The Queen of My Self: Women Stepping Into Sovereignty in Midlife [Paperback]

Donna Henes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Marlowe & Company (December 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569244251
• ISBN-13: 978-1569244258
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

More About the Author

'Unofficial Commissioner of Public Spirit of NYC.' The New Yorker
'Part performance artist, part witch, part social director for planet earth.' The Village Voice
'Globally significant theater-in-the-round.' Brooklyn Bridge Magazine
'The woman is balanced.' Paper Magazine
'Solstice Sister.' TimeOut New York
'The Original crystal-packing mama.' NY Press
'Frankly, I do not doubt her.' Dan Rather
'Insightful, funny, a treasure. One of the best 'goddess gals' around.' Olympia Dukakis

Donna Henes is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, popular speaker, and award-winning writer specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations of the cycles of the seasons and the seasons of our lives. Her joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to millions of people in more than one hundred cities for thirty-three years.

She the author of four books, The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife, The Moon Watcher's Companion, Celestially Auspicious Occasions': Seasons, Cycles, and Celebrations, and Dressing Our Wounds In Warm Clothes, as well as the CD, Reverence To Her: Mythology, the Matriarchy, & Me and an acclaimed quarterly journal, Always in Season: Living in Sync with the Cycles. She writes a weekly column for UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum. In addition to teaching and lecturing worldwide, Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, maintains a ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and consultancy where she works with individuals, groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.

Henes is a founding member and on the Board of Directors of the International Center for Celebration, and she served as a children's book award judge for the United Nations Jane Addams Peace Association from 1980-1988. In 1982, she composed the first satellite peace message in space: 'chants for peace * chance for peace.'

She has been a recipient of four fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as numerous project grants from municipalities, corporations, and foundations. Her listings include: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Art; Who's Who in Entertainment; Who's Who in American Writers, Editors, and Poets; and The World's Who's Who of Women.

For further information about Donna Henes' work or to request a calendar of upcoming events, a list of publications and services, and a complimentary copy of Always in Season, contact Mama Donna at:
www.DonnaHenes.net
www.TheQueenOfMySelf.com
To purchase multicultural ceremonial tools and supplies go to:
www.MamaDonnasSpiritShop.com