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The absent mother : restoring the goddess to Judaism and Christianity

By: Material type: TextTextLondon Mandala c1991Description: xx, 252p.; ill.; bibliogs.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 185274099X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL473.5
Contents:
Nativity - Alix Pirani. The symbol of the Shekhinah--the feminine side of God - Chani Smith. Lilith, the poem - Michelene Wandor. Dreaming up the goddess - Howard Cooper. The goddess in Judaism--an historical perspective - Asphodel P. Long. Exult! - Jean Head. The psychological status of God and Goddess - Ruth Barnett. Epiphany 1990 - Jean Head. Miriam: wilderness leader, priestess ancestor of Mary - Mhairi MacMillan. Lilith listens to the wives of the scribes of the Levites - Valerie Sinason. Mary - Receptive woman - Vera von der Heydt. Quietly waiting - Jean Head. Sex, symbols and the unity of God - Jenny Goodman. The divine woman in Christianity - Roger Horrocks. The genesis of 'The sphere of redemption': the theme, and power, of Lucifer--and the creative presence of the Shekhinah and Lilith - Fay Pomerance. In the beginning - Janet and Stewart Farrar. Lilith and Saturn--an astrological view - Deike Rich. Genesis - Valerie Sinason. Lilith's genesis - Valerie Sinason. Creations of the goddess - Alix Pirani. A midrash on the song of songs - Lorna Mitchell. Journey to the realm of the patriarch - Dyana Hart. Descent of the goddess - Dyana Hart. Gender politics and the soul: a Jewish feminist journey - Gloria Orenstein. The Kabbalistic tree of life: the goddess's perspectives - Alix Pirani. Lilith - Valerie Sinason
Abstract: 'The contributions to this book--historical, imaginative, theoretical--are by Jews and Christians for whom she has begun to return, named or unnamed, formed or formless, through spiritual struggle, visionary experience, theological study, psychological exploration and insight. We all sense that she needs to be restored, to redeem the feminine, to reconnect us to the spiritual roots of our religions, and to heal the earth's wounds....'
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Nativity - Alix Pirani. The symbol of the Shekhinah--the feminine side of God - Chani Smith. Lilith, the poem - Michelene Wandor. Dreaming up the goddess - Howard Cooper. The goddess in Judaism--an historical perspective - Asphodel P. Long. Exult! - Jean Head. The psychological status of God and Goddess - Ruth Barnett. Epiphany 1990 - Jean Head. Miriam: wilderness leader, priestess ancestor of Mary - Mhairi MacMillan. Lilith listens to the wives of the scribes of the Levites - Valerie Sinason. Mary - Receptive woman - Vera von der Heydt. Quietly waiting - Jean Head. Sex, symbols and the unity of God - Jenny Goodman. The divine woman in Christianity - Roger Horrocks. The genesis of 'The sphere of redemption': the theme, and power, of Lucifer--and the creative presence of the Shekhinah and Lilith - Fay Pomerance. In the beginning - Janet and Stewart Farrar. Lilith and Saturn--an astrological view - Deike Rich. Genesis - Valerie Sinason. Lilith's genesis - Valerie Sinason. Creations of the goddess - Alix Pirani. A midrash on the song of songs - Lorna Mitchell. Journey to the realm of the patriarch - Dyana Hart. Descent of the goddess - Dyana Hart. Gender politics and the soul: a Jewish feminist journey - Gloria Orenstein. The Kabbalistic tree of life: the goddess's perspectives - Alix Pirani. Lilith - Valerie Sinason

'The contributions to this book--historical, imaginative, theoretical--are by Jews and Christians for whom she has begun to return, named or unnamed, formed or formless, through spiritual struggle, visionary experience, theological study, psychological exploration and insight. We all sense that she needs to be restored, to redeem the feminine, to reconnect us to the spiritual roots of our religions, and to heal the earth's wounds....'

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