Booklist
Here are just a few of our favourite books. If you'd like to buy any of these, please use the links - these will earn us a little money with Amazon and help us to keep going! If you have books that you think should be on this list - and there must be hundreds! - please let us know.
14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine: Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene, Joan Norton and Margaret Starbird
A Dreaming for the Witches, Stephen J Yeates
A Serpentine Path: Mysteries of the Goddess, by Carol P Christ
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image, Leonard Schlain
The Ancient British Goddess: Goddess Myths, Legends, Sacred Sites and Present Revelation, Kathy Jones
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World, Merlin Stone
Aphrodite's Riddle: A Novel of Goddess Worship in Ancient Greece, Jennifer Reif
Arousing the Spirit: Provocative Writings, Susan McCaslin
At the Table of the Grail, John Matthews
Avebury: The Biography of a Landscape, Joshua Pollard
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Beowulf & Grendel: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend, John Grigsby
Beyond God the Father, Mary Daily
The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture, Jacques Cauvin
Blacksmith Gods: Myths, Magicians & Folklore, Pete Jennings
Blood, Bread and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World, Judy Grahn
Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation, T Buckley & A Gottleib (Eds)
The Body of the Goddess, Rachel Pollack
Breaking the Mother Goose Code: How a Fairy-Tale Character Fooled the World for 300 Years, Jeri Studebaker
Brighde's Cave: A Mythida Journey, Isabella Weber
Brighid and Me: Experiences with the Goddess, Hollee Swann (Ed)
Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, Shirley Ann Ranck
Cat's Eye, Margaret Atwood
The Celtic Goddess: Great Queen or Demon Witch?, Claire French
Celtic Maidens, Ceri Norman
A Certain Age: Reflecting on the Menopause, Joanna Goldsworthy (Ed)
The Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler
The Civilization of the Goddess, Marija Gimbutas
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Crow Moon, by Anna McKerrow
Cult of the Black Virgin, Ean Begg
Dark Mother, Lucia Birnbaum
Daughters of Copper Woman, Anne Cameron
Daughters of the Earth: Goddess wisdom for a modern age: Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century, Cheryl Straffon
Descent to the Goddess: a Way of Initiation for Women, Sylvia Perera Brinton
A Dictionary of Northern Mythology, Rudolf Simek
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells
Diving Deep & Surfacing: Diving Deep & Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest, Carol P Christ
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America, Margot Adler
Dreaming the Dark, Starhawk
Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual Sojourn, Normandi Ellis
The Earth Goddess: Celtic and Pagan Legacy of the Landscape, Cheryl Straffon
Earth Memory: Holistic Earth Mysteries Approach to Decoding Ancient Sacred Sites, Paul Devereux
The Effect: Where science meets spirituality, Linda Hoy
Encyclopedia of Goddess and Heroines, Patricia Monaghan
Falling into Easy: Help for Those who Can't Meditate, Dee Willock
Feast of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess, Normandi Ellis
The Field: the quest for the secret force of the universe, Lynne McTaggart
Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kali, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba.
The Fifth Sacred Thing, Starhawk
Finding New Goddesses: Reclaiming Playfulness in Our Spiritual Lives, Barbara Ardinger
The Firebrand, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The First Sex, Elizabeth Gould Davis
The Flame Bearers: A Novel, Kim Chernin
The Forest House, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forests of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gaia Emerging: Goddess Beliefs & Practices in Australia, by Patricia Rose and Tricia Szirom
The Giuliana Legacy, Alexis Masters
Goddess 2.0: Advancing a New Path Forward, Karen Tate (editor)
Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology, by Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow
Goddess Calling: Inspirational Message & Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy, Karen Tate
Goddess Consciousness: Women’s Mysticism and Sacred Arts, by Marlaina Donato
The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: 6500-3500 BC Myths and Cult Images, Marija Gimbutas
The Goddess in Crete, Cheryl Straffon and Lana Jarvis
The Goddess in Glastonbury, Kathy Jones
Goddess in the Grass: Serpentine Mythology and the Great Goddess, Linda Foubister
Goddess Matters: the Mystical, Practical and Controversial, Judith Laura
Goddess Spirituality for the 21st Century: From Kabbalah to Quantum Physics, Judith Laura
Godmother Night, Rachel Pollack
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson
Gossips, Gorgons & Crones, Jane Caputi
Grail Alchemy: Initiation in the Celtic Mystery Tradition, Mara Freeman
The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth, Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mor
Greek Myths, Robert Graves
Gyn/Ecology, Mary Daly
Hathor: A Reintroduction to an Ancient Egyptian Goddess, by Lesley Jackson
The Heart of the Labyrinth, Nicole Schwab
The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture, Francesca Rochberg
Hebrew Goddess, Raphael Patai
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
The Hidden Camino, by Louise Sommer
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story, Brian Swimme
Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen, Mary Sharratt
In a Chariot Drawn by Lions, Asphodel P Long
Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer, Diane Wolkstein & Samuel Kramer
Ireland a Sacred Journey, Michael Dames
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, Luisah Teish
Jephte's Daughter, Naomi Ragen
Journey to the Dark Goddess: How to Return to Your Soul, Jane Meredith
Lady of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Language of Ma the primal mother: the evoloution of the female image in 40,000 years of global Venus Art, by Annine van der Meer
The Language of the Goddess: Unearthing the Hidden Symbols of Western Civilization, Marija Gimbutas
The Living Goddesses, Marija Gimbutas
Longing for Darkness, China Galland
The Long Journey Home: Revisioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Time, Christine Downing (Ed)
The Lost Gods of England, Brian Branston
Lupa & Lamb, by Susan Hawthorne
Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (Maeve Chronicles), Elizabeth Cunningham
The Maltese Dreamer, Catherine V Tucker
Mama Day, Gloria Naylor
The Mary Magdalene Within, Joan Norton
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology v. 1, Joseph Campbell
The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology v. 2, Joseph Campbell
The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology v. 3, Joseph Campbell
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology v. 4, Joseph Campbell
The Megalithic Empire, M J Harper & H L Vered
In Memory of Her: Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza
Midwifing Death: Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother, Leslene della-Madre
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Moon and the Virgin, Nor Hall
The Moon under Her Feet, Clysta Kinstler
The Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens, by Morgan Daimler
Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art, and Tarot, Vicki Noble
The Mysteries of Demeter: Rebirth of the Pagan Way, Jennifer Reif
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image (Arkana), Anne Baring & Jules Cashford
Mythology of the British Isles, Geoffrey Ashe
Myth, Religion, and Mother Right: Selected Writings of Johann Jakob Bachofen (Bollingen Series (General)), Johann Jakob Bachofen
Naming the Goddess, Trevor Greenfield (ed)
New Age and Armageddon: Goddess or the Gurus? - Towards a Feminist Vision of the Future, Monica Sjoo
The Norse Goddess, Monica Sjöö
Ode to Minoa, Theresa Dintino
O Mother Sun!, Patricia Monaghan
On Becoming a Fairy Godmother, Sara Maitland
The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time, Elinor Gadon
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming
PaGaian Cosmology: Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion, Glenys Livingstone
The Passion of Mary Magdalen (Maeve Chronicles), Elizabeth Cunningham
Past Lives: Discover and Connect with your Past Lives to Create Positive Change, Atasha Fyfe
Peace-Weavers & Shield Maidens: Women in Early English Society, Kathleen Herbert
Possessing The Secret Of Joy, Alice Walker
Priestess of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Prince Of Tides, Pat Conroy
Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality, Carol P Christ
The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit, Patricia Monaghan
The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
The River Midnight, Lilian Nattel
Roles of the Northern Goddess, Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson
The Rule of Mars: Readings on the Origins, History and Impact of Patriarchy, Cristina Biaggi (Editor)
Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations (Sacred Places: 108 Destinations Series), Karen Tate
Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality Through Movement and Ritual,Iris J Stewart
Savage Breast: A Man's Search for the Goddess, Tim Ward
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Secret Lives, Barbara Ardinger
The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland, Mary Condren
The Seven Perfumes of Sacrifice, Amy Logan
Shamanism and the Mystery Lines: Ley Lines, Spirit Paths, Out-of-the-body Travel and Shape Shifting, Paul Devereux
She Lives! The Return of Our Great Mother - Myths, Rituals, Meditations and Music, Judith Laura
Silbury: Resolving the Enigma, Michael Dames
The Silbury Treasure: The Great Goddess Rediscovered, Michael Dames
Spinning the Wheel of Ana, Kathy Jones
Stories They Told Me, Theresa C. Dintino
The Strega and the Dreamer, by Theresa C. Dintino
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character (Phoenix Books), Samuel Noah Kramer
The Sun and the Serpent, Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller
Switching to Goddess: Humanity's Ticket to the Future, J Lyn Studebaker
Symbols of birth and of death in the Neolithic era, D O Cameron
The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker
The Temple of the Subway Goddess, Carolyn Boyd
Temporary Agency, Rachel Pollack
The Throne in the Heart of the Sea, Martha Shelley
The Treasures of Darkness: History of Mesopotamian Religion, Thorkild Jacobsen
Triple Goddess: An Exploration of the Archetypal Feminine, Adam McLean
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Susan Bordo
The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story, Brian Swimme
The Universe Story, Brian Swimme
Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority and Mystery, Starhawk
Unquenchable Fire, Rachel Pollack
Voices of the Sacred Feminine: Conversations to Re-Shape our World, Karen Tate
Walking an Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth, Karen Tate
Welcoming Lilith: Awakening and Welcoming Pure Female Power, by Theresa C. Dintino
When God Was a Woman (also published as The Paradise Papers), Merlin Stone
When the Drummers Were Women, Layne Redmond
When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity, Karen Jo Torjesen
The White Goddess, Robert Graves
The Wild Genie: The Healing Power of Menstruation, Alexandra Pope
The Wise Wound, Penelope Shuttle
Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, Max Dashu
The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, Barbara G Walker
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara G Walker
Women's Rites, Beverly Byrne
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman (Classic Edition), Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Year The Horses Came (The EarthSong Trilogy), Mary Mackey
Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband and Wife (Archetypal images in Greek religion), Carl Kerenyi