The Concept of the Goddess
by Sandra Billington & Miranda Green

        An up-to-date, highly readable study of the female aspect of religion both in past and present mythologies. It explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including Celtic, Roman, Norse, Caucasian and Japanese traditions.

Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess
in the Transformation of Consciousness
Marion Woodman, Elinor Dickson

        Earthy and immensely powerful, the Black Goddess has been a key force in world history, manifested in images as diverse as the Indian Goddess Kali and the Black Madonnas of medieval Europe. But images of her have been conspicuously missing from the Western world for centuries--until now. Here, the authors explain the psychological significance of the divine feminine in the lives of modern women and men.

Embracing the Goddess Within:
A Creative Guide for Women
Kris Waldherr

        This masterfully illustrated sequel to The Book of Goddesses shows women how to incorporate the powers and strengths of Goddesses into everyday life. Readers will learn not only the symbolism, qualities, and mythic energies associated with each Goddess, but also how to create personal rituals to access their ancient power and wisdom.

A Goddess Is a Girl's Best Friend: A Divine Guide
to Finding Love, Success, and Happiness
Laurie Sue Brockway

        Readers will discover how to achieve their dreams and aspirations with the wisdom of the Goddesses. By providing mythology, history, rituals, prayers, and exercises, the author reveals how anyone can tap into the power of the Goddess to improve all areas of their life.

Goddesses in World Mythology
Martha Ann, Dorothy Myers Imel

        A massive compendium of Goddesses in the mythologies of people throughout the world, including such far corners as the Himalayas and Oceania. The information includes the region and the people, attributes, the translation of the name, a description, often a story a few sentences long, synonymy, other names or spellings, cross-references, and bibliographic references. Indexed by name and attribute.

The Great Mother
by Erich Neumann

        Examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the ungraspable matrix, symbolized by the Great Mother.

The Language of the Goddess
Marija Gimbutas

        The first authoritative work on the ancient Goddess culture. Written by the late Marija Gimbutas, former chair of European Archeology at UCLA.

Life's Daughter/Death's Bride: Inner Transformations
Through the Goddess Demeter/Persephone
Kathie Carlson

        An in-depth exploration of the profound relevance for contemporary women of the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. Richly illustrated with dreams, insights, and relational dynamics drawn from clients in psychotherapy, this book will appeal to both layperson and professional.

The Myth of the Goddess:
Evolution of an Image
by Anne Baring & Jules Cashford

        This encyclopedic and easily comprehended work, whose range extends from the Paleolithic Age to the present-day Gaia Hypothesis, is a grand synthesis of art, mythology, literature, and psychology.

The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines
Patricia Monaghan

        The Goddess takes center stage in this epic reference of mythological and legendary female deities from all civilizatons, lands, and eras. Readers can easily look up any Goddess out of more than 1,500 entries, learn of feast days and traditional rites for honoring specific Goddesses, interpret Goddess images from dreams and art, and much more.

Roles of the Northern Goddess
Hilda Ellis Davidson

        This book examines the roles played by the Goddesses of northern Europe from Germany, Scandinaia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland and England. Contains valuable information about the ancient customs and traditions of women in relation to their Goddesses.

When God Was a Woman
Merlin Stone

        Here, archaeologically documented is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Known by many names, she reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. How did the change in women's roles come about? By documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmans, Stone details an ancient conspiracy that laid the foundation for one of culture's greatest shams--the legend of Adam and fallen Eve.

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

        The earliest European deity was the White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death, visibily appearing as the New, Full, and Old Moon, and worshipped under countless titles. In this work, Graves shows that the theme of "true poetry" or "pure poetry"--which has never been satisfactorily defined except in the emotional response it elicits from its readers--is inseparably connected with the ancient cult-ritual of the White Goddess and her Son.

The Witches' Goddess:
The Feminine Principle of Divinity
Janet & Stewart Farrar

        Part I covers the myriad faces of the Goddess revealed, including: Her presence throughout history; Her Earth and Moon symbolism; Her Madonna and Magdalene disguises; Her revelation within the psyche; Her relationship with women; Her influence today; and much more. Part II covers ritual invocations of the Goddess in 13 guises: from Ishtar to Isis; from Hecate to Aphrodite; from Epona to Ma'at. Part III gives an alphabetical listing of more than 1000 goddesses including a brief history and the main correspondences of each.

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