You Are Woman, You Are Divine: The Modern Woman's Journey Back to the Goddess

by Renee Starr, Raquel Allegra (Foreword)

The modern woman often does not know herself as a goddess; her feminine energy is out of balance and her divine essence has yet to awaken. But the time has come, right now, for women to know that being female is special, sacred, and divine. This inspiring, poetic and magically potent book will entice women of all ages to explore and activate their relationship with the divine, feminine and most sacred part of themselves the goddess within. In You Are Woman, You Are Divine, Back to the Goddess founder Renee Starr takes women on an enchanting, empowering journey, offering ancient wisdom in a fresh, modern way to help woman reclaim all the beauty, grace, and strength that being female is. In Part 1 of the book, she leads readers back through history to revisit the reverence for women that every ancient culture possessed. From the dawn of pre-history, women were perceived as holy, sacred, and divine incarnations of the Great Mother Goddess. Powerful figures full of strength, wisdom, and leadership, women were the keepers of the human race, from which all life flowed. In Part 2, Starr retells in mesmerizing narrative seven of the greatest goddess myths from ancient cultures around the world: Ancient Egypt, Africa, India, Tibet, Ancient Greece, Lakota, and the Judeo-Christian Bible. Each myth presents a quality that modern women can restore back into their lives: Lilith (Power), Yemaya (Creativity), Tara (Stillness), Radha (Passion), Kassandra (Voice), White Buffalo Calf Woman (Wisdom), and Eve (Awakening). Accompanying each myth are anointing, bathing and lunar rituals, instructions for altars, invocations, meditations, and more to deepen their connection to their own inner goddess and inspire living as a goddess on earth. In Part 3, Starr shows women how to integrate the teachings of The Divine Feminine into everyday life, honoring the sacredness of their body and how to be in energetic, feminine balance. The book offers fresh, new ways for women to embrace their ancient and sacred traditions. It uplifts the spirit of any woman from young womanhood to her elder, wise-woman years. It honors the Feminine spirit that all women can celebrate in themselves to rebalance the world. Readers will live more fulfilled lives and feel more confident, free and feminine becoming the goddesses they were meant to be. Beautifully designed & illustrated; includes a foreword by Raquel Allegra, noted fashion designer."

Genres: Goddess, Spirituality

352 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 2015

Reviews

[A Holland Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say the reason I picked this book to read it I was interested in what the author had to say. Thankfully I was not disappointed. She has filled this book with a lot of information that I will be going back and reading more than once. You will want to be sure to take plenty of notes on this. I like that she included journal prompts and rituals. Now I must confess I did not do many of the rituals but that is not to say that I will not try them in the future. I was just not ready for that part at this time, maybe on my second reading of it I will. This is a book I needed to read at this time as it helps you to make yourself feel special as you should feel. You will learn how to embrace your inner goddess by the time you are finished reading I know this book will not appeal to some but I encourage you to read it with an open mind and I think you will get something out of it.

[Magie Rosee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is about regaining the Sacred Feminine inside of us. From the introduction till the end the Divine Feminine is awaken inside of you while you didn't even know it wanted to be waken for so long... This book is written for your Feminine Side, not your intellectual self (masculine). It is deeply moving yet subtle... it is beautiful and powerful, it is transforming and healing.
It is the most amazing book I have read in a long time and I believed is one of those book that need to be read by many women...
It is sacred.
And I am deeply grateful for it.

[Lcdk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely wonderful! Elegant, moving, thought-provoking, and insightful are just a few of the multitude of words I would use to describe this book. I must admit that I don't find myself reading these kind of books and often I don't feel the inclination to do so, but having just finished the read, I can certainly say that I am more than happy that I gave it a chance.
Renee Starr's writing style expresses many profound and inspiring concepts in a way that is easy to understand and enjoyable to read due to the relaxed, almost conversation-like undertone of the text - this compliments the message of the book in an excellent manner.

I advise any women out there whom may be looking to get in touch with their femininity on a deeper level to pick up 'You Are Woman, You Are Divine' as soon as possible.

[Qamar Ahsan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started this lovely book in September 16 and finished on 1st of January 2017.A fascinating book with count less information about Goddesses of different mythologies. This is really wonderful book, elegant and thought provoking. Basically I have Muslim background, born in India, brought up in India, and educated in India. At the age of 20 I migrated to Pakistan and . I was a sea farer all the way. Now I am in Melbourne (Australia) I was very much familiar with Indian Goddesses, but other Goddesses I was not familiar. Modern women have changed the track in her journey, she might not go back in the Goddess form. She is more on masculine side.

[C.S. Woolley · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are many books out there that talk about discovering one’s self and “the hidden power of a woman”. This book takes a different slant on the idea of a woman’s power and breaks down, over several chapters, the idea of the divinity of women – comparing different elements of them to different goddesses.
Section one of the book talks about the author’s ideas about the divine woman and her own journey on this particular path. There is a lot of information contained in this first section and in reading it, you will easily be able to tell whether this book is something that you could apply to your life without reading having to read any further. This is quite helpful, as a lot of books of the same genre often have to be read to the end before you discover whether or not there is anything you can use in there or not. It then moves on to describing what exactly the divine woman is, something that, again, is very helpful as it defines very well what the author is attempting to help the reader achieve.
Section two is the most in-depth part of this book and compiles the stories of the different goddesses that the author is focusing on and which element of divinity the reader can take from each of those goddesses. It not only tells the story of the goddess but how to make items that will help the reader in their quest.
There is a lot of new age thinking in this book, which means that it is a book that has a very niche market of those who will find it useful and helpful. It’s well written and easy to understand, which is exactly what a reader needs in a book that is describing techniques of self-discovery.

[Victoria Brinius · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished reading "You Are Woman, You Are Divine" by author Renee Starr and I found it to be an interesting book. Through this book the reader will learn about themselves. She also walks the reader through ways to get back to feeling good about yourself and how to deal with issues of today. The book is divided into chapters to better understand her thoughts. I give this book a 4/5. I was given this book for a review and all opinions are my own.
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