUR MANY-SPLENDORED GODDESS	1	(30)
Three Goddesses of Transformation	1	(9)
Serenissima, Goddess of Taking Care of Yourself	2	(1)
Bringing Serenissima into Your Life	2	(3)
Theadonna, Goddess of Gratitude	5	(3)
Sancta Chrona, Goddess of Living in the Now	8	(2)
Our Many-Splendored Goddess	10	(21)
The Goddess of the Spheres	11	(1)
The First Sphere: The Goddess of the Cosmos and Ancient Days	12	(3)
A Ritual to Celebrate the Goddess of the Cosmos	15	(1)
The Second Sphere: The Triple Goddess	16	(5)
The Third Sphere: Mother Earth	21	(4)
The Innermost Sphere: The Dark Goddess	25	(2)
Beneath the Spheres: The Quantum Goddess	27	(1)
A Ritual to Celebrate the Goddess in Women	27	(4)
PART 2 A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY	31	(16)
Witches and Pagans and Druids	31	(16)
``I Am a Witch''	33	(2)
High-Church and Low-Church Witchery and the Goddess Stream	35	(2)
Covens and Circles	37	(2)
Green Spring Circle, a Fictitious Coven	39	(2)
Leadership and Hierarchy	41	(2)
Coming Home to the Goddess	43	(1)
A Ritual for the Path of My Faith	44	(3)
PART 3 PRACTICING HER PRESENCE TODAY	47	(46)
Worship	47	(1)
Re-creating the Sacred Dimension	48	(10)
Deep Thought	50	(1)
A Ritual of Thoughtfulness	50	(1)
Good Works	51	(1)
A Ritual of Good Work	52	(1)
Experiential Play	53	(1)
A Ritual to Manipulate Reality	54	(1)
Devotion	55	(1)
A Ritual of Devotion	55	(3)
Practicing Her Presence Every Day	58	(6)
A Ritual of Creativity	64	(6)
Craftella	68	(2)
Traditions	70	(23)
Ritual Practice	71	(3)
An Eclectic Full Moon Ritual	74	(6)
Creating Ritual	80	(9)
Purification	80	(1)
Casting the Circle	81	(2)
Stating the Intention	83	(1)
Raising Energy	84	(2)
Trance Work	86	(1)
Grounding Energy	87	(1)
Opening the Circle	88	(1)
Unencumbered Ritual	89	(4)
PART 4 TRANSFORMING YOUR WORLD	93	(41)
Magic	93	(6)
A Ritual of Personal Power	98	(1)
Our Altar--The Earth in Miniature	99	(3)
The Four Elements	102	(8)
Elemental Fire	103	(1)
Elemental Water	103	(1)
Elemental Air	104	(1)
Elemental Earth	104	(2)
Directions of the Elements	106	(2)
Altar Etiquettes	108	(1)
Portable Altars	109	(1)
Magical Tools	110	(8)
Sword	111	(1)
Wand	112	(1)
Cup	112	(1)
Pentacle	112	(1)
Candles	113	(1)
Making Your Own Tools	114	(1)
Ritual Dress	114	(1)
Creating an Invocation	115	(3)
How to Talk to a Deity	118	(6)
The Blessed Bees	123	(1)
Three Rituals of Blessing	124	(10)
A Self-Blessing	124	(4)
A Blessing for Our Foremothers	128	(2)
A Blessing for Our Children	130	(4)
Appendix A: Revisionist History	134	(3)
Appendix B: Goddess 101 Basic Library	137	(2)
Acknowledgments	139	(2)
About the Author	141