Dance of the Spirit: The Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality

Inbunden bok. Bantam. 1989. 223 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. Tillsynes obläddrat exemplar ///Förlagets beskrivning: A WOMAN'S SPIRITUALITY IS A RHYTHMIC SERIES OF MOVEMENTS THAT CAN BE IMAGINED AS STEPS IN A DANCE, WHERE THERE IS MOVEMENT BACKWARD AND FORWARD. AT WHATEVER STEP WE FIND OURSELVES, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE MEANT TO BE" From a leading educator in women's studies, here is a gentle yet provocative book that will help women find—and use—the spiritual steps that can transform their lives. In the "quiet revolution" of women's increasing spiritual selfawareness, Dr. Maria Harris teaches women how to dance to the music of their own souls—while discovering their unique and authentic female selves. As women continue to gain a clearer sense of self in every area of their lives, they are also realizing there are facets of their interior lives that are uniquely female. It is this rich, inner world of mystery, power, and promise every woman must enter in order to achieve a true awareness of her identity. To that end, Dance of the Spirit moves through the seven steps of women's spirituality—Awakening, Dis-Covering, Creating, Dwelling, Nourishing, Traditioning, and Transforming—and discusses the meaning and movement of each step that forms the spiritual dance. Here as well arc exercises, meditations, and new insights to lend strength, momentum, poise, and balance to the dance."For almost two decades, as a teacher and educator, I have had the privilege of talking with women from around the world about a quiet revolution. That revolution is the rebirth of a genuine women's spirituality, which takes seriously the major issues in women's lives and the major elements in women's daily experience: issues such as brokcnness, connection, and power; elements such as love,work, and death. As our conversations have progressed, I have become convinced that, although they touch us in different ways, certain themes are common to us all and certain questions are sedimentedin our souls. "So, let us begin. In the company of one another, and of the Dancing Spirit, let us enter the world of our own depths, our own mystery, our own promise. Let us give ourselves time to wonder and to wait. Let us be patient and gentle with ourselves as we start. And let us believe that in doing so, we are contributing to our own wholeness and the wholencss of the world!' —From the Prologue