The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations, and Rituals

by Patricia Monaghan

Now you can find more meaning and joy in your life, journey inward, find the divine, and become transformed, when you read The Goddess Path by Patricia Monaghan.

The Goddess Path can be your guide to speed you on your spiritual quest. Think of this book as a signpost on your spiritual travels, designed to help you nurture your own connection to the goddess and share in her boundless wisdom. Call her into your life with beautiful and ancient invocations. Create your own rituals to honor the lessons she has to teach. As you ponder life-changing questions and venture on brave new experiments, you fan the divine spark into flame--and, in that fire, you are transformed.

The Goddess Path includes myths, symbols, feast days, ancient invocations, and suggestions for connecting with the following goddesses for these purposes and more:

-Amaterasu for clarity
-Aphrodite for passion
-Artemis for protection
-Athena for strength
-Brigid for survival
-The Cailleach for power
-Demeter and Persephone for initiation
-Gaia for abundance
-Hathor for affection
-Hera for dignity
-Inanna for inner strength
-Isis for restorative love
-Kali for freedom
-Kuan-Yin for mercy
-The Maenads for ecstasy
-The Muses for inspiration
-Oshun for healing love
-Paivatar for release
-Pomona for joy
-Asule and Saules Meita for family health

Monaghan, a faculty member at DePaul University, is a leader of the contemporary goddess movement. In The Goddess Path, she presents a means to work with the goddess, using ancient and modern techniques that will thrill and amaze you. For new levels of peace, joy, and increased closeness to the Divine, get The Goddess Path.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Goddess, Paganism, Feminism, Mythology, Witchcraft

268 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Patricia Monaghan was a poet, a writer, a spiritual activist, and an influential figure in the contemporary women's spirituality movement.

Reviews

[Kat]

This was a pretty good read for anyone learning more about the goddesses. The first part gave an intro and overview to the goddess path while the second part went into detail on each goddess. I learned a lot. I don't worship goddesses so i didnt read about every single one but this book did a good job for someone interested in worshiping goddesses from showing you how to set up an altar and providing journaling questions for the solitary practitioner to discussion questions and group rituals

[Alexia ✨]

Read in 2010. Have not re-read it, therefore, I can't give my opinion on it. I'm leaving my rating from 2010 but deleted the review.

[Angel (huge fan of all things Totoro) B.]

I got this book solely to learn more about Kali and her rituals. This did not help whatsoever. All it told me was to contact a Kali temple and ask what they do. Um, I could've learned that from the internet!

[Pranada Comtois]

Excellent reference book on the goddesses in various cultures. However, I'm not a fan of worshiping goddesses for material gain, which this is about. I find the approach dishonoring--completely antithetical to the feminine divine and what She offers us. Our material conditioning has us looking to exploit everything, including that which stands for selfless giving instead of taking.

[Alicia]

From an author among the vanguard of the revival of goddess religion. Lovely, lyrical myths mixed with straightforward spiritual practices. The book is lovely in the tactile sense as well: the cover is a bursting, ripe pomegranate with embossed golden borders.

[Rebecca Cooper]

Each chapter discusses a different Goddess and has ideas for honoring them and journaling suggestions. I don't agree with all her interpretations, but all in all it seems well-researched and a nice resource. Good variety of Goddesses from different cultures.

[R]

Really enjoyed this book, despite the occasional iffy history/myth facts. Wish there was more Goddesses in it. I appreciated it's tone written for both types of Pagans; theistic people who interpret them as real and for non-theistic people who see them as psychological archetypes.

[Chantal burke]

Im learning a lot that I will use in my life and teachings

[Mrsmae]

Psychology meets history, meets mythology, meets spiritualism.
Great journey.

[Chelsea]

Loved these story's and the, how to honor the goddesses in this book. I definitely wish their would have been more added. It's a nice little start into some of many goddesses.

[senseijutsu]

decepcionante. se nota que está escrito por una estadounidense que tiene un sesgo bastante grande a la hora de diferenciar culturas y regiones. está todo muy pasadito por encima, wikipedia es hasta más esclarecedor. hace clasificaciones innecesarias sobre las diosas sin respetar sus orígenes. por ejemplo, pone a kali en una categoría que no es de diosa madre, siendo que en india le dicen "maha kali" (madre kali). así comete varios errores, pasa muchas cuestiones por encima. no deja de ser un repaso bastante superficial sobre cada diosa.

[Monika]

Niezły punkt wyjścia do eksploracji kobiecych archetypów. Co do części rytualnej nie mam pojęcia, na ile byłaby praktyczna i rzetelna dla tych, którzy tego oczekują od książki, ale muszę przyznać, że inwokacje na początku rozdziałów są piękne.

[Lelia]

Кніга, дзе магія і духоўнасць падмяняецца аматарскай псіхалогіяй, распавядаючы пра экстрэмальныя сітуацыі з міфаў, якія далёкія ад рэальнага сучаснага штодзённага жыцця. Таму рэальнай карысці ад такога няма.

[Cora Robles]

An extremely helpful book for me to start, and keep rolling, a path for my own spiritual growth

[Justin]

Spends almost a whole book describing different goddesses. A great resource for worshiping a goddess because each goddess is covered in only a few pages

[MaryAnn Shank]

Monaghan has long been recognized as a leader in the Goddess community. Her books are always thoughtful and inspirational, as is this one. I read this many years ago as I was beginning my own journey on the Goddess path, and found it enlightening and very helpful.

[Annie]

Such a beautiful and deeply-thought book. I treasure everything by Patricia Monaghan.

[Sarah]

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