Resources
Books
Adovasio, J. M., Olga Soffer, and Jake Page. The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.
Austen, Hallie Iglehart. The Heart of the Goddess: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World’s Sacred Feminine. Berkeley, CA: Wingbow Press, 1990.
Beckwith, Martha. Hawaiian Mythology. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1970.
Birnbaum, Lucia Chiavola. Dark Mother: African Origins and Godmothers. Lincoln, NE: Author’s Choice Press, 2001.
———. She Is Everywhere!: An Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality. Berkeley, CA: Belladonna, iUniverse, 2005.
Blofeld, John. Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Quan Yin. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 1978.
Bonheim, Jalaja. Aphrodite’s Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. New York: Fireside, 1997.
Brown, Joseph Epes (recorder and editor). The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953.
Budapest, Zsuzsanna E. The Grandmother of Time: A Woman’s Book of Celebrations, Spells and Sacred Objects for Every Month of the Year. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.
———. Summoning the Fates: A Woman’s Guide to Destiny. New York: Harmony, 1998.
Budge, E. A. Wallis. The Gods of the Egyptians: Studies in Egyptian Mythology, 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1969.
———. Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1973.
Cabot, Laurie, with Tom Cowan. Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon and the Magical Path to Enlightenment. New York : Delta, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, 1989.
Caduto, Michael J., and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 1989.
Callan, Dawn. Awakening the Warrior Within: Secrets of Personal Safety and Inner Security. Ukia, CA: Tenacity Press, 1999.
Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. New York: Princeton University Press, 1973.
Campbell, Joseph, with Bill Moyers and Betty Sue Flowers, editor. The Power of Myth. New York: Doubleday, 1988.
Cashford, Jules, and Anne Baring. The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image. London: Arkana, Penguin Books, 1993.
Ching, Linda. Hawaiian Goddesses. Honolulu: Hawaiian Goddesses Publishing, 1987.
Christ, Carol P. Odyssey with the Goddess: A Spiritual Quest in Crete. New York: Continuum Publishing, 1995.
Conway, D. J. Maiden, Mother, Crone. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2003.
Daly, Mary. Gyn/ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990.
Davis, Elizabeth, and Carol Leonard. The Woman’s Wheel of Life. New York: Viking Arkana, 1996.
Davis-Kimball, Jeannine. Warrior Women: An Archaeologist’s Search for History’s Hidden Heroines. New York: Warner Books, 2002.
Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent. New York: Picador, 1997.
Dimmitt, Cornelia, and J. A. B. van Buitenen. Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978.
Doumbia, Adama and Naomi. The Way of the Elders: West African Spirituality and Tradition. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Worldwide, 2004.
Duncan, Lois. The Magic of Spider Woman. New York: Scholastic, 1996.
Eisler, Riane. The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1995.
———. Sacred Pleasure. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
Elter, Cynthia. Living in the Lap of the Goddess: The Feminist Spirituality Movement in America. Boston: Beacon Press Books, 1995.
Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995.
Feurstein, Georg. Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1998.
Frawley, David. Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses: Spiritual Secrets of Ayurveda. Salt Lake City, UT: Passage Press, 1994.
Galland, China. Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna. New York: Viking Penguin, 2007.
George, Christopher S. The Candamaharosana Tantra, Chapters 1–8: A Critical and English Translation. American Oriental Series, no. 56. New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, translated 1974.
George, Demetra. Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
———. The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Gimbutas, Marija. Foreword by Joseph Campbell. The Language of the Goddess. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.
Hancock, Graham. Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind. New York: The Disinformation Co., 2007.
Harkless, Necia Desiree. Heart to Heart. Lexington, KY: Heart to Heart and Associates, 1995.
Harner, Michael. The Way of the Shaman. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.
Hathaway, Nancy. The Friendly Guide to Mythology: A Mortal’s Companion to the Fantastical Realm of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Heroes. New York: Penguin Group, 2001.
Husain, Shahrukh. Living Wisdom: The Goddess. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1997.
Kenyon, Tom, and Judi Sion. The Magdalen Manuscript: The Alchemies of Horus and the Sex Magic of Isis. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2006.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
Kinstler, Clysta. The Moon Under Her Feet. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.
L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Square Fish, Macmillan, 1962.
Marashinsky, Amy Sophia, illustrated by Hrana Janto. The Goddess Oracle: A Way to Wholeness through the Goddess and Ritual. Boston: Element Books, 1997.
Marvelly, Paula. Women of Wisdom: A Journey of Enlightenment by Women of Vision through the Ages. London: Watkins Publishing, 2005.
Mascetti, Manuela Dunn. The Song of Eve: Mythology and Symbols of the Goddess. New York: Fireside, Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Monaghan, Patricia. The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations and Rituals. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2000.
Muktananda, Swami. Nawa Yogini Tantra: Yoga for Women. Munger, Bihar, India: Yoga Publications Trust, Bihar School of Yoga, 1983.
Murdock, Maureen. The Heroine’s Journey. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1990.
Noble, Vicki. Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1991.
Northrop, Christiane. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing. New York: Random House, 2010.
Perera, Sylvia Brinton. Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women. Toronto: Inner City Books, 1981.
Ragan, Kathleen. Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998.
Redmond, Layne. When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997.
Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002.
Sams, Jamie. The 13 Original Clan Mothers. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
San Souci, Robert D., illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Sukey and the Mermaid. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1992.
Schulz, Mona Lisa. The New Feminine Brain: How Women Can Develop Their Inner Strengths, Genius, and Intuition. New York: Free Press, 2005.
Simmer-Brown, Judith. Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001
Sjöö, Monica, and Barbara Mor. The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
Starhawk. Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics. Boston: Beacon Press, 1982.
Starhawk, and Hilary Valentine. The Twelve Wild Swans: A Journey to the Realm of Magic, Healing and Action. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.
Stark, Marcia. The Dark Goddess: Dancing with the Shadow. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1993.
Stone, Merlin. Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World. Boston: Beacon Press, 1979, 1991.
———. When God Was a Woman. New York: Barnes & Noble, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1976.
Stubbs, Kenneth Ray, ed. Women of the Light: The New Sacred Prostitute. Larkspur, CA: Secret Garden, 1994.
Tisdale, Sallie. Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2006.
Villoldo, Alberto, and Erik Jedresen. Dance of the Four Winds. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1995.
Walker, Barbara G. The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1983.
———. The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1988.
Williamson, Marianne. A Woman’s Worth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
Woolger, Jennifer Barker, and Roger J. The Goddess Within: A Guide to the Eternal Myths that Shape Women’s Lives. New York: Fawcett Columbine, Ballantine Books, 1989.
Websites
CARE: www.care.org
Global Fund for Women: www.globalfundforwomen.org
Spiral Muse: www.spiralmuse.com
Articles
Bird, Stephanie Rose. “Summer Water Rites,” July 19, 2007, www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/652. Retrieved on January 29, 2011.
Collie, El. “Branded by the Spirit,” from Shared Transformation. www.elcollie.com. Retrieved on July 12, 2009.
Doumbia, Naomi. “African Goddess: Mother of Shadow and Light,” from Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, She Is Everywhere!: An Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality. Berkeley, CA: Belladonna, iUniverse, 2005.
Hartmann, Diana Rose. “Sacred Prostitutes,” www.moondance
.org/1997/summer97/nonfiction/sacred.htm. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
Jennet, Dianne E. “Menstruating Women/Menstruating Goddesses: Sites of Sacred Power in Kerala, South India, Sangam Era (100–500 CE) to the Present.” www.metaformia.org. Retrieved on June 12, 2010.
Karimi, Faith. “South African Doctor Invents Female Condoms with Teeth to Prevent Rape,” http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-20/world/south.africa.female.condom. Retrieved on January 29, 2011.
Kristof, Nicholas D., and Sheryl WuDunn. “The Women’s Crusade,” New York Times Magazine, August 23, 2009, pp. 28–39.
Marler, Joan. “Goddesses of Old Europe, Part II,” Sonoma County Women’s Voices, no. 94, November 1989, pp. 1, 7.
———. “Interview with Marija Gimbutas.” Sonoma County Women’s Voices, no. 94, November 1989, pp. 1, 6, 12.
Parameswaran, Devanayagi. May 4, 2009, 9:25am, on “Tantra: From Om to Orgasm,” www.humanityhealing.ning.com.
Scott, David C. “Radha in the Erotic Play of the Universe,” www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=146. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
Tharoor, Ishaan. “12,000-Year-Old Shaman Unearthed in Israel,” Time magazine, November 11, 2008, www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1858121,00.html. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
Thorn, Thorskegga, “Spinning in Myths and Folktales,” www.thorshof.org/spinmyth.htm. Retrieved on September 30, 2009.