Vividly Woman Reading List Categories:
Goddess/Sacred Feminine
Biographical
Poetry and Prose
Fiction
Spiritual Teachings
Psychology/BodyWork/Energy
Nature
Tantra/Sensuality/Relationship
Business and Money

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Goddess/Sacred Feminine

By Jean Shinoda Bolen
Crossing to Avalon

Urgent Message from Mother; Gather the Women Save the World
Goddesses in Every Woman
Goddesses in Older Women
The Millionth Circle

Dance of the Dissident Daughter-Sue Monk Kidd
Awesome book about the journey from christianity to the sacred feminine.

Women Who Run with the Wolves-Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Engaging and absorbing on every level. This book is a journey.

Out of the Garden-Compilation of women writers on the bible
Bible stories re-told from the women's perspective.

When the Drummers Were Women-Layne Redmond
A Spiritual History of Rhythm.

Motherpeace Tarot; Deck & Book set-Vicki Noble & Karen Vogel
Earth based, pagan, sacred feminine approach to the tarot.

Women of Wisdom: Empowering the Dreams and Spirit of Women - Kris Steinnes & Jean Houston  
An experiential recording of the Women of Wisdom Conference in Seattle, Washington since 1993.

Biographical

The Fruitful darkness- Joan Halifax
The rich and real life of a woman deeply connected to spirit.

Insecure at Last- Eve Ensler  (author of the Vagina Monologues and The Good Body)
Eve Ensler's accounts of tragedys and violence worldwide can be rather disturbing but a very important read. Make sure to read until the end where she brings it home to our lives.

Left to tell-Immaculee Illibigza
The story of a Rwandan genocide survivor.

Woman Between Two Worlds- Zainab Salbi
The story of the founder of Women for Women International growing up in Saddam Hussein's privileged and intimidating inner circle.

Tales of a Female Nomad- Ruth Golden Gelman
Light and absorbing read.

Widening Circles-Joanna Macy
The life story of eco-activist/therapist Joanna Macy

Poetry and Prose

The Gift-Hafiz
This is a Vividly Woman treasure chest of poetic wisdom and love poems to God/Goddess.

Blessings- Julia Cameron
A jewel of a book for bringing light to each day in bite size offerings.

Naked Dance- Lalla

Mary Oliver New and Selected Poems

Fiction

The Red Tent-Anita Diamant
Novel about women of the bible.

Mist of Avalon- Marion Zimmer Bradley
Arthurian legends with a feminist twist.

Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds-Lynn V Andrews
Combining feminism and mysticism in a positive approach to menopause.

Spiritual Teachings

By Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart

The Places That Scare You
The Wisdom of No Escape
Getting Unstuck

By Eckart Tolle
Power of Now

The New Earth

By Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The Invitation
The Dance
The Call

Paths to God-Ram Dass

Psychology/BodyWork/Energy

Body, Self & Soul- Jack Rosenberg

Wheels of Life-Anodea Judith
Users guide to the chakra system.

Intuitive Body-Wendy Palmer

Infinite Mind; The Science of Human Vibration- Valerie Hunt

Nature

Web of Life Imperative- Mike Cohen

The Spell of the Sensuous-David Abrams
The history of language and sensuality.

Mary Oliver New and Selected Poems

By Susan Chernak McElroy
Animals as Teachers and Healers
Heart in the Wild

Coming Back to Life- Joanna Macy

Tantra/Sensuality/Relationship

Emergence of the Sensual Woman- Saida Desilets

The Art of Conscious Loving- Charles & Caroline Muir

The Art of Sexual Ecstasy- Margot Anand

The Intimate Couple-Jack Rosenberg & Marjorie Rand

Embracing the Beloved-Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Holy scripture on the dance of relationship!

Business and Money

The Soul of Money-Lynne Twist


Freedom Formula-Christine Kloser