Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation [Paperback]

Sam Oliver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2003

Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation is a model for healing through the feminine side of the soul. The purpose of this book is to outline a process whereby a person can understand and acquaint him or herself with an aspect of our awareness often neglected in our world today. Much of the emphasis in our world is on what a person can achieve without regard to how these achievements effect the world and the people living in these achievements. Integrating the Feminine Spirit is an attempt to give acknowledgment to the inner qualities of living that our outer world thrusts upon us. Just think for a moment what a child does and says when he/she gets hurt. They want their mommy. Why is it that when we are hurt that we look to the feminine soul for give us strength and direction. On September 11, 2001, the first thing we did when New York City was bombed was to turn inside ourselves in prayer, for direction, and for hope beyond our external world being destroyed around us. This inward look into a world that is with us throughout our life is a womb like state of being. Inside us is an incredible source of strength and energy capable of nurturing a dying person through death, help us rebuild what is destroyed in our external world, and transform the most drastic event into a presence of peace. Thus is the world of the feminine spirit.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Samuel Lee Oliver is a Spiritual Counselor at TheCenter for Hospice and Palliative Care in South Bend, IN, and Chair of theHospice Ethics Committee. He also serves as the State Continuing EducationalChair for the Association of Professional Chaplains. Sam is an editorial reviewboard member for the American Journal ofHospice and Palliative Care, Journal of Terminal Oncology, and Healing Ministry Journal. He has writtennumerous articles for national journals dealing with death and dying, and theauthor of What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living published byHaworth Press, Inc. And, Sam Oliver is an award winning poet.He began teaching and speaking about providingspiritual care more than ten years ago and continues to keynote and speak atpublic engagements on the national and international levels. Sam received hiscertificate in Healthcare Ethics through Rush University. Rev. Samuel LeeOliver offers talks on Spiritual Care of the Dying, End of Life EthicalDecisions, and now, talks on the feminine spirit and how we heal through thefeminine side of the soul.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (June 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141073725X
• ISBN-13: 978-1410737250
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,952,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Growth of Insight, July 20, 2003

By 

Dr. JoAnn M. Burke (St. Mary's College of Notre Dame) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation (Paperback)

Sam Oliver speaks of the growth of insight, the fusion of spirit, and the return of soul. As adults experience the limitations of doing caused by the inability to control and avoid loss and pain, they may become more aware of the feminine spirit that exits deeply within the self and in the caring actions of others.
Sam Oliver describes some of this process in childhood and adulthood. In more traditional terms, this book is about the human journey to remain connected to the heart of God - a God with feminine as well as masculine images.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is Repressed will Return, July 20, 2003

By 

Kathleen Singh, author of, THE GRACE IN DYING (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation (Paperback)

It is an axiom in individual psychology that what is repressed will return to be heard and to be integrated. What is repressed will return to be healed, integrated, a wound created in the repression. The very nature of our being searches for healing, for wholeness.
The divine feminine, repressed for so long, is speaking out now. She speaks both of her desire and capacity for healing - loudly and lyrically and boldly and lovingly and sensuously and powerfully and in a multitude of voices. One of these voices is Sam Oliver's.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book that MUST be READ!, October 14, 2003

By 

L. Hoffman (Mishawaka, IN. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation (Paperback)

10 Thumbs up on Sam Oliver's book, Integrating the Feminine Spirit: Returning to the Womb of Creation. A book that must be on your bookshelf! Sam's connection to the Creator of this World is in itself Pure and Holy. Through his work at Hospice and seeing people die to Flesh but not to Soul is a Sacred Gift! Don't be fooled, this book is not about death. It teaches that we are all connected to each other, to the Creator and how we know there is a Creator. It teaches what Eternal Life means! Get your Book today!