Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
Do You Know...
where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from?
why mama is a word understood in nearly all languages?
how the custom of kissing began?
whether there really was a female pope?
why Cinderella's glass slipper was so important to the Prince?
The answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable, feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation, this unique, comprehensive sourcebook focuses on mythology anthropology, religion, and sexuality to uncover precisely what other encyclopedias leave out or misrepresent. The Woman's Encyclopedia presents the fascinating stories behind word origins, legends, superstitions, and customs. A browser's delight and an indispensable resource, it offers 1,350 entries on magic, witchcraft, fairies, elves, giants, goddesses, gods, and psychological anomalies such as demonic possession; the mystical meanings of sun, moon, earth, sea, time, and space; ideas of the soul, reincarnation, creation and doomsday; ancient and modern attitudes toward sex, prostitution, romance, rape, warfare, death and sin, and more.
Tracing these concepts to their prepatriarchal origins, Barbara G. Walker explores a "thousand hidden pockets of history and custom in addition to the valuable material recovered by archaeologists, orientalists, and other scholars."
Not only a compendium of fascinating lore and scholarship, The Woman's Encyclopedia is a revolutionary book that offers a rare opportunity for both women and men to see our cultural heritage in a fresh light, and draw upon the past for a more humane future.
where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from?
why mama is a word understood in nearly all languages?
how the custom of kissing began?
whether there really was a female pope?
why Cinderella's glass slipper was so important to the Prince?
The answers to these and countless other intriguing questions are given in this compulsively readable, feminist encyclopedia. Twenty-five years in preparation, this unique, comprehensive sourcebook focuses on mythology anthropology, religion, and sexuality to uncover precisely what other encyclopedias leave out or misrepresent. The Woman's Encyclopedia presents the fascinating stories behind word origins, legends, superstitions, and customs. A browser's delight and an indispensable resource, it offers 1,350 entries on magic, witchcraft, fairies, elves, giants, goddesses, gods, and psychological anomalies such as demonic possession; the mystical meanings of sun, moon, earth, sea, time, and space; ideas of the soul, reincarnation, creation and doomsday; ancient and modern attitudes toward sex, prostitution, romance, rape, warfare, death and sin, and more.
Tracing these concepts to their prepatriarchal origins, Barbara G. Walker explores a "thousand hidden pockets of history and custom in addition to the valuable material recovered by archaeologists, orientalists, and other scholars."
Not only a compendium of fascinating lore and scholarship, The Woman's Encyclopedia is a revolutionary book that offers a rare opportunity for both women and men to see our cultural heritage in a fresh light, and draw upon the past for a more humane future.
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Women at risk, The Hpv Epidemic and Your Cervical Health
This important book explains one of the most dangerous, yet relatively unknown, sexually transmitted diseases-human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
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Women Healers
Drawing on primary sources for her revisionist history, the author highlights important contributions of women healers from ancient times to the present.
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Women in Celtic Myth
Women in Celtic Myth: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition
In Celtic myth, the mixture of wise spiritual teaching and dramatic imagery creates new, potent, and disturbing visions. This selection of eleven stories?some more than 3,000 years old?focuses on the women of ancient British mythology, from the formidable women warriors who trained heros to fight and kill to the beautiful companions who led them to higher realms of feminine intuition and spiritual wisdom.
In Celtic myth, the mixture of wise spiritual teaching and dramatic imagery creates new, potent, and disturbing visions. This selection of eleven stories?some more than 3,000 years old?focuses on the women of ancient British mythology, from the formidable women warriors who trained heros to fight and kill to the beautiful companions who led them to higher realms of feminine intuition and spiritual wisdom.
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Women of the Celts
Historian Markale explores the rich heritage of Celtic women in history, myth, and ritual, showing how those traditions compare to modern attitudes toward women.
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
A deeply spiritual book...She honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women. She venerates the female soul.
--The Washington Post Book World
--The Washington Post Book World
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Women's Rituals
The first beginner's guide to celebrating feminist spirituality describes both the physical and social requirements for meetings and meditations and offers exercises for developing awareness.
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Woodland Faeries 2011 Calendar
Step inside a woodland world of Fae--and let your imagination wander through the hidden dimension of faeries as you keep track of important dates throughout the year.
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Woodland Faery Lined Journal
Titled Marked One, the cover of this eye-catching journal evokes the spirit of artist Linda Ravenscroft’s faery-tale dreamworld, where threads of time are interwoven with light and shadow. Perfect for fantasizing about magical faraway lands, or just for spicing up your everyday goings on.
• 160 lined pages
• case-bound
• size: 6 w x 8-1/4 h x 5/8 d
• 160 lined pages
• case-bound
• size: 6 w x 8-1/4 h x 5/8 d
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World Beyond (A)
From beyond the grave comes a startling message from one of the world's most renowned psychics, a message containing the answers to these questions and many more...What does happen after death? Where do you go? What is it like over there? What does it feel like to be out of our human shell? Do you see loved ones we have lost long ago? America's best-known spiritualist medium has reached the other world. He has established contact with a receiver in this world--and has written this book.
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