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Twilight goddess : spiritual feminism and feminine spirituality / Thomas Cleary & Sartaz Aziz
Bib ID 2157368
Format BookBook
Author
Cleary, Thomas F., 1949-
 
Edition 1st ed. 
Description Boston : Shambhala, 2000 
ix, 275 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 1570624992 (alk. paper) 
Summary

"Much has been written about the Goddess in recent times: the general understanding is that Goddess worship died with the pagans, stamped out by the patriarchal "world religions" that followed. Here, in a guided tour of the feminine principles, symbols, and imagery found in Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, and the Sufi tradition of Islam, Twilight Goddess proves that the female face of the divine has never really disappeared from religion - including those normally seen as patriarchal. To the contrary: whether conceptualized as deity, saint, mythic figure, archetype, or abstract principle, the Divine Feminine has manifested in ways both hidden and overt in all four traditions."--BOOK JACKET.

Full contents
  • A Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Spiritual Feminism and Feminine Spirituality
  • 1. The Divine Matrix: Mother Goddess
  • 2. Tantric Goddess Worship
  • 3. Goddess of Rebellion
  • 4. The Yin Factor
  • 5. Usurping the Yin
  • 6. Women of the Way
  • 7. The Cult of Orgasmic Energy
  • 8. The Underground Path
 
Notes

Includes bibliography (p. 257-264) and index.

Subjects Goddess religion.  |  Women and religion.
Other authors/contributors Aziz, Sartaz

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