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For just as they have made the male god to rule
over Our Great Mother,
so they have justified their rule over you.
Know from this that personification is political.
And thus the yoke of your oppression is their denial
of She who is the source of all life. . . .

I will be with you and all who return to me, for as you liberate me,
so shall you be set free
and the balance of the universe be restored.

-from "The Meeting" in She Lives! The Return of Our Great Mother. Copyright 1989, 1999 by Judith Laura

She Lives!
The Return of Our Great Mother

Myths, Rituals, and Meditations

10th Anniversary Edition
Revised and Expanded

ISBN 0738803596 Trade paperback / ISBN 0738803588 Hardcover
September 1999 /  Xlibris Corp  / 172 pages

This is a revised and expanded version of the book first published by The Crossing Press in 1989.
She Lives! celebrates the return of female divinity to our spiritual lives. The book opens with a creation myth and a mythological account of suppression of Goddess worship. Eight other myth-like short stories follow. They tell about the return of the Goddess in our own time in Pagan, Christian, Jewish and other settings. The book also includes rituals for passages in women's lives, such as menarche and menopause, and separate rituals for men's passages. There are also seasonal celebrations for the community together--including children--with choreographed dances and songs with music notation in a variety of traditions. Also included are meditations and other personal rituals, including a self-blessing belly dance.

From Reviewers

"This beautifully written book contains a variety of treasures, from Laura's myth retellings both ancient and modern, to ritual ideas from many spiritual disciplines, to sacred music and chants for the circle....From beginning to end, She Lives! provides invaluable information and practical ritual resources designed to help the reader."
--
Leni Austine, SageWoman

"I was most pleased to see this expanded edition of one of my favorite Goddess devotionals.... This is a book that I can highly recommend to anyone coming from more traditional religious backgrounds....Laura's emphasis is on cultural and religious diversity, and her aim is to appeal to a wide spectrum of people on all religious paths....Songs, chants and meditations round out this wonderful book that should be on every Goddess-loving person's bookshelf."
--Marisa Young, The Beltane Papers


" Judith's myths are gentle, but powerful. They make you smile.
They give you goose bumps."

--The Women's Spirituality Book Review

From the Author

It's been wonderful to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first publication of She Lives! The Return of Our Great Mother with a revised and expanded edition in both hardback and trade paperback.

I've posted the book's Preface on this site so you can read about the considerable amount
of new material I've added to the book, as well as my thinking about the revisions. I've also posted an excerpt from the new section called, "Reflections on Seasonal Rituals" here.

The original trade paperback edition of She Lives! was published in 1989 by The Crossing Press (143 pp., ISBN 0895943328). The 10th Anniversary Edition includes two new myth-like short stories, the addition of guided meditations to each of the seasonal rituals, a new section explaining seasonal celebrations, and additional meditations including The Castle, a guided meditation to help you experience separation from and reunion with the Great Mother. I hope the Table of Contents below gives you a fuller idea of the book's contents. For a list of journals and anthologies that have published parts of this book, click here.

For signed copies and for bookstore availability, see below.

Thank you so much for your interest in my work.

Many blessings,
Judith Laura

Table of Contents

In recognition that not everyone can afford to buy books, and in gratitude for the great service libraries provide, we share a partial list of public and university libraries whose holdings include either the original or expanded edition of this book:

University Libraries
Auburn University
College of St. Mary  (Omaha)
Colorado College
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Center for Theological Studies
General Theological Seminary (NYC)
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University Schlesinger Library
Indiana University
John Kinder Theological Library (New Zealand)
Kansas State University
Lewis University
Louisiana State University
Loyola University of Chicago
Michigan State University
Manhattan College (Bronx)
Princeton University
Michigan State
North Park University (Chicago)
Ohio University*
Olivet College (Michigan)
Rutgers University
Radcliffe
San Jose State
Southern Methodist University
SUNY at Stony Brook
Syracuse University
University of Alberta
University of Colorado
University of Georgia
University of Illinois
University of New Orleans
University of the South
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Western Ontario
West Virginia University
Yale University

Public Libraries
Allen County, Ind.
Anchorage
Boston
Kansas City, Kansas
Lexington, Ky.
Middletown Twp., NJ
Milwaukee
New York City
Oceanside , Calif.
Solano County, Conn.
San Antonio
Santa Clara, Calif.
St. Johns County, Fla.
Suffolk Coop, N.Y.
Parmly-Billings, Mont.
Washington County, Ore.
Washoe County, Nev.

Source: wildcat.org

* With the exception of Ohio University, the author's alma mater, no books were donated to these libraries by  the author or publisher

She Lives! Preface 1999
Ancient Myths
The Beginning
The City

Modern Myths
The Dove and the Bear
The Meeting
Welcoming the Sabbath
The Convent
Alana Buluku and the Reverend Jones
The Delegation
Lillian's Husband
She Who Heals

Personal Rituals
Women's Celebrations
Men's Celebrations

Seasonal Rituals
Autumn Equinox
Winter Solstice
Spring Equinox
Summer Solstice
Music

Reflections on Seasonal Rituals
Autumn: A Time to Harvest
Winter: Challenge and Gift
Spring: Sensing the Season's Turning
Summer: A Time of Abundance

Meditations
Earth Invocation
The Castle
Morning Healing Meditation
Self-Blessing Belly Dance
Upon Seeing the Full Moon
Darkness and Light
The Charge of Love
Her Words
Miracle of the Egg
Benediction

Judith Laura donates at least a third of her royalties from all her books to charities benefiting women. (Because authors don't get royalties from used book sales,
this cannot include the sale of used books.)

Online sites that carry this book include: Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, bn.com,  xlibris.com ,booksamillion.com, Amazon.com,

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