FIRE HAZARDS
1.Allan Ross Macaougall, Isadora: Revolutionary in Art and Love. (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960) 217.
2.Ibid. 217.
3.Ibid. 216.
4.Ibid. 218.
PART ONE: B.M. (BEFORE MARION)
1.Conrad Aiken, The Charnel Rose, Senlin: A Biography And Other Poems. (Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1918) 131–132.
CHAPTER 1: DIVINE WILD CHILD
Opening quote: James Hillman, The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling. (New York: Random House, 1996) 13.
1.Thomas Merton, “In Silence,” The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. (New York: New Directions, 1977) 281.
2.This quote is commonly attributed to Gaston Bachelard. Its source is unknown.
3.Colin Oliver, Stepping into Brilliant Air. (Head Exchange, 1996).
CHAPTER 2: MYSTICAL MISFITS
Opening quote: Jack Kerouac, On The Road. (New York: Penguin, 1976) 5.
1.Rumi, “Keep walking,” The Essential Rumi. trans. Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholas (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995) 278.
2.Carl Jung, quoted by Matthew Fox in Christian Mystics. (Novato, CA: New Dimensions, 2011) 3.
3.Teresa of Avila, “Not Yet Tickled,” Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 277.
4.Rumi, “Like This,” The Essential Rumi. trans. Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholas (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995) 135–136.
5.Ibid. “Burnt Kabob,” 7.
6.Ibid. “The Sunrise Ruby,” 100.
7.Coleman Barks, Rumi, The Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love & Friendship. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2010) 7.
8.Rumi, “I Have Such A Teacher,” The Essential Rumi. trans. Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholas (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995) 133.
9.Stephen Berg, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu 15th Century Zen Master. (Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1989) 13.
10.Ikkyü, Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu. trans. Jon Stevens (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2003) 30.
11.Ikkyü, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu 15th Century Zen Master. trans. Stephen Berg (Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1989) 64.
12.Ikkyü, Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter. trans. Lucian Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto (New York: Grove/Atlantic, 1995) 31.
13.Carol Lee Flinders, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) 104.
14.Frank J. Tobin, Flowing Light of the Godhead. (New Jersey, Paulist Press, 1998) 43.
15.Catherine of Genoa, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. Carol Lee Flinders (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) xxii.
16.Carol Lee Flinders, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) 44.
17.Ibid.
18.Ibid.
19.Rabi’a, Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 2.
20.Ibid. “The Way The Forest Shelters,” 14.
21.Teresa of Avila, Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 281.
22.Audre Lorde “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power” 1989. This essay was originally delivered as a speech in 1978 at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Mount Holyoke College.
23.Carol Lee Flinders, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) 132.
24.Catherine of Genoa, Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa. trans. Mrs. George Ripley (New York: Christian Press Association, 1986) 94.
25.Rumi, “With Passion,” Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 61.
26.Lalla, hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3255.
27.Lalla, Naked Song. trans. Coleman Barks (Atlanta: Maypop Books, 1992) 17.
28.Rabi’a, “In My Soul,” Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 11.
29.Nicholas Schmidle, “Faith and Ecstasy” Smithsonian Magazine (Volume 39, #9, December 2008) 37, 38.
30.Jack Kerouac, Selected Letters 1957–1969. (New York: Penguin, 2000) 7.
31.Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle. trans. E. Allison Peers (Wilder Publications, 2008) 44.
32.Nicholas Schmidle, “Faith and Ecstasy” Smithsonian Magazine (Volume 39, #9, December 2008) 40.
33.Ibid. 47.
34.Matthew Fox, Christian Mystics. (Novato, CA: New Dimensions, 2011) 3.
35.Rabi’a, “A Lover Who Wants His Lovers Near,” Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 26.
36.Teresa of Avila, “He Desired Me So I Came Close,” Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. trans. Daniel Ladinsky (New York: Penguin Compass, 2002) 274.
CHAPTER 3: TRUMPED BY THE TREE OF LIFE
Opening quote: Kahil Gibran, The Beloved: Reflections On The Path Of The Heart. trans. John Walbridge (New York: Penguin Compass, 1997) 66.
CHAPTER 4: THE GODDESS IS IN DA HOUSE!
Opening quote: Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. (New York: Fireside, 1997) 57–58.
1.Thomas Coburn, Encountering The Goddess: A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and A Study of Its Interpretation. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991) 48.
2.Ibid. 53–54, 77–78.
3.David Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988) 138.
4.Thomas Coburn, Encountering The Goddess: A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and A Study of Its Interpretation. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991) 77–78.
5.David Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988) 124.
6.John Koller, The Indian Way. (Pearson, 1982) 237.
7.David Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988) 130.
8.Lex Hixon, Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and Tantric Hymns of Enlightenment. (Quest, 1994) 10.
9.David Frawley, “Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddess Kali” in Tantra magazine (Issue 9, 1994).
Opening quote: Oscar Wilde, The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1898) 124.
1.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 120.
2.Elaine Pagels, Adam Eve and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity. (New York: Vintage, 1989) 65.
3.Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels. (New York: Vintage, 1989) xix.
4.Jesus, Book of Thomas.
5.Elaine Pagels, Adam Eve and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity. (New York: Vintage, 1989) 60.
6.Ibid. 60.
CHAPTER 6: MY HIGHER EDUCATION
Opening quote: Eden Phillpotts, A Shadow Passes. (New York: Macmillan, 1919) 17.
CHAPTER 7: CAUGHT RED HANDED
Opening quote: The Red Lady.
1.Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. (New York: Fireside, 1997) 290.
CHAPTER 8: THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT OF DIVINITY
Opening quote: Rainer Maria Rilke, Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke. trans. Stephen Mitchell (New York: Modern Library, 1995) 97.
1.Marion Woodman, foreword to Nancy Qualls-Corbett, The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. (Toronto: Inner City, 1988) 7.
2.Daniel Odier, Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love. trans. Jody Gladding. (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1996) 45.
3.Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power,” 1989. This essay was originally delivered as a speech in 1978 at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Mount Holyoke College.
4.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 17.
5.Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. (New York: Fireside, 1997) 301.
6.Ibid. 178.
7.Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All. (New York: Bantam, 1995) 96.
8.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 56.
9.Ibid. 52.
10.Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. (New York: Fireside, 1997) 18.
11.Marion Woodman, foreword to Nancy Qualls-Corbett, The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. (Toronto: Inner City, 1988) 9.
12.Nancy Qualls-Corbett, The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine. (Toronto: Inner City, 1988) 119.
13.Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power” 1989. This essay was originally delivered as a speech in 1978 at the Fourth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Mount Holyoke College.
14.Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen, (Rhinebeck: Monkfish, 2007) 342.
CHAPTER 9: THE SACRED SORORITY
Opening quote: Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 71.
1.Elaine Pagels, Adam Eve and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity. (New York: Vintage, 1989) 63.
2.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 72.
3.Elaine Pagels, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity. (New York: Vintage, 1989) 68.
4.Ibid. 66.
5.Ibid. 67.
6.Ibid. 67–68.
7.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 18.
8.Barbara Black Koltuv, The Book of Lilith. (Berwick, Maine: Nicolas-Hays, 1986) 22.
9.Bible, Revelations XVII: 4.
10.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 17.
11.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 9.
12.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 123.
13.Ibid. 48.
14.Ibid. 178.
15.Jack Parsons, The Book of Babalon. Liber 49. (1946) hermetic.com/wisdom/lib49.html
16.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 22.
17.Margaret Starbird, The Woman with the Alabaster Jar. (Rochester, VT: Bear and Company, 1993) 123.
18.Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen, (Rhinebeck: Monkfish, 2007) 241.
19.Margaret Starbird, Mary Magdalene, Bride in Exile. (Rochester, VT: Bear and Company, 2005) 5.
20.Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickinson, Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997) 8.
21.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 137.
22.The Thunder: Perfect Mind. trans. Jared Callaway, Maia Kotrosits, Justin Lasser, Celene Lillie, Hal Taussig (Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillon, 2010) 84, 107, 3.
23.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 72–73.
PART TWO: A.M. (AFTER MARION)
C. G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus. ed. Sonu Shamdasani (New York: W.W. Norton, 2009) 232–233.
CHAPTER 10: ROUGE AWAKENING
Opening quote: Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 17, 19.
1.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 71–72, 51, 20.
2.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 20.
3.C. G. Jung Psychology and Alchemy: Collected Works of C. G. Jung. trans. Gerhard Adler and R. F.C. Hull (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980) 99.
4.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 18–19.
5.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 27.
6.James Hillman, “The Soul of the Matter,” an interview with Wes Nisker. Inquiring Mind 1. No. 2 (1995).
7.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 140.
8.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 18.
9.Mariana Caplan, Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path. (Boulder: Sounds True, 2009) 115.
10.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 19.
CHAPTER 11: RED NIGHT OF THE SOUL
Opening quote: C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. (New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1980) 50.
1.Sue Woodruff, Meditations with Mechthild of Magdeburg. (Rochester, VT: Bear and Company, 1982) 69.
2.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 28.
3.St. John of the Cross, quoted in John James, Notes to Transformation: A Guide Book for the Inner Journey to the Self. (Sussex, West Grinstead, 1994) 63.
4.Robert Augustus Masters, Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters. (Berkeley: North Atlantic, 2010) 32.
5.Ibid. 5.
6.David Deida, Wild Nights. (Boulder: Sounds True, 2005) 12.
7.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 15.
8.C. G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus. ed. Sonu Shamdasani (New York: W.W. Norton, 2009) 29.
9.Robert Augustus Masters, Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters. (Berkeley: North Atlantic, 2010) 43.
10.Ibid. 44.
11.Mariana Caplan, Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path. (Boulder: Sounds True, 2009) 253.
12.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 99.
13.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 63.
CHAPTER 12: BLAST OFF
Opening quote: Ursula K. Le Guin, Wizard of Earthsea. (Boston: Graphia, 2012) 51.
CHAPTER 13: RED ALERT
Opening quote: Vina Von S., “The Dark Goddess” thetruthvixen.wordpress.com.
1.Mariana Caplan, Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path. (Boulder: Sounds True, 2009) 6.
2.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 47.
3.Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. (New York: Fireside, 1997) 327.
4.Marion Woodman, Leaving My Father’s House: A Journey to Conscious Femininity with Kate Danson, Mary Hamilton, Rita Greer Allen (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1993) 31.
5.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 19.
6.Carly Stasko, “Imagitate the State: agitate your imagination.” intrinsik.net
Opening quote: David Whyte, “Sweet Darkness,” The House of Belonging. (Langley, WA: Many Rivers Press, 1997) 23.
1.Anthony De Mello, Awareness: The Way to Love. ed. J. Francis Stroud, S.J. (New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1990) 141.
2.David Whyte, “Sweet Darkness,” The House of Belonging (Langley, WA: Many Rivers Press, 1997) 23.
3.Caroline Myss, Entering the Castle: Finding The Inner Path To God And Your Soul’s Purpose. (New York: Free Press, 2007) 85.
4.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 19–20.
5.Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (London: Penguin, 1969) 90.
6.C. G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus. ed. Sonu Shamdasani (New York: W.W. Norton, 2009) 234.
7.Caroline Myss, Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul’s Purpose. (New York: Free Press, 2007) 66.
8.Ibid. 264.
CHAPTER 15: SHADOW PUPPETS
Opening quote: My Shadow.
1.Sidra Stone, The Shadow King: The Invisible Force That Holds Women Back. (Lincoln, NE: An Author’s Guild Backprint Edition, 1997) 18.
2.Robert Augustus Masters, Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters. (Berkeley: North Atlantic, 2010) 44.
3.Ibid. 45.
4.Robert Rabbin, Speak Truthfully: Speak Your Way to An Authentic Life with Awareness, Courage and Confidence. (Real Time Speaking, 2011) 1.
5.Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen. (Rhinebeck: Monkfish, 2007) 170.
6.Betsy Priloleau, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love. (New York: Penguin, 2003) xii.
7.Ibid. xiii.
8.Ibid.
9.Ibid.
10.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 24
CHAPTER 16: GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
Opening quote: Gnostic Mass. gnosis.org/ecclesia/lect149.htm
1.Commonly attributed to Emily Dickinson. The source is unknown.
2.Teri Degler, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity And Your Yearning To Express Yourself. (Flourtown, PA: Dreamriver Press, 2009) 202.
3.Ibid. 76–77.
4.Hildegard Von Bingen, quoted in Elizabeth A. Dreyer, “Sequence for the Holy Spirit” Holy Power Holy Presence: Redicovering Medieval Metaphors for the Holy Spirit. (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2007) 81–82.
5.Teri Degler, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity And Your Yearning To Express Yourself. (Flourtown, PA: Dreamriver Press, 2009) 150.
6.Eve Ensler, TED Talk India Conference. November, 2009.
7.Louann Brizendine, The Female Brain. (New York: Broadway Books, 2007) 1.
8.Teri Degler, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity And Your Yearning To Express Yourself. (Flourtown, PA: Dreamriver Press, 2009) 51.
9.Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. (New York: Balantine, 1992) Jacket cover.
10.Marion Woodman and Jill Mellick, Coming Home to Myself: Daily Reflections for a Woman’s Body and Soul. (Boston: Conari Press, 2000) 65.
CHAPTER 16½: ROSES ARE RED
Opening quote: Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume. (New York: Bantam, 1990) 281.
1.Barbara G. Walker, The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 1983) 866.
CHAPTER 17: THE RED BLOCK
Opening quote: Theodore Roszak, Where the Wasteland Ends (New York, Bantam, 1973).
1.Sue Monk Kidd, Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from the Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2006) 91.
2.Barbara Marx Hubbard, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence. (San Francisco: Hampton Roads, 2001) 88, 45, 90.
3.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 26.
4.Commonly attributed to Howard Thurman. The source is unknown.
CHAPTER 18: THE RED PRINCESS
Opening quote: Brian Andreas, storypeople.com
1.Margaret Starbird, Mary Magdalene, Bride in Exile. (Rochester, Vermont: Bear and Company, 2005) 102.
2.Ibid. 103.
3.Jacob Needleman, foreword to Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. trans. Joseph Rowe (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002) vi.
4.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala, 2010) 126.
5.Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Rhymes and Legends. trans., ed. Stanley Applebaum (Mineola, New York: Dover, 2006) 29.
6.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 127.
7.Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. trans. Joseph Rowe (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002) 11.
8.Laurie Goodstein, “A Faded Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus’ Wife” The New York Times (September 8, 2012).
9.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 145.
10.Peter Grey, The Red Goddess. (London: Scarlet Imprint, 2008) 72–73.
11.The Gospel According to Thomas. Bentley Layton ed., Nag Hammadi Codex (Leidan: Brill, 1989) #105.
12.Claire Nahmad and Margaret Bailey, The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene. (London: Watkins, 2006) 95.
13.Ibid. 73.
14.Ibid. 73.
15.Tau Malachi, St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition Of The Holy Bride. (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 2006) 37–38.
16.Claire Nahmad and Margaret Bailey, The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene. (London: Watkins, 2006) 156.
17.Tau Malachi, The Secret Gospel of St. Mary Magdalene found in St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition Of The Holy Bride. (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 2006) 147.
18.Hafez, “The Lost Daughter” The Angels Knocking On The Tavern Door. trans. Robert Bly and Leonard Lewisohn (New York: HarperCollins, 2008) 17.
19.Tau Malachi, The Secret Gospel of St. Mary Magdalene found in St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition Of The Holy Bride. (Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 2006) 137.
20.Ibid. 147.
21.James Hillman, The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling. (New York: Random House, 1996) 8.
22.Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. trans. Joseph Rowe (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2002) 14.
23.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 166.
24.Ibid. 58.
25.Ibid. 61.
26.Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. trans. Joseph Rowe (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002) 13.
27.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala, 2010) 61.
28.Jean-Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. trans. Joseph Rowe (Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002) 153.
29.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala, 2010) 54.
30.Ibid. 205.
CHAPTER 19: DRAGON FIRE
Opening quote: Maria Rainer Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet. trans. Reginald Snell (originally published London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1945).
1.Noella Evans quoted in Garret Pierson, What Success Takes. (New Generation Consulting, 2009).
2.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 210.
3.Carol Lee Flinders, Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) 79.
4.Ibid. 46.
5.Teresa of Avila quoted in Fr. Kieran Kavanaugh, The Way of Perfection. (Washington, DC: Institute of Carmelite Studies, 2000) 222.
6.Teri Degler, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity And Your Yearning To Express Yourself. (Flourtown, PA: Dreamriver Press, 2009) 233.
7.Mechthild of Magdeburg, Flowing Light of the Godhead Book II, 26. (Martino Fine Books, 2012) 95.
8.Joseph Campell with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth. (New York: Anchor, 1991) 184.
9.Caroline Myss, keynote speech for Hay House Cruise. 2011.
10.Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker. (New York: Bantam, 2003) 93.
CHAPTER 20: A RUBY IN THE HEART GRANITE
Opening quote: Rumi, quoted in Andrew Harvey, The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi. (Berkeley: Frog, Ltd., 1994) 51.
1.William Stafford, “There’s A Thread You Follow,” The Way It Is. (Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf, 1999) 42.
2.Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991) 32.
3.Ibid. 46.
4.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 97.
5.Cempulappeyanirar, The Interior Landscapr: Love Poems of a Classical Tamil Anthology. trans. A. K. Ramanujan (New York: Oxford University Press USA, 1994).
Opening quote: Lalla, Naked Song. trans. Coleman Barks. (Atlanta: Maypop Books, 1992).
1.Caroline Myss, youtube.com interview by Lilou Mace on her Juicy Living Tour, 2011.
2.Govert Schuller shares a view given by the 19th century theosophist, Madame Blavatsky on alpheus.org/html/articles/krishnamurti/onk.html
3.Edith Sodergran, Complete Poems. (Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 1993).
4.Joseph Campbell, foreword to Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, by Maya Deren (Kingston, N.Y.: McPherson & Co, 1988) xvii.
5.Rainer Maria Rilke, quoted in Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy, Rilke’s Book of Hours Love Poems to God. (New York: Riverhead, 1996) 88.
6.Cynthia Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010) 134.
7.Ibid. 134.
8.Miranda Shaw, Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994) 41.
9.Robert Rabbin, Real Time Speaking: You Are the Message. (Real Time Speaking, 2008) 36.
10.Lao Tzu, “Always We Hope,” The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu, trans. Witter Bynner. (New York: HarperCollins, 1986).
22. BURN BABY, BURN
Opening quote: Pablo Neurda, “Flies Enter A Closed Mouth” Five Decades: Poems 1925–1970 trans. Ben Belitt (Grove Press, 1994) 201.
1.Caroline Myss, Entering the Castle: Finding The Inner Path To God And Your Soul’s Purpose. (New York: Free Press, 2007) 325.
2.C. G. Jung, Psychology and Religion: West and East. The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11. ed. Sir Herbert Read and Gerhart Adler, trans. R. F. C. Hull. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1975) 140.
3.David Whyte, Self Compassion CD recording. (Langley, WA: Many Rivers, 1991).
4.Marion Woodman, Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman. (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993) 9.
5.Lewellyn Vaughan Lee, The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul. (Salisbur: The Golden Sufi Center, 2009) 4.
6.Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2003) 13.