Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power (eBook)

Laura Amazzone (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
276 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5314-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book takes us on a pilgrimage to explore the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. The mythology, rituals, philosophy, and spiritual practices of this distinctly female-centered and millennia-old tradition of Durga offer female potential and empowerment, focusing on peace, healing, spiritual liberation, and realization of inherent divinity.

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Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power is an exploration of the many faces of the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to goddess temples and natural shrines, to visit shamans and living goddesses in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, and to India for the annual ten-day Durga Festival. The mythology, rituals, philosophy, and spiritual practices of this distinctly female-centered and millennia-old tradition of Durga offer an alternative model of female potential and empowerment, focusing on peace, healing, spiritual liberation, and realization of inherent divinity.

Autor

Laura Amazzone is an author, teacher, jewelry artist, and Yogini. She completed her master's degree in philosophy and religion with an emphasis in women's spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2001. Laura teaches goddess classes and workshops in California and is adjunct faculty in the Yoga Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Inhalt

Part 1 ForewordPart 2 PrefacePart 3 AcknowledgementsPart 4 Introduction Encountering DurgaPart 5 The Teachings of Goddess DurgaChapter 6 Chapter One Durga: Goddess of ParadoxChapter 7 Chapter Two Tantra, Kaula, and Sakta TraditionChapter 8 Chapter Three Durga as Bhagawati: The Power of the YoniChapter 9 Chapter Four The Art of Pilgrimage and the Durga PujaPart 10 Durga Puja: The Ten-Day Harvest FestivalChapter 11 Day One Saraswati: Goddess of CreativityChapter 12 Day Two The Kumari: Living Virgin GoddessChapter 13 Day Three Mai, Ajima: Ancient Mother, Ancient GrandmotherChapter 14 Day Four Laksmi: Goddess of AbundanceChapter 15 Day Five The Eight Matrkas: The Power of Women in GroupsChapter 16 Day Six The Yogini: Goddess and Priestess of Erotic Arts and MysteriesChapter 17 Day Seven Kali: Goddess of TransformationChapter 18 Day Eight Taleju: Women's Blood MysteriesChapter 19 Day Nine Nine Durgas: Goddesses of LiminalityChapter 20 Day Ten Durga's VictoryPart 21 Glossary of Sanskrit TermsPart 22 BibliographyPart 23 Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-5314-6 / 0761853146
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-5314-5 / 9780761853145