A Serpentine Path: Mysteries of the Goddess

by Carol P. Christ

A Serpentine Path: Mysteries of the Goddess is Carol P. Christ's moving memoir of her journey from death to rebirth and regeneration, culminating on the rst Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete. Having left behind the male God of traditional religion who rules the world from outside it, Christ hopes that the Goddess can help her manifest her heart's desires. Deeply disappointed, she discovers the Goddess as a personal presence who is always with her and every other individual in the world, but whose power is not omnipotence. The mystery of the Goddess is revealed at the ancient site of Kato Zakros in Crete as the dance of life: a serpentine path with no beginning and no end, into the darkness, into the light, and back again. Thea-logy, re ection on the meaning of Goddess, emerges from and takes root in a woman's embodied experience, inspiring others to join the dance.

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Goddess, Feminism

200 pages, Paperback

Published November 2, 2016

About the author

Carol P. Christ, who was a leading feminist thea-logian and a founding voice in the study of women and religion, was named one of the Thirteen Most Infuential People in Goddess Spirituality. She held a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Yale University and taught at California Institute of Integral Studies, Claremont Graduate University, Harvard Divinity School, Columbia University, and San Jose State University. She was the Director of the Ariadne Institute and led the Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete (www.goddessariadne. org). Her books include She Who Changes, Rebirth of the Goddess, Laughter of Aphrodite, Diving Deep and Surfacing, and with Judith Plaskow, Goddess and God in the World and the ground-breaking anthologies Weaving the Visions and Womanspirit Rising. She lived in Greece where she ran for of ce with the Green Party and worked with World Wildlife Fund to save bird and wildlife habitats.

Reviews

[Olivia Church · Rating 4 out of 5]

My only criticism? I want MORE! This is a beautiful little book sharing Carol's experiences of moving to Athens and leading her first group pilgrimage to Crete. Carol writes so lovingly that she made me feel Goddess through the pages and I couldn't put the book down. Now I really want to get on that Cretan tour myself!