Goddess Power Recommended Reading

These are the books that I feel are relevant to working with the Goddess and her many aspects, as well as some of those that influenced my thinking as I was called to create this deck. Educating ourselves about our collective history and the ramifications to our evolving culture is crucial if we are going to take part in its birthing and healing. The inclusion of White Buffalo Calf Woman and Spider-Woman came after a respectful consideration of their important role in Native American spirituality. Since we all live on land previously the domain of these great peoples, I highly encourage you to learn about their origins.

Some of these books are dense, while others are easier to read, but all are well worth the effort. If you’re willing to dive in, I will warn you: expect an emotional response. I was initially shocked, then angry, then so bereft, I had to undergo an initiation of grief I was not expecting at all. I am surrendered now and committed to adding my voice to the many who are rising up in the world to help initiate a more egalitarian, healed society. We can do that only by restoring the feminine aspect of the universe to its rightful place.

Goddess Power Book List

Find Your Goddess: How to Manifest the Power and Wisdom of the Ancient Goddesses in Your Everyday Life by Skye Alexander

Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women over Fifty by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler

Shota and the Star Quilt by Christine Fowler, Margaret Bateson-Hill, Gloria Runs Close to Lodge, and Philomine Lakota

The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas

The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves

Weaver of Worlds: From Navajo Apprenticeship to Sacred Geometry and Dreams—A Woman’s Journey in Tapestry by David Jongeward

The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living by Joseph M. Marshall III

Dinéjí Na`nitin: Navajo Traditional Teachings and History by Robert S. McPherson

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain

The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica Sjöö and Barbara Mor

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess by Starhawk

When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone