Author : Karen Speerstra
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Femininity of God
ISBN : 9781611250046
Sophia--The Feminine Face of God aNautilus Award Gold Medal Winner is a spiritual memoir/essay about the Divine Feminine (a.k.a. Sophia, Great Mother, Holy Spirit). It brings together the many faces of Sophia -- historical, folklored, fairytaled -- as well as stories of her mystical presence throughout different times and cultures. It offers timeless wisdom for spiritual growth and the healing of our planet.
Author : Caitlin Matthews
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 17,27 MB
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0835630714
Anyone interested in the feminine face of God throughout the ages will find Sophia an illuminating experience. Caitlin Matthews' scholarship connects us to past, present, and future in the very depths of our femininity. ----Marion Woodman, Jungian analyst and author of Bone: Dying into Life. Sophia, or "wisdom" in Greek, has been revered in many forms throughout history--from the Dark Goddess of ancient Anatolia; to her Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, and Cabalistic manifestations; to her current forms as Mary and the orthodox St. Sophia. In the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Sophia sits with God until the creation. Then she falls into matter and becomes manifest in every atom, permeating all things "like the sparks that run through charcoal," as Matthews says. While God is "out there," the Goddess is "in here"-- the mother-wit of practical inspiration and compassion at the heart's core. This definitive work comprehensively establishes a realistic Goddess theology for Westerners in the twenty-first century: grounding spirituality in daily life and the natural world; learning to work playfully and play seriously; ending the gender war to enjoy sacred marriage.
Author : Leonardo Boff
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Tricia McCannon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1591437768
An initiatic journey into the Mysteries of the Goddess and humanity’s return to an age of peace and celestial light • Details the ceremonies and rituals of initiation into the Fellowship of Isis • Reveals the lost teachings of Jesus about the Divine Mother and Father and how the goddess Sophia is connected to Mary Magdalene as the Female Christ • Explores the many archetypes of the Goddess, including Isis, Brigit, and the Black Madonna, and how we can transform into Homo luminous, spiritual beings of light Called through her dreams by the Priestesses of Isis, Tricia McCannon set out on a spiritual journey into the Mysteries of the Goddess. After a fateful encounter with a high initiate of the ancient Fellowship of Isis, she began researching the history of Judaism and Christianity to find out how and when the Divine Feminine became lost. She discovered a forgotten age when the Creator was honored as female and humanity lived in peaceful societies completely free of war. She shows how we can return to an age of peace and celestial light if we work to bring the masculine and feminine energies of the world back into balance. Sharing her journey into the heart of the Divine Mother, McCannon details her initiation into the Fellowship of Isis, a process rich with ceremony, ritual, and myths of the Goddess from ancient Egyptian, Celtic, Greek, Hebrew, and Native American traditions. She reveals how the many archetypes of the Goddess, including Isis, Ishtar, Brigit, and the Black Madonna, can become our allies for self-transformation. She explores Mysteries at the heart of Christianity that have remained hidden for nearly 2,000 years and how the Gnostic goddess Sophia is tied to the Second Coming, Mary Magdalene, and the Female Christ. She reveals the lost teachings of Jesus about the Divine Mother and Father and about the Divine Daughter and Son. Through her story and her in-depth research, McCannon takes us on a journey to awaken the creative power of the Divine Feminine within each of us. Equipped with the teachings of the Goddess, we gain the mastery to overcome the deeply rooted masculine-feminine imbalance of the patriarchy and to embark into the future as Homo luminous, beings of light.
Author : Christopher Pramuk
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814657133
While numerous studies have celebrated Thomas Merton's witness as an interfaith pioneer, poet, and peacemaker, there have been few systematic treatments of his Christology as such, and no sustained exploration to date of his relationship to the Russian Sophia" tradition. This book looks to Thomas Merton as a "classic" theologian of the Christian tradition from East to West, and offers an interpretation of his mature Christology, with special attention to his remarkable prose poem of 1962, Hagia Sophia. Bringing Merton's mystical-prophetic Vision fully into dialogue with contemporary Christology, Russian sophiology, and Zen, as well as figures such as John Henry Newman and Abraham Joshua Heschel, the author carefully but boldly builds the case that Sophia, the same theological eros that animated Merton's religious imagination in a period of tremendous fragmentation and violence, might infuse new vitality into our own. A study of uncommon depth and scope, inspired throughout by Merton's extraordinary catholicity. Christopher Pramuk, PhD, is assistant professor of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of two books and numerous essays, and the recipient of the Catholic Theological Society of America's 2009 Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award. "
Author : Lilian Calles Barger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 36,94 MB
Release : 2007-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787983802
Women are looking for new ways to know themselves and to connect with God, two forms of knowledge that are intrinsically linked. Many have left traditional religion in frustration that it didn't reflect their real lives, turning instead to alternative spiritualities that purport to honor women's experience. In this post-feminist interpretation of Christianity, Lilian Calles Barger challenges both Christian tradition and feminist trends in spirituality to provide a fresh and inspiring look at divine wisdom, opening women's awareness to the voice of God in the world.
Author : Sylvia Browne
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2009-11
Category :
ISBN : 1458739775
Sylvia Browne, in her own inimitable style, again defies convention in this uniquely informative compilation of diligently researched facts and personal accounts about the premise of a female divinity - namely, the Mother God (also known as the feminine principle). Spanning time, from the earliest beginnings of humankind when ''Goddess worship'' was at its peak, to the current era with its myriad beliefs and religions, Sylvia takes us on a journey of discovery, where she discusses the suppression of the ''Mother Goddess'' by the male-dominated politics of modern-day religious dogma. Using a combination of historical data and poignant and heartwarming stories that reveal the power and miracles attributed to the Mother God, Sylvia leads us from the question of ''Does She exist?'' to the logical, fact-based conclusion that She does ... and then shows us how to call on Her to help us in our everyday lives.
Author : Kaia Ra
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781533612519
A declaration of your sovereign divinity, The Sophia Code is a visionary sacred text for the Divine Feminine Christ movement sweeping the planet now. This book is a living transmission encoded with direct revelations to activate your important role as a revolutionary wayshower for humanity's awakening. · The Sophia Code cosmology presents a universal blueprint for embodying the return of the Divine Feminine Christ energies · Reveals the crystalline chromosomes of your divine genome for sovereignty · Features the heroic life stories and initiations of beloved Divine Feminine Ascended Masters in their own words, including: Isis, Hathor, Green Tara, Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Quan Yin, and White Buffalo Woman · An introductory volume presenting a modern day mystery school curriculum for mentoring your highest potential with The Sophia Dragon Tribe · Receive directly downloaded revelations and initiations from the Ascended Masters for embodying your Higher Self · Meet Sophia's highest angelic seraphim: The Sophia Dragons, Creatrix Mothers and spiritual guides for actualizing your sovereignty · Initiates you into a global community of Lightworkers moving as one Golden Dragon of Sophia Christ consciousness upon the Earth
Author : Tyla Gabriel
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 2014-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780990645528
For the first time in print the secrets of the Mystery Schools and highest yoga tantra concerning the primacy of the Divine Feminine Trinity are revealed through self-evident scholarship and inspiring, panoramic views of the three Goddesses. The biographies of a Mother Goddess, who created the world and is found in every creation story, the Daughter Goddess, who descended like Christ from heaven to redeem fallen matter, and The Holy Sophia, who travels along with humanity as it evolves, is told in detail with accompanying documentation that is historic and deeply stirring. The three biographies of the Mother, Daughter and The Holy Sophia conclusively answer all cosmological, philosophical and theological questions about the divine that have engaged the hearts and minds of thinkers since the beginning of time. The Gospel of Sophia gives the reader an opportunity to see the divine pictured in ways that have never been offered in one book. Volume I is a source text that points directly to the reader?s ability to experience the divine through the thinking, feeling, and willing aspects of the reader?s consciousness.
Author : Sherry Ruth Anderson
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 14,50 MB
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0553352660
“An honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women . . . This landmark book is spiritual precisely because it is authentic.”—Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind With a foreword by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of religion are no longer relevant, forming a need to look beyond the male-oriented past to a wider, more fulfilling spiritual horizon. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Sherry Anderson and Patricia Hopkins show how many women have redefined traditional beliefs and rediscovered their own unique spiritual heritage—The Feminine Face of God. Anderson and Hopkins guide you through the sacred garden of: • Childhood—seedbed of life's sacred passage • Leaving home—finding your own inner authority • Relationships—new perspectives on intimacy • Spiritual practice—the importance of guidance and discipline • Sexuality—a wild card constantly cracking open the heart • And much more As women enter their sacred garden and learn the art of inner listening, they acquire the tools for living, loving, and praying authentically. In The Feminine Face of God there are seeds for growth: for creating and sustaining intimacy and love in a new way; for a new understanding of sexuality; for a new vision of family, a family of choice in a community of love.
