Preface to
Second Enlarged Edition
excerpt
Goddess
Spirituality Evolves
Validation of Kabbalah Approach
Interest in Science
Second Edition Changes & Additions
Introduction [History of
Contemporary Goddess Spirituality:
Pagan, Christian, Jewish, Native American, African, Asian influences]
Chapter 1Concepts of Contemporary Goddess Spirituality Inclusive
Language
Shared Leadership
Immanence and Transcendence
Nature of the Goddess
Dualities
Guided Meditations Transition from
Transcendent to Immanent Divinity
New Moon: A Meditation on Darkness and Light New Moon Ritual [Authoritarian
compared with shared leadership format: purification, calling directions, invocation, guided meditation,
monthly planning, chant, nourishment, blessing]
Chapter 2
Kabbalah: In Its Beginnings
Graphic:
Kabbalah Tree
What the
Bible Tells Us
Sefir Yetsirah and Other Early Influences
Medieval Mythology
A Clearer Vision
chapter 3Kabbalah: From Spain to
Safed Cordovero's Concepts
Cordovero's Correspondences (chart)
Lurianic Kabbalah
chapter 4Qabalah graphic:
Qabalah Tree Before The Dawn
The Golden Dawn
Development of Qabalah Continues
Qabalah and Kabbalah
Qabalistic Correspondences
chapter 5
Re-Visioning the Tree
[Kabbalah and Qabalah Tree comparisons; examination
of problematical assumptions;analysis using Hebrew noun gender] Graphics: Gender of Sefirot Figure 1: Jewish Kabbalah Figure 2: Hermetic Qabalah Figure 3: Re-Visioned Kabbalah Tree Exploring Re-Visioned Kabbalah: Meditations and Rituals Ritual Purification of the Tree [invocation,
directions, purification, re-visioning, guided meditation, nourishment,
blessing]
Sefirot Meditations
Permutation of Holy Names
Full Moon Ritual [invocation,
trance dancing, guided meditation, Tarot reading, song, blessing]
chapter 6 Taking the Quantum Leap The Universe: Stars and Spirals
Out of Time
Light Circles and Cones
Quantum Physics: The Subatomic World
Dance of the Particles
The Unseen: Dark matter, Black Holes, and The void Waning Crescent Moon Ritual [calling
directions, invocation, guided meditation, song, dance, blessing]
Appendix 1
Music Notation [For
ritual songs, "Full Moon, Whole Moon," and "Mother of All"]
Appendix 2
Re-Envisioned Tree of Life Tarot Spreads Full Deck Spread
Ten-Card Spread
Appendix 3
Study and Discussion Guide
Notes
[additional material about footnoted items, some of it new in this edition]
Index
Study Guide for
Kabbalah Chapters
In addition to the Study and Discussion Guide for all chapters
included in the book, an additional Study and Discussion Guide
focusing more extensively on the book's four Kabbalah/Qabalah
chapters is now available as a
Kindle E-book,
titled Exploring Re-Visioned Kabbalah.
Goddess Spirituality
for the 21st Century