@book{2012:amazzone:goddess_du, title = {Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power}, year = {2012}, note = {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.}, edition = {1}, publisher = {Hamilton Books}, address = {Lanham}, series = {}, volume = {}, author = {Amazzone, Laura} }