The Path of the Priestess: A Guidebook for Awakening the Divine Feminine

by Sharron Rose

A guide for personal exploration of the path to the divine feminine and the spiritual power of women.

• Reveals the essential role of women in creating and maintaining the psychic/energetic/emotional landscape of society.

• Explores feminine roles and the archetypal model of the Great Goddess from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions.

• Includes exercises, meditations, and visualizations drawn from ancient techniques to assist women with their spiritual awakening and self-realization.

The Path of the Priestess takes readers on a journey deep into the heart of the feminine experience. It describes the author's years of first-hand experience in the ancient arts of Tantra, Dzogchen, and Indian and Egyptian temple dance and healing, as well as her research into the feminine principle in the mystic teachings of the Alchemists, Hebrew Kabbalists, and Christian Gnostics.

Beginning with an analysis of the basic issues and frustrations inherent in contemporary society's conditioning of and expectations for women, readers travel back in time to the age of the great temples, schools, and sacred societies in which women still held and transmitted the spiritual light that nourished all of civilization. Through its mythic and historic tales, descriptions of sacred ritual practices, and teachings on the Goddess traditions, The Path of the Priestess provides contemporary women with the means to enter this time-honored path. In keeping with the experientially based teaching methods of these traditions, it also offers exercises and visualizations designed to align women with the powerful, sensuous, and loving energies of the most profound feminine role model that shaped and preserved culture and society--the Great Goddess.

Genres: Spirituality, Goddess

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2003

Reviews

[BlackbirdFrenzy Meagher · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the only book I've never finished in my whole life.

[Luuluu Caillouet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book.It was eye-opening on many levels and is helping me find my Goddess.

[Alison · Rating 2 out of 5]

There’s some incredible information in here but it is BURIED in a bunch of extraneous stuff.

[Maranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a full review posted on my blog! https://whiteroseofavalon.life/2025/1...

[Highpriestess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Path of the Priestess was hugely inspiring for me! Reading Sharron Rose's story of fulfillment as a Priestess in our culture which doesn't consider women for the Priesthood is electrifying. She also includes richly detailed exercises and meditations for bringing the Divine Feminine energy into your life.

[Steph (loves water) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book, Sharron Rose changed my life. The first half of the book is about her journey, the second half is devoted is devoted to the divine feminine. This book is a constant reference for me, it's always close at hand.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful story and perfect example of how to go deep and find meaning beyond the drabness of most moderns' reality.

[Melanie]

Written by a dancer, the book brought me a whole new level of depth to my understanding not only of movement but of my own history as a woman, and human being.

[Camila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful. I feel her authenticity through the pages.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too weird & fanciful for me, I skipped chunks of it hoping it would improve. I am very open to the more spiritual books & usually enjoy them but not this one. It will be donated shortly.

[Gwen Eve · Rating 4 out of 5]

an amazing history of the path of the goddess through generations and cultures