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Goddess Durgā and sacred female power- [e-book]

내용주기: Goddess Durgā and sacred female power -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Encountering Durga -- Part One: The Teachings of Goddess Durga -- Chapter One: Durga: Goddess of Paradox -- Chapter Two: Tantra, Kaula, and sakta Tradition -- Chapter Three: Durga as Bhagawati: The Power of the Yoni -- Chapter Four: The Art of Pilgrimage and the Durga Puja -- Part Two: Durga Puja: The Ten-Day Harvest Festival -- Day One: Saraswati: Goddess of Creativity -- Day Two: The Kumari: Living Virgin Goddess -- Day Three: Mai Ajima: Ancient Mother, Ancient Grandmother -- Day Four: Laksmi: Goddess of Abundance -- Day Five: The Eight Matrkas: The Power of Women in Groups -- Day Six: The Yogini: Goddess and Priestess of Erotic Arts and Mysteries -- Day Seven: Kali: Goddess of Transformation -- Day Eight: Taleju: Women's Blood Mysteries -- Day Nine: Nine Durgas: Goddesses of Liminality -- Day Ten: Durga's Victory -- Glossary of Sanskrit Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

초록/해제: 요약 : Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power is an exploration of the many faces of the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to goddess temples and natural shrines, to visit shamans and living goddesses in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, and to India for the annual ten-day Durga Festival. The mythology, rituals, philosophy, and spiritual practices of this distinctly female-centered and millennia-old tradition of Durga offer an alternative model of female potential and empowerment, focusing on peace, healing, spiritual liberation, and realization of inherent divinity.