Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of love . . . Gaia, the ancient Greek earth mother . . . Xochiquetzal, the Aztec goddess of flowers, dance, and song . . . Parvati, the Hindu goddess of fertility . . . Venus, the Roman goddess of love . . . This enlightening book describes 25 female deities as they are worshipped by different cultures, and explains the powers attributed to them. It also presents more than 50 rituals that readers can perform for their own personal benefit. Love, bereavement, prosperity, healing, protection, and even waking refreshed are among the many subjects of these rituals. Whether seeking personal inspiration or exploring the theologies of diverse and distant cultures, readers will find a fascinating mix of mythology, history, folklore, and practical advice brought together in a lavishly illustrated format. More than 300 full-color drawings, art reproductions, and photos in all. Extra Feature: Six sealed pages present rituals claimed to have extraordinary power and effectiveness.
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Since the dawn of time, humans have worshipped the feminine face of the divine. Nowadays, many women still feel drawn to goddesses--after all, they often embody admirable priorities, such as respect for nature, protection of children, living with compassion, expression of healthy sexuality, and the pursuit of wisdom. This elaborately illustrated Book of Goddesses offers readers brief summaries of famous goddesses from all traditions and regions of the world, including goddesses of the ancient Aztecs, Celts, Greeks, Egyptians, Hindus, and Tibetans. The idea is for readers to choose a goddess they most identify with, and then flip to the second half of the book where they'll find rituals specific to the goddess of choice. The listing of rituals cover many situations, including infertility, strength during divorce, and generating sexual passion. It even includes a ritual from Ishtar for keeping a lover faithful. (Be prepared to snatch a lock of hair from your partner.) --Tara West
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Buy for looks, not for content.,
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This review is from: The Book of Goddesses: Invoke the Powers of the Goddesses to Improve Your Life (Hardcover)
The Book of Goddesses highlights 25 goddesses from different pantheons and offers spells/rituals for them. This would make a fine book to give as a gift for someone very mildly interested in goddess-lore. I would not recommend it to pagan practitioners or anyone seriously interested in goddess myths. The research is very questionable and I am not frankly sure where the author came up with some of her summaries. There is no bibliography listed and some of what she says just does not make sense - Diana is not the 'guardian of virginity;' she is a 'virgin goddess.' There is a difference.The art is ok and the rituals/spells are ok. Buy for looks, not for content.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Really bad!,
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This review is from: The Book of Goddesses: Invoke the Powers of the Goddesses to Improve Your Life (Hardcover)
This book is really bad. The first part of the book provides a one page summary of each of the 25 Goddesses and these summaries are filled with misinformation and even contradictions. In the Bastet section she claims that Bastet is a moon goddesses associated with the "moon goddess" Hathor. Both of these goddesses are sun goddesses--a fact that the author brings up in the Hathor section when she talks about Hathors headress--a sun disc between cow horns. In the Diana section she says that Diana is shown with cats which she claims are associated with the moon. In mythology cats are associated with the sun and dogs with the moon. And in fact Diana is shown with hounds not cats. I could provide more examples of the misinformation but I think you get the point.As for the rituals--they aren't really rituals but spells and pretty bad ones at that. Her "ritual" for sexual love involves bathing, scenting your skin and dancing with your partner in a candle lit room--that's it! Not much of a ritual or a spell. And all the spells are like this--short, overly simple, boring and unfocused. Two of the sealed spells are unethical--a spell to attract a specific lover and another to get revenge on a lover who has hurt you. A lot of the illustrations in the first section are nice. One of them was pretty inappropriate--In Lakshimi's summary there is a full page picture--not of Lakshmi--of Her husband Vishnu--strange.This book really is just awful--don't waste your money. The subtitle reads "Invoke the Powers of the Goddesses to Improve your Life"--this book just doesn't deliver what it promises. There is no power invoked by the "rituals" in this book.
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