Sacred Circles: A Guide to Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality Group

by Robin Deen Carnes and Sally Craig

Book Overview

From Jewish to Christian, Mormon and Pagan, women's sacred circles are sprouting up everywhere, in astonishing variety providing a haven where essential female values can be discussed and embraced.This much-needed guide celebrates the rich diversity of women's spiritual lives and offers practical, step-by-step advice for those who want to create and sustain a spirituality group of their own.

Sacred Circle shows us how we can use a group to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062515225
• ISBN13: 9780062515223
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Guide

If you are thinking about forming a women's circle with an emphasis on spirituality, this is an excellent guide. There are helpful how-to suggestions, principles and examples. It is deservedly listed as a resouce on the millionthcircle,org website.

Excellent resource - very thorough

This book has it all if you want to start your own group. Easy to read, fleshes out every aspect needed to get a group going, and spiritually thougtht-provoking. A friend and I have begun our own group as a direct result of this book. Particularly helpful was a chapter offering fully planned out meetings (theme and alter suggestions, readings, group activity options). It's all mapped out. It also has lists of other resources that are available to support woman's groups (books, videos, music, web sites, etc.)

Life Changing and Thought Provoking

Regardless of whether you intend to start a women's group or not, this book is extremely thought provoking. I gave it to a friend and the discussions it instigated resulted in a deepening of our friendship. I recommend that you do not read it unless you are prepared to be challenged. It is fantastic and I am certain that I am a better person for having read it.

Inspiring and practical guide that really works

I used this book to start a spirituality group and I have nothing but praise for it! Everything you need to start your own group is there, including meeting topics that are already planned out for you. My group has relied heavily on this guide, both in our formative stage and also during the first few months of meetings. I anticipate that we will continue using it for at least another year or two. My copy has circulated amongst all the group members -- it's getting pretty dog-eared! "Sacred Circles" has been the main contributing factor in the success of my group.

Excellent

This is an excellent overview of women's spirituality groups. I am amazed at how similar it is to my own experience as a member of a "sacred circle." Anyone interested in forming such a group or curious about the experiences of others in such a group should read this book.