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The resulting text reveals many facets of the realities of women's experience from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. And ultimately, Wall shows rape to be an expression of dominance rather than lust, giving increased support to the definition suggested by feminists.

Wall demonstrates that the Callisto myth is a powerful archetype which illustrates both the victimization of women and their search for independence and autonomy, an archetype that should not be ignored by modern women. This study addresses the surprising persistence of mythical influence in contemporary fiction. Opening with the question 'what is myth? This leads to an examination of the role that mythic narrative plays in social and self formation, drawing on the literary, feminist and psychoanalytic theories of Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous and Judith Butler to delineate the ways in which women's mythos can transcend the limitations of logos and give rise to potent new models for individual and cultural regeneration.

In this light, Susan Sellers offers challenging new readings of a wide range of contemporary women's fiction, including works by A. Topics explored include fairy tale as erotic fiction, new religious writing, vampires and gender-bending, mythic mothers, genre fiction, the still-persuasive paradigm of feminine beauty, and the radical potential of comedy.

Because of her profound admiration for the beauty and mystery of crystals, Barbara Walker reveals in this two-part examination what crystals truly are, what they can -- and cannot do, and what they have meant to cultures down through the ages. She exposes the crystal mystics' grotesque ignorance of the very subject of which they claim expertise and presents detailed discussions on crystal "vibrations," healing, and energies.

She points with humor and insight to the incomprehensible "word salad" crystal mystics use to explain their notions. Then, featuring an illustrated A to Z listing of all the minerals used in esoteric studies, Walker presents the true history, mythology, and attributes of each stone.

This invaluable reference is for anyone interested in the facts and fiction of crystal mysticism. The articles contained here are all written by leading experts in the field. Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium.

In over signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.

Barbara G. Walker Nokomis, FL is a highly successful feminist writer of both fiction and nonfiction works. Her previous books include Femin. The Crone Author : Barbara G. Score: 1. Prepared by scholars from all disciplines, features alphabetically listed entries, coverage of 1, historical figures, analysis of women and society and culture throughout history, cross-references, and bibliography.

The articles contained here are all written by leading experts in the field. Because of her profound admiration for the beauty and mystery of crystals, Barbara Walker reveals in this two-part examination what crystals truly are, what they can -- and cannot do, and what they have meant to cultures down through the ages. She exposes the crystal mystics' grotesque ignorance of the very subject of which they claim expertise and presents detailed discussions on crystal "vibrations," healing, and energies.

She points with humor and insight to the incomprehensible "word salad" crystal mystics use to explain their notions. Then, featuring an illustrated A to Z listing of all the minerals used in esoteric studies, Walker presents the true history, mythology, and attributes of each stone. This invaluable reference is for anyone interested in the facts and fiction of crystal mysticism.

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Sort order. Shelves: loathed , history. She rewrites myth and history to make everything female-supreme, Goddess centric, anti-male, and full of sexual womyn power. That said - I don't like made up or revisionist history, even if it does stroke the ego a bit. She bases everything on the supposed Pre-historical Matriarchy - which has little to no archeological evidence to truly support in the grand scale she portrays it. But besides that, her Encyclopedia and Dictionary are a mish-mash of cultural hodge-podge!

She acts as if gods and goddesses from varying cultures are generally interchangeable, offering nothing for the cultural differences which give birth to their own representations of deity. She has butchered myths, made up "alternate versions" which have no founding anywhere except her own imagination, ignored important details of myths which don't mesh with her agenda, and basically perverted the symbols she pretends to represent.

Bad scholarship is bad enough There are many strong female figures out there This book does not do them justice. View all 14 comments. Jan 27, Leah Lumsden rated it it was amazing. A must read for anyone who would like to view a different view on 'history' One of the things that I remember from this book intro I think was that throughout history anything to do with mens history is noted normally as history or fact. Alot of things with women's history is unknown, especially to women.

Its a mans world, has been for a long time. Im not wanting to cause some big discussion on male vs female, thats not the intent of that statement. The idea behind this book is kind of an A - Z A must read for anyone who would like to view a different view on 'history' One of the things that I remember from this book intro I think was that throughout history anything to do with mens history is noted normally as history or fact.

Its impossible to explain just how wide the scope is. Everything you could possibly imagine and many more you wouldnt even dream of.. The book is called 'myths and secrets' because alot of times thats how we get information given to us if at all its a myth, or a secret, or something not to be talked about. This book is an amazing read for any feminist, woman and man.

I dont know if I believe all of it. Read it with a grain of salt as I would hope you do anything. However it was refreshing to be offered a different view of many many many things throughout women's time on this planet. Years later I reread it and was just amazed at how rich our history is. Made me feel better about a lot of things. Its just an incredible book.

View 1 comment. Dec 28, Audra Unabridged Chick rated it did not like it. I'm all for feminist examinations of history for a stellar example, see Joanna Russ' How to Suppress Women's Writing but Walker's works are, unfortunately, far from academic, poorly researched, and badly written.

It's one thing if she stuck to novels, but sadly, she presents this volume as a piece of non-fiction, meant to be a reference. Unfortunately, she succumbs to the worst of the Burning Times Syndrome -- i. Mar 30, Natalie rated it it was amazing Shelves: female-pen , i-blame-the-patriarchy , reference , god-is-dead. Holy cow. What a treasure trove of information. Absolutely indispensable for the know-it-all uppity woman.

View 2 comments. It's a huge, random collection of all things related to women's traditions, but there's jems on most anything you care to investigate It's a huge, random collection of all things related to women's traditions, but there's jems on most anything you care to investigate When I read this, I wasn't in a very skeptical place, so I took a lot of it at face value.

After reading some of the other reviews on Goodreads, I think perhaps that wasn't the right thing to do.

However, it's been years since I read this book and I don't remember many of the myths or secrets covered in the book.

What I do remember is feeling a sort of enchantment reading the pages--feeling as if another world was out there that I had not before encountered. And, if for no other reason, I think When I read this, I wasn't in a very skeptical place, so I took a lot of it at face value. And, if for no other reason, I think this is an important book. Perhaps Walker's facts aren't quite right.

I don't have the expertise to know one way or the other. What I do know, is that this is a fantastic book for young women looking for examples mythological or not of strong women, immanent power, and the healing, life-affirming, worldly pagan principles. And since, for many pagans, myths and other stories we tell are important for their meaning--with less concern for literal truth or factual accuracy--I'm relatively untroubled by the controversial nature of Walker's book.

Jun 30, Heather rated it did not like it Shelves: historical , mythology , non-fiction. This book is complete bullshit. The author blatantly makes shit up, has done barely any research, and what research she has done is of the worst quality.

For example, in the entry on Hathor, Walker claims that "in the earliest dynasties, her name was a component of all royal Egyptian names, indicating the archaic matrilineal queenship based on successive incarnations of her spirit.

First off, her name wasn't included in early royal names. Djer, Djet, Narmer. N This book is complete bullshit. None of those contain her name. Look up literally any king list of the Early Dynastic period, and see for yourself.

Also, even if it was true that her name was included in royal names, making the leap to an 'archaic matrilineal queenship' is a huge fucking leap! At most, we could say she was an important goddess. We wouldn't know why! The icing on the cake of awful, is that she quotes Budge. Budge was a shoddy scholar when he was first published, over a hundred years ago. The only reason his work is widely available is that it's in the public domain, and people are too lazy to find anything better.

Very seriously, if you see anything that claims to have accurate information about Egypt, and it quotes Budge as a serious historical source without anything else backing them up, laugh and then run for the hills. This book is a disgrace to history, to feminism, and to scholarship.