Embracing the Goddess Within: A Creative Guide for Women

by Kris Waldherr

Book Overview

A beautifully illustrated guide to applying the ancient wisdom and energies of the goddess in daily life Goddesses of dozens of cultures are being rediscovered by the women and men of Western... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885223498
• ISBN13: 9781885223494
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Good for what it is.

It's basically a picture book for young people, though your inner child will love it too. Lovely pictures, lots of diversity from different cultures. Some are good alternative to the really negative and sometimes outright abusive messages girls get from patriarchal religions. Young girls are fighting really bad odds if they want love and respect - as well as to develop themselves fully. From my own experience, I was preached to about gentleness and humility by men who hoarded all power and authority to themselves, who were often very cruel, violent and arrogant to women/girls i knew and controlled and dominated our whole lives. Later on I had this reinforced by Freudian type "analysis", the sexuality I learned, and culture in general. Sometimes it seems like a landslide of sh**t that girls are fighting and we'll never get there, or we have to become like it to resist it (been there, done that.) It can make you crazy fighting the system without support. I had my shreds of hope and dignity from books like these - so thank you to those who wrote them, especially this one for little people. Good for sons too if you're careful not to reverse the pattern of patriarchal religions towards boys. Beyond the books, though, I really wish with all my heart that women would start creating language and culture that is more respectful and kind to us and our daughters, that we stop feeding our daughters to men's egos (or vice versa.) We need to achieve balanced power in this world, and an equal share of the worlds resources and goods for them.

great book

I love it, i just love it! The artwork is extremely beautiful and the content inspires.

Nice introduction to Goddesses around the world

My scholarly devotion to paganism had once followed a decidely Celtic path. That is until I picked up this book shortly after seeing Waldherr's Goddess Tarot. While it does not give an in-depth treatment of the selected goddesses, it gives you a taste of other traditions. The cultural diversity of this book is responsible for piquing my interest in Tara, Sarasvati, Kali Ma and Quan Yin - goddesses I now hold dear. I also think this would be a lovely book to give to your non-pagan girlfriends who you wish to gently introduce to your beliefs. Worth checking out.

A wonderful Goddess book!

This is a wonderfully written and illustrated book which would be wonderful for long time followers of the Goddess or would serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers. There are different sections in the book devoted to Goddesses focusing on specific areas of life. The meditations are simple, but profound. Just reading them immediately gives you a feeling of deeper understanding and connection with the Goddess in all her many guises. A very empowering book! I believe it would make a wonderful gift for anyone, but most especially any woman who is facing times of change or struggle, or one who maybe just needs to be reminded how amazing she is because of the simple fact that she is a woman.