A Woman's Book of Rituals and Celebrations
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2011
240 pages
978-1-60868-138-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a handbook on how to perform sacred ceremonies in the tradition of Goddess spirituality in one's own home with ordinary household items. An annual cycle of celebrations is included, as is advice on how to set up an altar and use simple tools. The author, a practitioner of Wicca (witchcraft), expounds the life-affirming, eco-feminist values of that tradition. Suggestions for rituals and ideas for inventing one's own are given.
Poetry and blessings blend in a title which supports celebration of the Goddess image in daily life. These rituals are personal, moving rites which celebrate love and peace, and which act as meditations for considering new rituals, old traditions, and the course of women's lives.
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Barbara Ardinger
A Woman's Book of Rituals and Celebrations
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04/1995
New World Library
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Self-Blessing
- A Blessing for Our Foremothers
- A Blessing for Our Children
- Part I: Practicing the Presence of the Goddess
- 1. An M-Word, Two W-Words, and an R-Word
- A Ritual for the Path of My Faith
- 2. The Practice of the Presence of the Goddess
- A Ritual of Rememberfulness
- 3. Approaching the Goddess
- The Goddess of the Cosmos
- A Ritual to Celebrate the Goddess in Women
- Part II: Unencumbered Ritual
- A Ritual of Personal Power
- 4. Looking at the Traditions
- 5. Altering Your Altar
- A Ritual to Bless (Consecrate) Your Altar Tools
- 6. Invoking and Stirring Up the Powers
- 7. How to Talk to a Deity
- A Ritual to Honor the Goddess Gotcha
- Part III: Time in the Goddess
- 8. Rituals for the Growing Light: New Moon, Candlemas, Spring, Beltane
- New Moon Ritual: Planting Seeds and Wishes
- Candlemas Celebration: Self-Initiation
- Spring Celebration: An Earth Day
- Beltane Celebration: Passion
- 9. Rituals for the Bright Light: Full Moon, Midsummer
- Full Moon Ritual: Drawing Down the Moon
- Other Rituals for Waxing Light: Love and Money
- Midsummer Celebration: Personal Power
- 10. Rituals for the Growing Dark: Waning Moon, Lammas, Fall, Hallows
- Waning Moon Ritual: Release and Cleansing
- Lammas Celebration: Peace
- Fall Celebration: Harvest
- Hallows Celebration: Honoring Our Dead
- 11. Rituals for the Deep Dark: Dark Moon, Yuletide
- Dark Moon Ritual: Reversing
- Yuletide Celebration: Rest and Revival
- Afterword
- Notes
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Resources
- Discography
- About the Author
