Given to the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Given to the Goddess write by Lucinda Ramberg. This book was released on 2014-09-17. Given to the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to a goddess. Called devadasis, or jogatis, those dedicated become female and male women who conduct the rites of the goddess outside the walls of her main temple and transact in sex outside the bounds of conjugal matrimony. Marriage to the goddess, as well as the rites that the dedication ceremony authorizes jogatis to perform, have long been seen as illegitimate and criminalized. Kinship with the goddess is productive for the families who dedicate their children, Ramberg argues, and yet it cannot conform to modern conceptions of gender, family, or religion. This nonconformity, she suggests, speaks to the limitations of modern categories, as well as to the possibilities of relations—between and among humans and deities—that exceed such categories.
Rebirth of the Goddess
Rebirth of the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebirth of the Goddess write by Carol P. Christ. This book was released on 1998-10-15. Rebirth of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 1999. One of the most unexpected developments of the late twentieth century is the rebirth of the religion of the Goddess in western cultures. Though we were taught that the Gods and Goddesses died with the triumph of Christianity, the re-emergence of the Goddess is not as surprising as it might seem. This book explores the meaning of the Goddess, and the questions we ask as well as the ways we answer them.
Given to the Goddess
Given to the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Given to the Goddess write by Lucinda E. G. Ramberg. This book was released on 2006. Given to the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This dissertation pursues questions of religion, relatedness, and postcolonial governance through an ethnography of 'sacred prostitution' and its reform in Karnataka, South India. Devadasis (god's servants) are male and female bodied Dalit women whose sexuality and religiosity are bound up in their relationship with the goddess Yellamma to whom they are given by their families. This dedication is conducted as a rite of marriage. By virtue of this dedication they become pujaris (priests) for Yellamma, whom they embody and whose blessings they are empowered to bestow in rites of life passage, healing and fertility. In the most recent wave of almost a century of reform begun in the colonial era, these rites have been banned and those devadasis who do not renounce them and their ties to the goddess are threatened with fines and imprisonment.
The Goddess Solution
The Goddess Solution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Goddess Solution write by Lisa Marie Rankin. This book was released on 2021-04-13. The Goddess Solution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this practical spiritual guide, Lisa Marie Rankin shows how to apply ancient goddess wisdom to modern-day scenarios like dating, sex, careers, divorce, conflict and more. She’ll teach you how to reconnect with your goddess nature so you can do less, receive more, live authentically and love passionately. You’ll learn about goddesses from across various traditions and discover that their wisdom is more relevant than ever. You can connect with Mary Magdalene to identify and rewrite beliefs that are limiting you. The Greek goddess Aphrodite will show you how to infuse your life and your relationships with passion. Durga, a Hindu warrior goddess, will inspire you to stand up for what you know to be right and speak your truth. Interwoven with these stories are spiritual concepts, modern thought leadership and practical examples that will help you tap into your inner goddess and create the life of your dreams. You’ll learn that you have the power to birth new ideas, experience and invoke pleasure, rise above challenges and access your inner wisdom to get the most out of your one truly fantastic life. The goddess is not some esoteric deity that is out of reach or a spiritual sex bomb that you find on social media. You are the goddess in your current physical form, with your messy human experiences and hidden primal desires. When you learn to befriend all aspects of yourself, you can reclaim your crown and become the most radiant person you know. Lisa Marie Rankin will show you the way. Through meditation, journaling, prayer and self-care rituals, you can reveal your true goddess nature.
The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present
The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present write by Carl Olson. This book was released on 2002. The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This comprehensive text, highly acclaimed as the premier sourcebook on goddesses, introduces students of religion to the various manifestations and complex nature of the goddess. Often a stranger to contemporary devotees of monotheistic religions, the goddess forces the recognition of female power, which can transform deeply held beliefs. The recent renewed interest in goddesses and the rise of feminist scholarship are addressed in this well-chosen collection of essays, written by an international group of scholars. The book elucidates the diverse religious cultures and periods of history in which goddesses have played an important role by providing examples of ancient and modern goddesses in Eastern and Western religious traditions, in major world and tribal religions, and in living religions and those no longer practiced."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
