Quest and Transformation

SACRED CIRCLES – A Guide To Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality Group

Robin Deen Carnes & Sally Craig

Sacred Circles shows us how we can use a group to explore our relationship to the sacred, and honor the divine in everyday life. This much-needed guide celebrates the rich diversity of women’s spiritual lives and offers practical step-by-step advice for those who want to create and sustain a spirituality group of their own. The power of personal story telling, reclaiming and reinventing ritual are just a few of the subject area covered.

Harper San Francisco
ISBN: 0062515225 paper

GIFT OF PAIN – Transforming Hurt into Healing

Barbara Altemas

“Pain is the touchstone of all spiritual growth”, and comes in many forms diligently avoided by most, even at the risk of sacrificing the quality of life. Pain can and should be a catalyst for change – the threshold we must cross as we travel from suffering to joy. In this collection of personal experiences, Altemus uses the themes of pain – failure, loss, addiction, lack of community, and loss of homeland, among others to illustrate how even in our darkest moments we are guided to spiritual awakening, discovery and joy.

Perigee/Penguin
ISBN: 0399527788 paper

A BIG NEW FREE HAPPY UNUSUAL LIFE – Self-Expression And Spiritual Practice for Those Who Have Neither

Nina Wise

In clearly explained ten-minute exercises that can be performed almost anywhere, Nina Wise points the way toward a fuller, more creative life. The reader is invited to rediscover the body, to fall in love with language, and most of all to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. With warm, yet invigorating encouragement, Wise provides a remarkable antidote to anyone struggling with burnout, everyday stresses, or specific fears and offers keys to unlock deep sources of peace and the creative energy that lies within the core of our being.

Broadway Books
ISBN: 0767910079 paper

THE CALL – Discovering Why You Are Here

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Visionary poet and best-selling author, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, invites the reader to share her journey of self discovery, acceptance and fulfillment in this, the final book of a trilogy dedicated to finding meaning and purpose in the way we live our lives. The Invitation guided us to discover what we truly long for. The Dance explored how to live in this longing. Now, in The Call we explore the “why” of it all – why we are here, and why we must each undertake the journey from longing to living fully and deeply in the world. Each chapter contains clear and practical guidance for personal exploration.

Harper SanFrancisco
ISBN: 0060011947 hardcover