Books that Illuminate the Divine Feminine Archetypal Energies:
Great Mother:
The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul by Jill Purce ISBN 0-500-81005-2
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Her Blood is Gold by Lara Owen ISBN 0-06-250641-213
Zaftig: The Case for Curves by Edward St Paige ISBN 1-883211-16-6
105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation by Kami McBride ISBN: 0-9749670-1-7
The Wise Wound by Penelope Shuttle and Peter Redgrove ISBN: 0-9749670-1-7
Red Flower by Dena Taylor ISBN: 10:0714530557
The Shamanic Way of the Bees by Simon Buxton
What a Bee Knows by Stephen Buchmann
Womb Wisdom by Padma and Anaiya Prakasha ISBN: 978-1-59477-378-5
Goddess of Compassion:
Shifting Frequencies by Jonathan Goldman ISBN 1-891824-04-X
Sound Medicine: Healing with Music, Voice and Song by Leah Maggie Garfield ISBN 0-89087-483-2
Vibrational Medicine: New Choices for Healing Ourselves by Richard Gerber ISBN 0-939680-46-7
Rhythms of Vision: The Changing Patterns of Myth and Consciousness by Lawrence Blair
Isbn:0-89281-320-2
The Missing Rose by Sedar Okan (scent priestess)
Damascena by Holly Payne (About anointing, holy oils and Rumi and Shams)
The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aroma Therapy by Valerie Ann Warwood
Walking Between the Worlds: The Science of Compassion byt Gregg Braden
Priest/ess
Guidebook for a Modern Priest/ess by Ariel Spilsbury ~ must be ordered through Ariel
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ISBN 0-345-35049-9
Messages From Water by Masaru Emoto, ISBN: 908074213-9
Hidden Nature by Alick Bartholonew, ISBN: 1-93188248-7 (Amazing more scientific look at the nature of water.)
Water Codes:The Science of Health, Consciousness & Enlightenment by Dr. Carly Nuday, Phd. ISBN: 978-0-9862684-0-3
Priestess Trilogy by Julien Longo ISBN: 978-1450557528 HIGHLY Recommended.
Priestess 3000 BCE to the Future.. Pamela Eakins
Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Goddess by Kathy Jones ~ Good reference for seasonal celebrations. ISBN 1-872983-28-6Initiation by Elizabeth Haich
Spiritual Bathing by Rosita Arvigo
Creator/Destroyer
Kali: The Feminine Force by Ajit Mookerjee ISBN 0-89281-212-5
Slow Time by Waverly Fitzgerald
Nature Spirits and What They Say by Wolfgang Weirauch ( Floris Books)
Summer with the Leprechauns by Tanis Helliwell Cygnus Books (about interfacing with the elemental kingdoms
Lady of Communion
Plant Intelligence by Stephen Buhner ISBN: 978-1-59143-135-0
Behaving as if the God in All Life Mattered by Machaelle Small Wright ISBN 0-927978-24-5
The Celtic Tree Oracle by Liz and Colin Murray ISBN: 0-312-02032-5
The Meaning of Trees by Fred Hageneder 10 08118-4898-1 * This is an excellent resource for the magical properties of trees.
*The Overstory by Richard Powers ISBN: 978-0-393-35668-7
Anastasia by Vladmir Negre ISBN: 978-9763333-0-2
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra ISBN 0-609-60042-
Nature Spirts and Elemental Beings: Working with the Intelligence in Nature.. MarKo Pogacnik
Gaia’s New DreamCoat: A Faerie Guide to Gaia’s Greening by Ariel Spilsbury
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer ISBN:978—1-57131-335-5
Like a Tree: How Trees, Women and the Tree People can Save the Planet by Jean Bolen
The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand
Muse
Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart by Opal Whiteley adapted by Jane Boulton ISBN 0-935382-52-6
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James Carse ISBN 0-345-34184-8
The Language of Flowers by Shiela Pickles ISBN: 0-517-57460-8
Fairies 101 by Doreen Virtue ISBN: 978-1-4019-0760-0
How to Find Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker ISBN: 978-0-72325-890-2
Faerie Craft Treading the Path of Faerie Magic Alicen and Neil Gesses-Ward
Gaia’s New DreamCoat: A Faerie Guide to Gaia’s Greening by Ariel Spilsbury
Pronoia by Rob Brezsny
Goddess of Love
The Illuminated Rumi translated by Coleman Barks ISBN 0-7679-0002-2
Healing with Love: A Breakthrough Mind/Body Medical Program for Healing Yourself and Others by Leonard Laskow ISBN 0-06-250513-0
Pronoia by Rob Brezney ISBN: 1-58394-123-1 (chapter 9) the best description of tantra I have found and the rest totally brilliant and hilarious.)
The Aroma Therapy Book by Jeanne Rose
The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aroma Therapy by Valerie Ann Warwood
Spiritual Bathing Rosita Arvio
Primal Goddess
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes ISBN 0-345-37744-3
Healing Love Through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy by Mantak Chia & Maneewan Chia ISBN 0-935621-05-9
Primal Energetics: Emotional Intelligence in Action by Alicia Lodgen
Animal Speak by Ted Andrews ( a good basic book on animals as spiritual totems)
Shaking Medicine by Bradford Keeney
The Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent
Initiator
Initiation by Elisabeth Haich ISBN 0-94335850-7
Rhythms of Vision: The Changing Patterns of Myth and Consciousness by Lawrence Blair ISBN 0-89281-320-2
A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael Schneider ~ A simple introduction to sacred geometry. ISBN 0-06-092671-6
Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice by Robert Lawlor ~ An advanced dive into sacred geometry. ISBN 0-500-81030-3 (advanced)
Cipher in the Fields Freddy Silva
The Last Barrier by Reshad Feild ISBN:
Wise Woman
Crazy Wisdom by Chogyam Trungpa ISBN 1-57062-894-7
The Secret Teachings of Plants in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner ISBN 159143035-6
Sacred Plant Medicine by Stephen Buhner
Sophia Goddess of Wisdom: The Divine Feminine Black Goddess to World Soul by Caitlin Matthews ISBN-85538-275-X
Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann ( a great resource on the physical properties of crystals.)
Herbal Magick by Paul Beyerl ISBN: 0-919345-45-X
Weaver Dreamer
A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greatest Story by Jean Houston ISBN 0-06-250282-4
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge & Howard Rheingold ISBN 0-345-37410-X
The Lineages of the Codes of Light by Jessie Ayani
Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann (a great resource on the physical properties of crystals.)
Queen of Death
Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women by Sylvia Brinton Perera ISBN 0-919123-05-8
Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess by Demetra George ISBN 0-06-250370-7
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ISBN 0-684-83938-5
Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess and the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion Woodman ISBN: 1-57062-199-3
Alchemical Goddess
The Modern Alchemist: A Guide to Personal Transformation by Richard and Iona Miller ISBN 0-933999-37-2
Alchemy An Illustrated A-Z by Diana Fernando, ISBN 0-7137-2668-7
Alchemy The Art of Transformation by Jay Ramsay, ISBN: 1-855385090
*The Emerald Tablets by Dennis William Hauck, ISBN: 0-1401.95718 (highly recommended..clear understandable)
On Becoming An Alchemist by Catherine Mac Coun ( a great primer for beginning with alchemy.)
*Alchemy: The Medieval Alchemists and their Royal Art by Johannes Fabricius ISBN: 0-261-66545-6 (an incredibly through compendium of alchemical art)
The Magdalene
*The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler ISBN 0-685-82476-4
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN 0-14-200174-0
The Expected One and Book of Love and The Poet Prince by Kathleen McGowan ISBN 0-7432-9942-6
The Magdalen Manuscript by Tom Kenyon and Judi Sion ISBN193103205-X
The Passion of the Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham ISBN:978-0-9766843-3-6
Magdalen Rising by Elizabeth Cunningham
Redvolution by Sera Beak
General
**The Alchemy of Ecstasy by Ariel Spilsbury ~ must be ordered through Ariel www.holographicgoddess.com SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE 13 MOON MYSTERY SCHCOOL
The 13 Moon Oracle by Ariel Spilsbury ISBN 1-932771-78-6
The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects by Barbara Walker ISBN 0-06-250923-3
The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara Walker ISBN 0-06-250925-X
Fruits of the Moon Tree by Alan Bleakley ISBN 0-946551-10-3
Kundalini – Psychosis or Transcendence? by Lee Sannella
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess by Starhawk ISBN 0-06-067535-7
The Hero and the Goddess by Jean Houston ISBN 0-345-36567-4
The Heroine’s Journey by Maureen Murdock ISBN 0-87773-485-2
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0-385-50420-9
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
*The Untethered Soul and Untethered Living Michael Singer (dealing with mind and reaction)
Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser ISBN: 9780062887184
The Well of Truth by Elizabeth Gould ISBN: 978-1-68463-139-1
Home to Her by Liz Childs Kelly ISBN: 978-1-910559-80-2
General Pictorial
Goddess: A Celebration in Art and Literature edited by Jalaja Bonheim ISBN 1-55670-621-9
The Heart of the Goddess by Hallie Iglehart Austen ISBN 0-914728-69-5
The Song of Eve: An Illustrated Journey into the Myths, Symbols and Rituals of the Goddess by Manuela Dunn Mascetti ISBN 0-671-68890-1
Goddess Breath in Stone by Gloria Joy.. an exquisitely breathtaking gift of the beauty of the Goddess.. Limited Editions The Gateway Group LC 515-222-1293 ISBN: 0-9641474-0-8
