The Sacred Feminine Through The Ages

The Sacred Feminine Through The Ages

A fascinating history of women's belief, faith and spirituality, as told through the art and writing of 23 women from the beginning of recorded history up to the present day.

 These extraordinary women, together with female mythological deities, relate their experiences of the agony and ecstasy of pursuing spiritual enlightenment through their poetry and prose, diary entries and letters, which are beautiful, inspirational and very moving. In this completely revised and updated edition of Women of Wisdom, Paula Marvelly has selected powerful and evocative words from an array of female voices of widely differing ages, faiths and ethnicities—Jewish, Christian, Sufi, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Platonic—revealing the common and overriding theme between them, which can be expressed as "non-duality", the experience of losing one's individuality and becoming one with the universe. 
The audiobook is narrated by award-winning British actor, Polly Lee. Whether you are interested in reviving lost and misunderstood women from history or you are looking to find new ways of understanding the many ancient questions that generations before us have been asking, you will discover a wealth of wisdom from these inspiring women: Read the musings of the ancient priestess Enheduanna on her beloved goddess of the moon Decode ancient Egyptian inscriptions to reveal Hatshepsut, a powerful female pharaoh whose rule was almost deleted from history Revel in the immortal beauty of Sappho's poetry on the divine bounty of Mother Nature, Emily Dickinson's words on love, or Virginia Woolf's prose on female emancipation Uncover the cosmic life force with polymath Hildegard of Bingen Dwell on the revelations of divine love with anchoress Julian of Norwich, and so much more ... Paula Marvelly is an author, filmmaker, and the creator and editor of The Culturium, a blog and newsletter that explores the way in which mystical spirituality manifests through the cultural arts. Paula has a B.A. (Hons) degree in English from Royal Holloway College, University of London, and a postgraduate M.Phil research degree in European Studies from Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.