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WOMEN OF WISDOM The Journey of the Sacred Feminine through the Ages [Watkins Publishing . 307 pages-soft back]. by Paula Marvelly. Paula Marvelly is a distinguuished Authoress. Her recent "Teachers of the One" is still a best selling introduction to the world's leading teachers of Advaita since it was first published by Watkins in 2002.. Marvelly is gifted with a talented readable prose-style which warmly conveys the character, as well as the message of the best modern Advaita teachers, and her book has been both influential and widely read. It is undoubtedly one of the best introductions to this widespread and fast growing Teaching now sweeping across Europe and America. like wild fire. In her new book she now gives us a a series of spirited and lively written chapters, where she pursues with great honesty, scholarship and integrity, a personal enquiry into the Lives and Teachings of many of the most significant Wise Women. of the World She illustrates this Sacred Feminine Principle in action, by relating the true stories of those who have commanded the greatest respect from their contemporaries and whose influences still survive, and in many instances have become legendary. The book spans from From Enheduenna, the High Priestess of Ur, to the famed modern Western Mystic, Irina Tweedie, whose spiritual Odyssey from Aryanagar to the Himalayas, led to her eventual domicile in London ,where for many years she taught a devoted following. Marvelly vividly and movingly describes her arduous training by the revered Sufi master Bai Sahib. Around the figure of Hatcheput , daughter of King Tuthmosis the First,she unveils the secrets and powers of the Mother Goddesss in Ancient Egypt. From the Indus Valley she tells us about Vach, the living Goddesss of Learning, daughter of the Sage Ambrina, and then moves onto Makeda, the famed Queen of Sheba, and her relationship with King Solomon. The legendary and mysterious Poetess Sappho is included, followed by a study of the Buddhist Therigatha Nuns. She also gives us the intimate story of the enigmatic Mary Magdalene and her relatioship with Jusus Christ. Chinese Nuns, Rabia al-Adawaiyya, Yeshe Tsogyal, Andal, Hildegard of Bingen, Sun-Buer, The Beguines, Julian of Norwich, Mirabai, Teresa of Avila, Grace Aguilar, Emily Dickenson, Sharada Devi, and Mirra Alfassa, are all scrutably examined, Their lives, teachings, poetry wisdom, and sayings are extensively quoted and revealed What this fine book achieves is the historical proof of the perrenial power and influence of the `Sacred Feminine Principle' in the life of many differing cultures and civilisations . All the Higher Religions are included and the stories are told in an emminently readable way, with ample historic exzplanation and poetic illustrations. The finely produced book includes an extensive bibliography, reference, notes and index. The book is emotionally moving , and will strike a strong chord in the hearts of all those who see that the Sacred Feminine Principle not only has a magnificent tradition , but must live on in this modern world where the role of the feminine has undergone such a radical change. For those that enjoy reading professional writers with a gifted literary style, a respect for facts, rather than speculation and with a warm empathy with their subject , I heartlly recomnend this fine book, which I predict will turn out to be a landmark in the full recognition of the Sacred Feminine Principle , much needed in our contemporary world . Alan Jacobs , Author, and Chair, Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK.
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