The Tao of the Goddess [Mass Market Paperback]

Joan R. Tarpley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

Now available to women everywhere-this collection of meditations and reflections on the Goddess when every woman has become an instant New Age classic.

The Goddess movement has struck a chord among today's women. Based on a timeless tradition of feminine strength, it has so much to offer the modern world-inspiring women to call on the power within as an active step toward inner peace, confidence, and joy.

Filled with life-affirming meditations and reflections, The Tao of the Goddess encourages women to connect with the goddess by joining their mental awareness to their heart's desires. Each thought-provoking entry offers a fresh new perspective on the goddess's guiding principles, interpreting the teachings in a way that speaks directly to today's women and their spiritual needs. The Tao of the Goddess is a guidebook for the voyage through life, a journey of discovery that will renew one's strength, confidence, and faith. The destination is...yourself.

--Handy size that you can carry anywhere
--The first affordably-priced, meditation book on the subject

"A beacon that will light your path to betterment." -Metaphysical Reviews

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425168603
• ISBN-13: 978-0425168608
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,445,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect instructional guide to becoming a better person., September 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Tao of the Goddess (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was very informative and helpful on how to better myself, mentally and spiritually! It's an easy read, which is good when reading a self-help book. Some pieces of literature get too complex when it comes to describing how to visualize or meditate(i.e-10 steps on how to get what you want and do these steps every other day). This book is clear and consise. Miss Tarpley tells you what she's learned and how you should apply what she's learned from The Goddess to become in touch with your spirituality and you as a person. If you are interested in becoming more of a spiritual being and seeing your life change for the better, read The Tao of The Goddess!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Tao of YOU, September 2, 2001

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Lorna Pryor (Waco, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tao of the Goddess (Mass Market Paperback)

If you are a woman, this book is your guide. It's a guide to long-lost secrets of true womanhood that we usually dare not openly discuss, but that we all feel in our hearts. Although in the forword there is a sort of disclaimer from the author that "..the feminine and masculine are not used in this book interchangeably to mean woman and man," the subtle implication in the book is that woman has abandoned her true role in this plane as the feminine half of the god-head to become a poor imitation of a man, a point that was more explicitly made in the now out-of-print work by Dr. Marie Robinson entitled "The Power of Sexual Surrender."
Between the births of my first and second children, a twice-married, cigarette-smoking Texas gal shared with me the secret of the glowing health of her infant daughter: the lost art of breast-feeding as it really works. I learned from this girl of the seventies, invaluable information that at the time was not to be found in any book I knew of. My incredibly fabulous now age eighteen daughter was the beneficiary of this learning experience of mine.
What that information on breast-feeding did for my second child, is comparable to the impact of Joan Tarpley's little book on the nurturing of my own embattled feminine self. It has litterally set me on the path, the tao, MY tao, as a woman, as goddess-on-earth. I have read more books than anyone I know, but this one book has been of more benefit to me than any other. Ms. Tarpley

wrote the book by "channeling" the actual words of the goddess as revealed in meditation. Something that my tradition would have called "revelation," which indeed it is.
I found the author's own take upon the words of the goddess,
the words under the headings of "My Own Understanding" to be at variance with my own understanding of the goddess's messages.
I wrote my OWN understanding in the ample blank spaces that take up most of the pages.
There are really very few words in the book, as compared to most books of the same size and price, but this is an asset. I have read the book countless times, and always keep it with me, writing on the pages any thoughts that occur to me as I continue to ponder the life-saving wisdom of the words. I reiterate that no book I have ever read has been of such personal, transformational benefit as this one.