Die Spirituellen Rituale Der Frauen. Zeremonien Und Meditationen Für Eine Neue Weiblichkeit

by Barbara G. Walker

In this eminently practical and exciting book "for all women," Barbara Walker--the foremost expert on women's spirituality resources--offers a wealth of techniques, procedures, and suggestions for group or individual rituals that every woman seeking a more spiritual life can draw upon. The practices described here are designed for women seeking uplifting alternatives to traditional religion and who wish to discover and empower the feminine spirit in themselves and in each other.

Genres: Spirituality, Reference, Witchcraft, Feminism, Nonfiction, Religion

298 pages, Unknown Binding

First published March 30, 1990

About the author

Barbara Walker studied journalism at the University of Pennsylvania and then took a reporting job at the Washington Star in DC. During her work as a reporter, she became increasingly interested in feminism and women's issues.

Her writing career has been split between knitting instruction books, produced in the late 1960s through the mid-80s; and women's studies and mythology books, produced from the 1980s through the early 21st C.

Reviews

[Mikayla Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

“She (the Goddess) will have shown also that men are most like devils when they believe themselves to be like gods.”

3.75🌟

This book is a great resource for women wanting to reclaim their power, spirituallly connect with other women, and women wanting creative ritual ideas. Although at times it is clearly written with Pagan religion in mind, I feel this book does a good job of making the rituals adaptable to any spiritual alignment. Being written in 1990, I find a few spots to have outdated terminology. I would recommend this book with the caveat that the information is useful when it’s interpreted for modern day application. What I mean by this is it is a good book to start the conversation of how do we combat the erasing of Goddess in modern spirituality? How do women currently participate in their own oppression and how can we see the Goddess in ourselves and other fellow women? How can we celebrate women, both with old and new traditions? What feminine traditions have been stolen and regurgitated under a guise to support patriarchy?

[Lavender · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many of the rituals in this book, I was already familiar with, but the descriptions were nice and easy to follow. This is a great beginners book.

[Lisa (Harmonybites) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The back cover of the book describes this as offering "a wealth of techniques, procedures, and suggestions for group of individual rituals that every women seeking a spiritual life can draw upon." Well, not all women. Basically, I'm an atheist and thoroughgoing rationalist, but one that not only seeks to better understand spirituality but wishes I could find a way to express myself within it rationally. I thought a form of paganism might do, since it seeks to root spirituality within the earth, ie reality. I resonated with this passage in the Introduction:

Spiritual does not necessarily mean credulous, shallow or naive. On the contrary, the deepest spirituality springs from the deepest thought. A profoundly spiritual ritual may have nothing to do with otherworldliness at all, but may celebrate the sacredness of the real and the natural... Women's rituals can have these very legitimate aims without any recourse to irrational beliefs... the new feminist spirituality is for everyone, regardless of belief or unbelief. It can be successfully related to traditional or nontraditional faith or to none.

But I'm afraid I find even here very little space between the spiritual and the supernatural and the superstitious, and I just can't take seriously the idea of "sewing a priestess robe" or "decorating an altar." Yet I kept this book on my shelves--I suppose because on some level I honor what Walker is trying to do, find her proposed rituals entertaining and intriguing, neo-Paganism fascinating.

[Inara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title in Englisch:
Women´s Rituals

[Arteyhviah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent Book but lacked an 'African' link. Still, I purchased the book; enjoyed this book and 'Highly Respected' the Feminine Connection!

[Rebecca Eisenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It cheers me up. It makes me happy. It is filled with positive energy. If I could meet Barbara Walker, I would want to give her a hug.