Twilight goddess : spiritual feminism and feminine spirituality

by Thomas F. Cleary

Hardcover, 2000

Publication

Imprint: Boston : Shambhala, 2000. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Thomas F. Cleary and Sartaz Aziz. Physical: Text : 1 volume : ix, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, index.

Call number

Women / Clear

Barcode

BK-07170

ISBN

1570624992 / 9781570624995

Original publication date

2000

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Religious Studies

CSS Library Notes

Description: Twilight Goddess examines images, symbols and principles representing the feminine across the four major non-Western religious traditions: Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, and the Sufi tradition of Islam. Authors Cleary and Aziz assert that the feminine influence has remained a central theme even in those religious traditions manifesting clearly male-centric appearances and rituals. Those feminine aspects manifest in a variety of forms, including goddesses, saints, elders, and even abstract principles. -- from publisher

Table of Contents: Introduction: Spiritual feminism and feminine spirituality
The divine matrix: Mother Goddess
Tantric Goddess worship
Goddess of rebellion
The yin factor
Usurping the yin
Women of the way
The cult of orgasmic energy
The underground path
Goddess of Wisdom
Wakeful women
The lotus and the thunderbolt
Kissing kannon
Twin souls
Reverencing the womb
Saintly women
The marriage that pervades all creation

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Physical description

ix, 275 p.; 24 cm

Description

"Much has been written about the Goddess in recent times: the general understanding is that Goddess worship died with the pagans, stamped out by the patriarchal "world religions" that followed. Here, in a guided tour of the feminine principles, symbols, and imagery found in Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, and the Sufi tradition of Islam, Twilight Goddess proves that the female face of the divine has never really disappeared from religion - including those normally seen as patriarchal. To the contrary: whether conceptualized as deity, saint, mythic figure, archetype, or abstract principle, the Divine Feminine has manifested in ways both hidden and overt in all four traditions."--Jacket