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9781573228350

A Woman's Journey to God

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    9781573228350

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    1573228354

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-01
  • Publisher: Riverhead Trade

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Summary

More and more modern women are abandoning the religious beliefs they were raised with to search for a more authentic--and feminine--spiritual path. Now the author of "A Woman's Book of Life" shows contemporary women how their spiritual discontent can pave the way to a deeper, more meaningful faith.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Power of Bear: Reflections on a Path of Our Ownp. xiii
Introduction: We are All Relations: the Household of God is Big Enough for Allp. 1
A Spiritual Pilgrimage: the Renewal of Faithp. 13
Modern Miraclesp. 20
The Mystery of Not Knowingp. 37
Trains to Glory: Religion and Spiritualityp. 44
Religious Dropoutsp. 46
Anger as a First Step to Healingp. 56
Partners in Religion and Spiritualityp. 62
From Religious Anger to Spiritual Experiencep. 63
Intuition and Reason: Jacob's Ladder and Sarah's Circlep. 69
Jacob's Ladderp. 70
The Dark Nights of Soul Makingp. 72
Trusting the Intuitionp. 76
Sarah's Circlep. 78
A Brain of Our Own for a Path of Our Ownp. 84
Women's Wisdom: The Intuition Networkp. 88
Women's Relationality: Wired for Empathyp. 94
Naming the Mystery: Father, Mother, or Other?p. 100
The Likeness of the Divinep. 103
God the Fatherp. 106
Embracing the Patriarchy on Our Own Termsp. 109
God the Motherp. 115
Healing Ourselves and Our Image of Godp. 122
God as Mother/Fatherp. 126
Developing a Relationship to God: Friendship and Intimacy, Sensuality and Sexp. 130
The Anam Cara: Soul Friendsp. 134
Holy, Passionate Sexp. 141
Women as Loversp. 149
God as Belovedp. 151
Sensuality, Not Transcendencep. 156
Spiritual Identity and Healing: the Heroine's Journeyp. 160
Healing the Woman's Self-Identityp. 167
Authenticity and Wholenessp. 170
The Descent of Inanna: The Secret of Love's True Powerp. 174
Susan's Healing: The Arts of Truth and Lovemakingp. 183
The Spiritual Selfp. 188
Voices of Our Ancestors: Reclaiming Women's Religious Storiesp. 191
Of Lilith and Eve: The First Storytellersp. 195
Taking Lilith Personallyp. 198
The Primordial Battle of the Sexesp. 200
Taking Eve and the Snake Personallyp. 203
Mary Magdalene: The Most Beloved Disciplep. 208
Jesus and Mary Magdalene: A Heretical Love Storyp. 215
Jesus and Mary: Partners in the Hieros Gamosp. 218
Ritual and Prayer: Gathering in Spiritual Communityp. 227
Women's Spiritual Groupsp. 229
Altars in the Streetp. 233
The Science of Ritual, Intention, and Prayerp. 238
The Four Types of Women's Ritualp. 243
Earth Cycles, Seasons, and Holidaysp. 246
Rituals Marking Life-Cycle Passagesp. 251
Healing Ritualsp. 253
Daily Life: Doing and Beingp. 259
White Buffalo Calf Womanp. 261
Balancing Male and Female Aspects in the Workplacep. 263
Being True to Ourselves in a Man's Worldp. 268
Taking Care of Ourselvesp. 272
The Synergy of Doing and Beingp. 276
Being in the Natural Worldp. 279
Surrendering with Humorp. 281
Peace of Mind Is the Journey and the Destinationp. 284
The Healing of the World: and Strangers Shall Be as Friendsp. 288
Endnotesp. 297
Acknowledgmentsp. 309
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