Given to the Goddess
Title | Given to the Goddess PDF eBook |
Author | Lucinda Ramberg |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2014-09-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0822376415 |
Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to a goddess. Called devadasis, or jogatis, those dedicated become female and male women who conduct the rites of the goddess outside the walls of her main temple and transact in sex outside the bounds of conjugal matrimony. Marriage to the goddess, as well as the rites that the dedication ceremony authorizes jogatis to perform, have long been seen as illegitimate and criminalized. Kinship with the goddess is productive for the families who dedicate their children, Ramberg argues, and yet it cannot conform to modern conceptions of gender, family, or religion. This nonconformity, she suggests, speaks to the limitations of modern categories, as well as to the possibilities of relations—between and among humans and deities—that exceed such categories.
Rebirth of the Goddess
Title | Rebirth of the Goddess PDF eBook |
Author | Carol P. Christ |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1998-10-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1136763848 |
First published in 1999. One of the most unexpected developments of the late twentieth century is the rebirth of the religion of the Goddess in western cultures. Though we were taught that the Gods and Goddesses died with the triumph of Christianity, the re-emergence of the Goddess is not as surprising as it might seem. This book explores the meaning of the Goddess, and the questions we ask as well as the ways we answer them.
Given to the Goddess
Title | Given to the Goddess PDF eBook |
Author | Lucinda E. G. Ramberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 544 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780542830020 |
This dissertation pursues questions of religion, relatedness, and postcolonial governance through an ethnography of 'sacred prostitution' and its reform in Karnataka, South India. Devadasis (god's servants) are male and female bodied Dalit women whose sexuality and religiosity are bound up in their relationship with the goddess Yellamma to whom they are given by their families. This dedication is conducted as a rite of marriage. By virtue of this dedication they become pujaris (priests) for Yellamma, whom they embody and whose blessings they are empowered to bestow in rites of life passage, healing and fertility. In the most recent wave of almost a century of reform begun in the colonial era, these rites have been banned and those devadasis who do not renounce them and their ties to the goddess are threatened with fines and imprisonment.
In the Hand of the Goddess
Title | In the Hand of the Goddess PDF eBook |
Author | Tamora Pierce |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2011-04-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442427647 |
Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.
The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present
Title | The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Olson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Goddess religion |
ISBN | 9781577662730 |
"This comprehensive text, highly acclaimed as the premier sourcebook on goddesses, introduces students of religion to the various manifestations and complex nature of the goddess. Often a stranger to contemporary devotees of monotheistic religions, the goddess forces the recognition of female power, which can transform deeply held beliefs. The recent renewed interest in goddesses and the rise of feminist scholarship are addressed in this well-chosen collection of essays, written by an international group of scholars. The book elucidates the diverse religious cultures and periods of history in which goddesses have played an important role by providing examples of ancient and modern goddesses in Eastern and Western religious traditions, in major world and tribal religions, and in living religions and those no longer practiced."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Goddess Aloud!
Title | Goddess Aloud! PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Skye |
Publisher | Llewellyn Worldwide |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2010-09-08 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 073872307X |
You are an expression of the Divine Feminine. You love like Freyja, Norse goddess of passion and sex; heal like Uzume, Shinto Goddess of Laughter and Shadow; and celebrate your power like Isis, Egyptian goddess of magic and motherhood. Goddess Aloud! offers the wisdom and insight of twenty-seven goddesses from around the world to help you find your voice, empower yourself, and manifest your dreams. Create peace, find love, bring healing to yourself and others, and live in harmony with the Earth. Embrace your own divinity and you’ll connect with the divinity of the world around you. Through mantras, magical activities, and spiritual rituals for nine fundamental spiritual principles, you’ll give voice to the unique wisdom of each goddess and discover her message for your life and for our world. Peace • Caring for the Environment • Love • Self-love Forgiveness • Healing • Growth • Hope • Spirituality Praise for Goddess Afoot! “Skye demonstrates a truly inspired talent for writing guided meditations... refreshingly original.” —Publishers Weekly
Goddess Spirituality Book
Title | Goddess Spirituality Book PDF eBook |
Author | Ffiona Morgan |
Publisher | Daughters of Moon Pub. |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9781880130063 |