Twilight goddess : spiritual feminism and feminine spirituality / Thomas Cleary & Sartaz Aziz
- Bib ID:
- 2157368
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cleary, Thomas F., 1949-
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Boston : Shambhala, 2000
- ix, 275 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1570624992
- Summary:
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"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:
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- 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
- 9. Goddess of Wisdom
- 10. Wakeful Women
- 11. The Lotus and the Thunderbolt
- 12. Kissing Kannon
- 13. Twin Souls
- 14. Reverencing the Womb
- 15. Saintly Women
- 16. The Marriage That Pervades All Creation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (p. 257-264) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Aziz, Sartaz
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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