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Women's Rituals: A Sourcebook
In this eminently practical and exciting book "for all women," Barbara Walker--the foremost expert on women's spirituality resources--offers a wealth of techniques, procedures, and suggestions for group or individual rituals that every woman seeking a more spiritual life can draw upon. The practices described here are designed for women seeking uplifting alternatives to traditional religion and who wish to discover and empower the feminine spirit in themselves and in each other.
240 pages, Paperback
First published March 30, 1990
About the author
Barbara G. Walker
38 books113 followersBarbara Walker studied journalism at the University of Pennsylvania and then took a reporting job at the Washington Star in DC. During her work as a reporter, she became increasingly interested in feminism and women's issues.
Her writing career has been split between knitting instruction books, produced in the late 1960s through the mid-80s; and women's studies and mythology books, produced from the 1980s through the early 21st C.
Her writing career has been split between knitting instruction books, produced in the late 1960s through the mid-80s; and women's studies and mythology books, produced from the 1980s through the early 21st C.
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October 9, 2017
Many of the rituals in this book, I was already familiar with, but the descriptions were nice and easy to follow. This is a great beginners book.
April 29, 2010
The back cover of the book describes this as offering "a wealth of techniques, procedures, and suggestions for group of individual rituals that every women seeking a spiritual life can draw upon." Well, not all women. Basically, I'm an atheist and thoroughgoing rationalist, but one that not only seeks to better understand spirituality but wishes I could find a way to express myself within it rationally. I thought a form of paganism might do, since it seeks to root spirituality within the earth, ie reality. I resonated with this passage in the Introduction:
Spiritual does not necessarily mean credulous, shallow or naive. On the contrary, the deepest spirituality springs from the deepest thought. A profoundly spiritual ritual may have nothing to do with otherworldliness at all, but may celebrate the sacredness of the real and the natural... Women's rituals can have these very legitimate aims without any recourse to irrational beliefs... the new feminist spirituality is for everyone, regardless of belief or unbelief. It can be successfully related to traditional or nontraditional faith or to none.
But I'm afraid I find even here very little space between the spiritual and the supernatural and the superstitious, and I just can't take seriously the idea of "sewing a priestess robe" or "decorating an altar." Yet I kept this book on my shelves--I suppose because on some level I honor what Walker is trying to do, find her proposed rituals entertaining and intriguing, neo-Paganism fascinating.
Spiritual does not necessarily mean credulous, shallow or naive. On the contrary, the deepest spirituality springs from the deepest thought. A profoundly spiritual ritual may have nothing to do with otherworldliness at all, but may celebrate the sacredness of the real and the natural... Women's rituals can have these very legitimate aims without any recourse to irrational beliefs... the new feminist spirituality is for everyone, regardless of belief or unbelief. It can be successfully related to traditional or nontraditional faith or to none.
But I'm afraid I find even here very little space between the spiritual and the supernatural and the superstitious, and I just can't take seriously the idea of "sewing a priestess robe" or "decorating an altar." Yet I kept this book on my shelves--I suppose because on some level I honor what Walker is trying to do, find her proposed rituals entertaining and intriguing, neo-Paganism fascinating.
March 7, 2023
Title in Englisch:
Women´s Rituals
Women´s Rituals
December 14, 2010
Excellent Book but lacked an 'African' link. Still, I purchased the book; enjoyed this book and 'Highly Respected' the Feminine Connection!
December 20, 2013
I love this book. It cheers me up. It makes me happy. It is filled with positive energy. If I could meet Barbara Walker, I would want to give her a hug.
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