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Copyright © 2000 by Barbara Ardinger

Front cover design by Kathy Warinner

Text design and typography by Mary Ann Casler

Illustrations by Kathy Warinner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ardinger, Barbara, 1941–

Practicing the presence of the goddess / by Barbara Ardinger.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-57731-173-6 (alk. paper)

1. Goddess religion. I. Title.

BL473.5 .A73 2000
291.1’4—dc21	00-055893

First Printing, September 2000

ISBN 1-57731-173-6

Printed in Canada on acid-free paper

Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West

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