Why am I passionate about this?
I have always been interested in cultural history. In my early 30s, I realized that Greek mythology was a late, patriarchal revision of the earlier Goddess-centric myths. After much research, I reconstructed several pre-Olympian myths in my book Lost Goddesses of Early Greece. This was one of the first books of the Womenâs Spirituality movement, which began in the 1970s and is still going strong. A few years later, I edited an anthology of 50 voices, The Politics of Womenâs Spirituality. Thus I am a foremother of that movement, which is a bountiful exploration of authentic spiritual experience in womenâs lives.
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Why did Charlene love this book?
There are hundreds of good books on Goddess spirituality. This one presents a heart-centered approach that blends beautiful color plates of historical Goddess art and artifacts from around the world with an accessible explication of each Goddessâs mythology and cultural significanceâas well as Hallie Iglehart Austenâs invitation to join her in a brief guided mediation for each Goddess. Her stated goal is that readers might âcome into balance, reclaiming the lost feminine deep within ourselves and sharing that wisdom and power with the world.â Hereâs the opening to a preface entitled âA Millennialâs Initiationâ: âEvery book is a teacher, yet some books reveal truths that flow into your deepest roots and stay with you forever. Reading The Heart of the Goddess was, truly, a rite of passage for me.â
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