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Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power
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2012
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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.
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5313-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5314-5
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
243
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access
Encountering Durgā No access
Chapter One: Durgā: Goddess of Paradox No access
Chapter Two: Tantra, Kaula, and Śākta Tradition No access
Chapter Three: Durgā as Bhagawatī The Power of the Yoni No access
Chapter Four: The Art of Pilgrimage and the Durgā Pūjā No access
Day One: Saraswatī: Goddess of Creativity No access
Day Two: The Kumārī: Living Virgin Goddess No access
Day Three: Māī, Ajimā: Ancient Mother, Ancient Grandmother No access
Day Four: Laksmī: Goddess of Abundance No access
Day Five: The Eight Mātrkās: The Power of Women in Groups No access
Day Six: The Yoginī: Goddess and Priestess of Erotic Arts and Mysteries No access
Day Seven: Kālī: Goddess of Transformation No access
Day Eight: Taleju: Women's Blood Mysteries No access
Day Nine: Nine Durgās: Goddesses of Liminality No access
Day Ten: Durgā's Victory No access
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms No access Pages 211 - 218
Bibliography No access Pages 219 - 228
Index No access Pages 229 - 243
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