The Goddess in the Bedroom: Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week, A [Paperback]

Zsuzsanna E. Budapest (Author)

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Another book in the Little Books of Wisdom series: portable, elegantly packaged inspiration from around the world -- irresistible for the impulse buyer and the serious reader alike.

About the Author

I was born in Budapest on January 30, 1940, on a terrible north-wind-whipped morning. My mother, Masika, then only twenty-five years old, had great trouble delivering me, so I was born by cesarean section. Mother was a famous sculptor who also happened to be a psychic, medium, and palm reader. She came from a long line of witches in the herbalist tradition. Her sister continued the line, becoming a pharmacist.The Hungarian revolution in 1956 changed my life. I escaped to the West and went to school in Innsbruck and Vienna, and later at the University of Chicago, studying languages. I married and had two sons.I studied with Second City, then with Viola Spolin, the mother of improvisation, and later at American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York.In 1970 I discovered the Women's Liberation Movement, which led to another huge change in my life: I became a conscious woman. Feminism gave me so much. I decided to contribute seriously by connecting witchcraft with feminism, thereby sparking the women's spirituality movement. I wrote the first feminist witchcraft book, The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows, which later became The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries; I followed this with two other books, Grandmother of Time and Grandmother Moon.When I am not working on a new book I like to work with women at weekend workshops, retreats, and witch camps, where we practice the remembered arts of witchcraft in safe circles of women. We use tools of dance and chanting, candles, and incense to lift our spirits. We take part in guided meditations and pay visits to our ancestors and the Wild Woman. We practice using aromas and Bach remedies for inner balance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; 1st edition (January 6, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062511866
• ISBN-13: 978-0062511867
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #457,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful little gem, April 11, 1998

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This review is from: The Goddess in the Bedroom: Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week, A (Paperback)

Luscious and delectable is the best way to describe this wonderful little book. It is lighthearted,joyous and full of sensually gratifying "exercises" to stimulate every woman to deeply experience the full enjoyment of all of her senses. Lucky is the woman who buys this book and luckier still the man who makes a present of it to her!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only Z could pull this one off!, June 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Goddess in the Bedroom: Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week, A (Paperback)

Truly a witch's guide to magic in the bedroom! Lighthearted without being silly; good advice on integrating Goddess energies with your sexuality, including spellwork, pillow talk, and bedtime stories.

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, November 6, 2009

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This review is from: The Goddess in the Bedroom: Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week, A (Paperback)

This book is entertaining and an easy read, but I didn't rate it higher because it has way too many spells, too many things to go out of your way to get in specialty stores, and too many scents and colors that you need to remember what they are good for. If you are not into the spells part (and I am not) and you just concentrate on the story at the end of each chapter for each night of the week and the energy of the specific Goddess for each day, it is interesting, but then there's no need to read half the book.