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Preface: The Power of Bear: Reflections on a Path of Our Own | p. xiii |
Introduction: We are All Relations: the Household of God is Big Enough for All | p. 1 |
A Spiritual Pilgrimage: the Renewal of Faith | p. 13 |
Modern Miracles | p. 20 |
The Mystery of Not Knowing | p. 37 |
Trains to Glory: Religion and Spirituality | p. 44 |
Religious Dropouts | p. 46 |
Anger as a First Step to Healing | p. 56 |
Partners in Religion and Spirituality | p. 62 |
From Religious Anger to Spiritual Experience | p. 63 |
Intuition and Reason: Jacob's Ladder and Sarah's Circle | p. 69 |
Jacob's Ladder | p. 70 |
The Dark Nights of Soul Making | p. 72 |
Trusting the Intuition | p. 76 |
Sarah's Circle | p. 78 |
A Brain of Our Own for a Path of Our Own | p. 84 |
Women's Wisdom: The Intuition Network | p. 88 |
Women's Relationality: Wired for Empathy | p. 94 |
Naming the Mystery: Father, Mother, or Other? | p. 100 |
The Likeness of the Divine | p. 103 |
God the Father | p. 106 |
Embracing the Patriarchy on Our Own Terms | p. 109 |
God the Mother | p. 115 |
Healing Ourselves and Our Image of God | p. 122 |
God as Mother/Father | p. 126 |
Developing a Relationship to God: Friendship and Intimacy, Sensuality and Sex | p. 130 |
The Anam Cara: Soul Friends | p. 134 |
Holy, Passionate Sex | p. 141 |
Women as Lovers | p. 149 |
God as Beloved | p. 151 |
Sensuality, Not Transcendence | p. 156 |
Spiritual Identity and Healing: the Heroine's Journey | p. 160 |
Healing the Woman's Self-Identity | p. 167 |
Authenticity and Wholeness | p. 170 |
The Descent of Inanna: The Secret of Love's True Power | p. 174 |
Susan's Healing: The Arts of Truth and Lovemaking | p. 183 |
The Spiritual Self | p. 188 |
Voices of Our Ancestors: Reclaiming Women's Religious Stories | p. 191 |
Of Lilith and Eve: The First Storytellers | p. 195 |
Taking Lilith Personally | p. 198 |
The Primordial Battle of the Sexes | p. 200 |
Taking Eve and the Snake Personally | p. 203 |
Mary Magdalene: The Most Beloved Disciple | p. 208 |
Jesus and Mary Magdalene: A Heretical Love Story | p. 215 |
Jesus and Mary: Partners in the Hieros Gamos | p. 218 |
Ritual and Prayer: Gathering in Spiritual Community | p. 227 |
Women's Spiritual Groups | p. 229 |
Altars in the Street | p. 233 |
The Science of Ritual, Intention, and Prayer | p. 238 |
The Four Types of Women's Ritual | p. 243 |
Earth Cycles, Seasons, and Holidays | p. 246 |
Rituals Marking Life-Cycle Passages | p. 251 |
Healing Rituals | p. 253 |
Daily Life: Doing and Being | p. 259 |
White Buffalo Calf Woman | p. 261 |
Balancing Male and Female Aspects in the Workplace | p. 263 |
Being True to Ourselves in a Man's World | p. 268 |
Taking Care of Ourselves | p. 272 |
The Synergy of Doing and Being | p. 276 |
Being in the Natural World | p. 279 |
Surrendering with Humor | p. 281 |
Peace of Mind Is the Journey and the Destination | p. 284 |
The Healing of the World: and Strangers Shall Be as Friends | p. 288 |
Endnotes | p. 297 |
Acknowledgments | p. 309 |
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