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Exploring the Feminine in Myth gives women paths to follow for self-awareness and understanding from both individual and global perspectives. Complex, sacred, ancient and sublime, Womanhood is both experience and state that has inspired people to create, invoke and worship the divine as the Great Goddess and her aspects. Necessary and vital to human and planetary health and existence, knowing Woman as holy is required to mend the broken state and dying condition of the Earth and our people. The books below provide information and support for reaching within to grasp and embrace Womanhood and the feminine psyche.
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 Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes 
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Women Scholars and Activists Focusing on the Feminine
Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 B.C.: Myths, and Cult Images by Marija Gimbutas
The Language of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutas, foreward by Joseph Campbell
On the Trail of the Women Warriors: The Amazons in Myth and History by Lyn Webster Wilde
Warrior Women : An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines by Mona Behan
The Mother's Songs: Images of God the Mother by Meinrad Craighead
Goddesses in EveryWoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen
The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation by Marion Woodman
The Feminine Dimension of the Divine by Joan Chamberlain Engelsman
Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine by David Adams Leeming and Jake Page
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image by Jules Cashford and Anne Baring
Woman Earth and Spirit: The Feminine in Symbol and Myth by Helen Luke
Women in Myth by Bettina L. Knapp
She Who Changes: Re-imagining the Divine in the World by Carol Christ
The Return of the Mother by Andrew Harvey
When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm by Layne Redmond
The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Barbara Mor and Monica Sjoo
Beyond the Blue Horizon: Myths and Legends of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets by E.C. Krupp
Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Wise Women : A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage, and Beauty by Joyce Tenneson
The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects by Barbara Walker
Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic by Burleigh Muten, illus by Rebecca Guay
Grandmothers' Stories
by Burleigh Muten, illus by Sian Bailey, narrated by Olympia Dukakis
The Book of Goddesses
by Kris Waldherr
Women Warriors, Myths and Legends of Heroic Women, by Marianna Mayer, illus by Julek Heller
Her Words: An Anthology of Poetry About the Great Goddess edited by Burleigh Muten
Healing Women through the Feminine in Myth and Depth Psychology
The Feminine in Jungian Psychology
Women in Cultural Anthropology
Women's Role in Human Evolution
Anne Baring and Jules Cashford
Women and Animals in Myth
The Spirit of Butterflies: Myth, Magic, and Art by Maraleen Manos-Jones
When researching feminine and transformation symbols, the butterfly is often associatd with the Goddess. Manos-Jones' book is a breathtaking, unique and invaluable resource on the subject.
Women in Archeology
The Living Goddesses by Marija Gimbutas
The Mythological Feminine in Art
The Goddess Paintings: The Art of Susan Seddon Boulet with text by Michael Babcock
Depth Psychology Focusing on the Feminine in Myth
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Goddess: The Feminine in Myth
Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths by Charlene Spretnak
Women and the Moon
The Moon: Myth and Image by Jules Cashford
The Wise Woman Crone
Crone by Barbara Walker
Compendium and Encyclopedic Research on Women's Symbols
The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara Walker
Phenomenal, well documented research resource.
Sharing the Old Stories with Our Daughters
The Lady of Ten Thousand Names: Goddess Stories from Many Cultures
by Burleigh Muten, illus by Helen Cann
The Feminine in Poetry and Prose
Face to Face: Women Writers on Faith, Mysticism and Awakening edited by Linda Hogan and Brenda Peterson
Continuing Resources
As A Woman - Thoughts on Womanhood by Women
