Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries

Expanded 3rd EditionThere are physical and psychological experiences and rites of passage common to all women's lives, crossing the boundaries of age, class, culture, race, sexual orientation, and religion. While women have a great hunger for ritual to reflect the events in their lives, they often do not know how to begin. For many, the very thought of creating their own rituals is too intimidating, and instead wait for others to take the lead, or simply suppress their own needs, desires, and dreams. Consequently, many women lead lives that too often are physically, emotionally, and spiritually unfulfilled. Finally, comes an author who provides women with the tools to address and fulfill their own needs for meaning that is sourced from their own intuitive knowing. Emphasizing the feminist Dianic Wiccan tradition, Women's Rites, Women's Mysteries is an engaging, practical, magical, one-of-a-kind guide in the art of ritual making, that has become a classic for women interested in women's spirituality. Written for beginners and experienced ritualists, this is the go-to resource for both creating and facilitating transformative female-centered personal and group rituals. Unique to this book is its in-depth focus on female embodiment, ritual energetics, invocation, ritual evaluation, the ritual facilitator, the priestess path and much more. A variety of magical techniques with applications for ritual and spellcraft are woven throughout the book that enhance and deepen a woman's relationship with herself and the powers of nature. Together, with open minds and hearts, we can learn to shape chaos and human needs into works of great power and beauty.