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Tables of Contents for The Essential Handbook of Women's Spirituality & Ritual
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
11
2
Introduction
13
11
The Environment
24
8
Silence
32
3
Centering
35
2
Invocation
37
10
Introductions and Blessings
47
3
Smudging
50
1
The Talking Stick
51
3
Show-and-Tell
54
3
About Plants
57
2
Celebrating Trees
59
3
The Bowl
62
2
The Personal Gift
64
3
Weaving Sisterhood
67
4
Self-Expression
71
3
Dancing
74
7
The Star Flower
81
1
Chantmaking
82
3
Making Mandalas
85
1
Guided Meditation: The Heroine
86
6
Celebrating Heroines
92
5
A Ceremony of Dolls
97
3
A Ceremony of Stones
100
5
A Ceremony of Cards
105
5
Guided Meditation: The Greater Secrets
110
10
A Ceremony of Masks
120
4
Changing the World
124
1
The Banner
125
2
Copycats
127
2
Guided Meditation: The Colors of Creation
129
4
The Ultimate Fantasy: Imaginative Self-Indulgence
133
5
Rebirthing
138
5
The Eight Hinges of the Year
143
4
The Vernal Equinox (March 21)
147
3
Beltane (May Eve)
150
3
Midsummer Solstice (June 21)
153
3
Lammas (August Eve)
156
3
The Autumnal Equinox (September 21)
159
2
Samhain (November Eve, Halloween)
161
3
Midwinter Solstice (December 21)
164
3
Candlemas (February Eve)
167
2
Honoring the Earth
169
4
Storetelling
173
7
Guided Meditation: The Way of the Goddess
180
7
Thealogy
187
7
The Dark Journey
194
4
Tools
198
6
Nakedness
204
4
The Robe
208
6
The Parade
214
2
About Crystals
216
14
Healing
230
8
The Zoo Game
238
8
Solitary Rituals
246
4
Laws of the Goddess
250
3
Eating the Serpent
253
2
Rites of Passage
255
22
Baptism
277
2
A Wedding Ceremony
279
4
Readings
283
18
Goddess Names (for Invocation)
301
14
Suggestions for Further Reading
315
3
Index
318