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PaGaian cosmology : re-inventing earth-based goddess religion

Print Book, English, ©2005
iUniverse, New York, ©2005
xvi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780595349906, 0595349900
122343205
Gaia, goddess, cosmogenesis and the wheel of the year
Embodiment, gendered language, and personal/cultural/cosmic stories
Re-storying goddess-virgin, mother, crone
Cosmogenesis and the female metaphor
The seasonal moments-a PaGaian wheel of the year
Ritual celebration of the creative dynamic
The ritual events and the scripts
Being in place
Appendix A. Thomas Berry's twelve principles of a functional cosmology
Appendix B. Song of Hecate
Appendix C. The wheel of the year-southern hemisphere
Appendix D. The wheel of the year as the star of Aphrodite
Appendix E. Another southern view of the wheel of the year
Appendix F. Teachings for the Sabbat rituals
Appendix G. PaGaian joy to the world
Appendix H. Shine
Appendix I. Dance instructions for the "cosmogenesis dance."