Practicing the Presence of the Goddess
Everyday Rituals to Transform Your World
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 2011
160 pages
978-1-60868-135-8 (ISBN)
Description
More women than ever are incorporating some kind of spiritual practice into their daily lives, and not always in traditional religious form, but as alternative or hybrid practices. In Practicing the Presence of the Goddess, Barbara Ardinger offers a wide variety of meditations and personal rituals to help women honor the feminine spirit and commune with the Goddess. These include creating a sacred space at home, building a meaningful altar, using ritual and meditation to enrich awareness, and inventing new rituals to celebrate personal events. The author's wry, gentle humor and loving attitude shine through the text, which offers possibilities ranging from bringing love into one's life to having a heart-to-heart with the Goddess.
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A scholar-priestess, Barbara Ardinger lives in Southern California with her two cats, Schroedinger (an elderly, cranky Calico) and Heisenberg (a large, helpful Maine Coon Silver Cream). Also occupying (well, filling up) her house are multitudes of books, goddesses, witches, drums, and Blessed Bees. You can email Barbara at barbara@visionaryfiction.com.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Candle. Circle. Magic.
- Foreword by Burleigh Mutén
- Preface
- Introduction: Still Looking for an Equal-Opportunity Religion
- Part 1: Our Many-Splendored Goddess
- Three Goddesses of Transformation
- Serenissima, Goddess of Taking Care of Yourself
- Bringing Serenissima into Your Life
- Theadonna, Goddess of Gratitude
- Sancta Chrona, Goddess of Living in the Now
- Our Many-Splendored Goddess
- The Goddess of the Spheres
- The First Sphere: The Goddess of the Cosmos and Ancient Days
- A Ritual to Celebrate the Goddess of the Cosmos
- The Second Sphere: The Triple Goddess
- The Third Sphere: Mother Earth
- The Innermost Sphere: The Dark Goddess
- Beneath the Spheres: The Quantum Goddess
- A Ritual to Celebrate the Goddess in Women
- Part 2: A Very Brief History of Modern Feminist Spirituality
- Witches and Pagans and Druids
- "I Am a Witch"
- High-Church and Low-Church Witchery and the Goddess Stream
- Covens and Circles
- Green Spring Circle, a Fictitious Coven
- Leadership and Hierarchy
- Coming Home to the Goddess
- A Ritual for the Path of My Faith
- Part 3: Practicing Her Presence Today
- Worship
- Re-creating the Sacred Dimension
- Deep Thought
- A Ritual of Thoughtfulness
- Good Works
- A Ritual of Good Work
- Experiential Play
- A Ritual to Manipulate Reality
- Devotion
- A Ritual of Devotion
- Practicing Her Presence Every Day
- A Ritual of Creativity
- Craftella
- Traditions
- Ritual Practice
- An Eclectic Full Moon Ritual
- Creating Ritual
- Purification
- Casting the Circle
- Stating the Intention
- Raising Energy
- Trance Work
- Grounding Energy
- Opening the Circle
- Unencumbered Ritual
- Part 4: Transforming Your World
- Magic
- A Ritual of Personal Power
- Our Altar - The Earth in Miniature
- The Four Elements
- Elemental Fire
- Elemental Water
- Elemental Air
- Elemental Earth
- Directions of the Elements
- Altar Etiquette
- Portable Altars
- Magical Tools
- Sword
- Wand
- Cup
- Pentacle
- Candles
- Making Your Own Tools
- Ritual Dress
- Creating an Invocation
- How to Talk to a Deity
- The Blessed Bees
- Three Rituals of Blessing
- A Self-Blessing
- A Blessing for Our Foremothers
- A Blessing for Our Children
- Appendix A: Revisionist History
- Appendix B: Goddess 101 Basic Library
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
