Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality: The Power of the Feminine Way

By Linda E. Savage

Book Overview

Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality presents a model of female sexuality that blends the ancient wisdom of the Goddess cultures with current clinical knowledge to create a completely different view of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975336908
• ISBN13: 9780975336908
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Divine Feminine Publications
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fresh Approach

Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality is a creative integration of ancient spirituality and the best of psychotherapeutic advances. It is a gem of a book for women who feel alone on an issue that is often too difficult to even articulate. You will find yourself somewhere in the pages of this beautiful book!

A genuinely helpful guide to fulfilling feminine sexuality

"My husband says there's something wrong with me." "I don't enjoy sex; I think I'm flawed." "I'm afraid I'll lose him." A surprising number of women are plagued with varieties of sexual dysfunction and unhappiness. Sometimes the problems can be traced to certain traumatic events in their lives, but often the unhappiness stems from ignorance or an inadequate conceptual framework by which women (mis)understand the dynamics of their own sexuality. Sex therapist and practicing psychologist Linda Savage has written a book to help both women and men become more sensitive to the ways in which women are sexual, from their youth into their elder years.In Part One ("The Wisdom of the Goddess") Savage critiques the prevailing western worldview of female sexuality and outlines an alternative way, the way of the goddess. Drawing upon ancient Sacred Marriage traditions from around the world, a deep appreciation-actually, a veneration-of feminine sexual and spiritual being ("goddess sexuality") is described for the reader in lively, lucid prose. Savage emphasizes the life-affirming superiority of goddess sexuality through a fictional "Tale of Two Daughters": parallel accounts of Inanna and Eileen as they come of age sexually. Innana is a representative of a woman-positive culture wherein sexual desire is a gift, whereas Eileen is raised in a conventional modern mind-set which has taught her that sex is to be hidden for its sinfulness. Savage's tale introduces the notion of three life stages through which women grow: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.Part Two ("The Three stages of a Woman's Life") explores in more detail the characteristics of each of these three life stages. During the Maiden stage women are discovering their individual creative potentials in many areas of life; most important for Savage's focus is the emergence of "a conscious relationship with intuitive body wisdom, which will continue for the remainder of life" (p.58). It is a time of exploring sexual pleasure without the responsibilities of motherhood. Here, as throughout the book, Savage is careful to recognize that no single pattern of pleasure-preferences is to be considered requisite or even normative for all women. With the first pregnancy comes the Mother stage of accepting responsibility, as women are physiologically and psychologically transformed to elevate the well-being of their children above all other concerns. Savages gifts the reader with insights into the potent-albeit less conspicuous-sexual nature of the Mother stage. Her insights are particularly helpful for husbands, since the season of child-bearing and -raising leaves many men confused and frustrated about their wives' sexual desires. Passing beyond those years women arrive at the Crone stage, a time of sharing wisdom. Here Savage illuminates a widely misunderstood and unappreciated area of female sexuality. She characterizes the Crone stage as one of sexual empowerment, by

Very Valuable for women of all ages and men who love them

This book helped me to understand the mysteries of my sexual responses by showing me how a patriachal society has influenced me. It was also very valuable in teaching me effective communication with my partner, so that we were able to meet each others needs and create a joyous sexual relationship.

Excellent reading material!

The first time I saw the book 'Reclaiming Goddess Sexuality' the cover attracted me because of its feminine quality. I started reading the book and could not put the book down, it sounded a cord within my soul that had been hidden and was resurfaced through reading this remarkable book. I recommend this book to all including men, women and especially couples! Rikki Cross...Australia

Interesting and hard to put down. I LOVED it!

This is a self-help book that is interesting, informative and yet easy to read. This book would make the perfect gift for all the women I know. I loved the historical information and the case studies. I can't wait for her next book!