Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today

A woman who struggles on the spiritual path needs validation, guidance, inspiration and practical advice.  This handbook is to help her survive the transition of the past several centuries and come to her full empowerment.  This is especially for she who needs to reprogram herself as the Warrior Priestess in what is still a mans world.  

It is for the one who seeks to understand her place as the embodiment of the Divine Feminine Spirit because now it is time to uplift the wounded feminine consciousness to its rightful power, to transmute the negative results of ignorance and subjugation.  

This book is a call and a guide for the neophyte on the Path as well as for all the  extraordinary women who are searching for a Friend in the dark, when they are feeling most damned and abandoned because of their Vision.  It is for all the Spiritual Warrior/Priestesses who have forgotten some of the pitfalls,  as well as the joys,  of their Journey.  This book will serve as an inspiration for those who have lost that Sight.

In the playing field of womens spirituality, no one book or resource offers such a clear picture of the magical destiny of the Woman of Tomorrow, especially for those with eclectic beliefs.  THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR PRIESTESS addresses this need for self transformation by inspiring the reader with important quotations as well as the authors guidance, step by step direction, affirmations, useful astrological insights, as well as a section that asks questions that will push the reader into changing some tired perceptions.  It is written to fire up the spirit of the sleeping Feminine Spirit in both women and men.

It is a handbook and empowerment manual for the growing army of individuals born at this special time in Mother Earths history  to help rebalance Her during certain changes. ...for all of those brave souls  willing to go in an exciting new direction.  

WHY THE READER SHOULD READ THIS BOOK

This is not another book about the womens spirituality movement or about why women are goddesses.  Rather it is a bridge between traditional magickal wisdom and the everyday challenges of the woman of the 90s.   It is a call to transformation and will answer the intense desire for  women of all ages and colors to heal their lives.  It will give them permission and purpose to become what they really are: perfected beings.    It will also bring on an almost-instant wakeup call for men.   It embraces no particular theology, religion or mythology and is not a psychological treatise.  It does not advocate any one path to take, nor is it anti anything except ignorance....It does come from a spacious metaphysical vision that many will relate to with a sigh of relief.  

The average woman is still rather paralyzed and in partial ignorance of her power as a Magical Being...because she does not even have the voice or words to help herself.  And most books on this subject are still either too academic or beyond the average womans experiences.  

This book will serve as a tool and a light to help her see herself. The Talking Stick section at the end of each chapter is to jumpstart some profound self questioning - as well as a handy starting point in teaching situations....ideal to teach  self empowerment  workshops all over the world.  

The extensive  Resources section at the back of the book is to help locate the key material for the process.  

This book will be appropriate for several markets:  Feminist, Goddess,  Spiritual, Metaphysical, Womens Self Help.  It should be in metaphysical centers, universities, feminist study groups, and womens conferences and gatherings.  It is for women ages 16-90 who seek inspiration and practical advice.  It is for men who are trying to align with the female spirit, both in women and in themselves.

CONTENTS

This book contains dozens of empowering quotes from many different authors to stimulate the reader to explore other resources on many relevant subjects.  There are poems and stories by the author to share insights and inspiration for the reader.  And each section includes the Talking Stick - questions to help the reader understand the deeper meaning of the text...and also for those who might use  handbook to teach.

The first section in the book is ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, which addresses personal rituals, apprenticeship, how to commit to staying on the path, and how to avoid psychic attacks.

The second part is ABOUT DANCING ON THE PATH and includes a new way to learn, how to start a vision quest, how to enjoy solitude, how to age gracefully, how to deal with the idea of security.  

The third section deals with Extending Love and addresses breaking fee from ones original programming, sex: its cause and cure, unhealthy love, and how to mother children.

The fourth section is ABOUT HEALING and addresses healing oneself, dealing with demons and addictions, how to heal others, and some thoughts on global healing.

The fifth section is about ASTROLOGY AND THE WARRIOR PRIESTESS and describes the fire, air, earth, and water Warrior Priestesses, with a description of each of the signs as it relates to the Work.  Women from each Sunsign are listed.

BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESOURCES is quite extensive and should prove very useful to the readers.

COMMENTS FROM READERS

The author is wonderfully enthusiastic in her attempt to offer alternative spiritual paths for women.  She is successful at showing her reader what is available and empowers the reader to seek out options which will answer her needs.   It offers direction, guidance and support to women who are identifying new spiritual directions or the need for new directions.  It is a simply approached work, comfortably readable in all reading levels.  It fits into:  Womens studies, Spirituality, Metaphysics......(Lorrie Oswald, reader at Llewelyn Pub.)

I liked the book a lot, very powerful, liked the way it was done, liked the Talking Stick.    Its so powerful for a man to read; I got a lot out of it.  It concerns male issues too and was very empowering for my feminine side.   It needs to be out there soon.  (Jonathan Ray Spinney, publisher,   Medicine Bear Publications)

Ive read many powerful, profound books, but I dont think Ive ever been this affected/effected before..  I have been turned inside out by it.  I feel the veil has been torn asunder and the denial/delusion/deadness has been cast into the spotlight...seen in all of its gory glory for the first time in my life....I feel as if waking from a coma.....the questions at the end of each chapter are riveting.  I dont think a thing should be changed.  (Sarah Clayton, entertainer)