Karen Tate - Goddess Calling: Inspirational Messages & Meditations of Sacred Feminine Liberation Thealogy

GODDESS CALLING

A strong, courageous book that will either set your teeth on edge or make you laugh with joy.

Jean Houston, Ph.D World-renowned American scholar, lecturer, author, and philosopher active in the human potential movement. Adviser to political leaders, UNICEF, and the United Nations Development Group training leaders in the new field of Social Artistry.

Karen Tates inspirational work celebrates Goddess spirituality and encourages all women to rediscover their sacred history, to break the shackles that patriarchal culture has imposed on them, and to take action for the preservation of our Mother Earth. Her meditations on the state of our world, past, present and future, are profoundly engaging.

Barbara G. Walker Beloved Foremother and author of The Womans Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, The Womans Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, The Crone, Feminist Fairy Tales, and Man Made God.

A magnificent work, carefully researched, inspiring language, beautifully organized. To anyone who can only read one good book about the Goddess, I would recommend this work. Karen Tate is in love with life, and with the ancient wisdom. A very generous author who is a sister soul in revolution.

Zsuzsanna Budapest Pioneer in the Womens Spirituality Movement, womens rights activist, journalist, playwright, songwriter, teacher, evolutionary priestess, visionary and author of many books including The Holy Book of Womens Mysteries.

Drawing on her eclectic experiences as teacher, interviewer, scholar, traveler, and liturgist, Karen Tate has created in Goddess Calling a powerful synthesis of well-chosen information, reflective observation and poetic prose. This unique volume combines astute analysis of present day social and political realities with soothing meditations, a welcomed addition to the conversation about the female divine. Throughout, goddesses from varied times and locations become accessible and embodied providing an impressive work of thealogy. Goddess Calling is an invaluable resource when crafting meaningful rituals as well as a helpful companion for individual study, inspiration and personal development.

Elizabeth Fisher Author of Rise Up and Call Her Name: A Woman-honoring Journey into Earth-based Spiritualities.

Political Perspectives to challenge oppression, Ecofeminist Thealogy to empower action, Goddess Meditations to feed the Soul.

Rev. Selena Fox Psychotherapist, environmentalist, Pagan rights activist, High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary, and author of Goddess Communion and When Goddess is God.

Goddess Calling is a valuable resource for those regularly called upon to create services or ceremonies for the exploration of Goddess Spirituality. Karen Tate offers a selection of Messages relating the values of Goddess Spirituality as expressed through the sacred myths of ancient and living Goddess traditions to todays society, politics, and culture. Then she provides a series of Meditations that can help participants awaken those Goddess values in their own lives. Karen brings her deep experience with Goddess Spirituality and the liveliness of her long-running internet radio program, Voices of the Sacred Feminine, to this inspirational book.

M. Isidora Forrest - Author of Isis Magic: Cultivating a Relationship with the Goddess of 10,000 Names and Offering to Isis, Knowing the Goddess Through Her Sacred Symbols

Women all over the world are rising up to create their own circles, churches and organizations to empower themselves, to express female spirituality and to better the world. This amazing book serves us well in offering brilliant wisdom, joyful ideas and gentle structure to our gatherings. We have been waiting for such a book, and Im so glad its now here. Rev. Karen Tate is a treasure one of our most profound thinkers and doers for an ancient spirituality that is coming through just in time for all humanity. Thank you, Karen!

Rev. Ava - Founder and Presiding Priestess of the Goddess Temple of Orange County

To feel loved by the Sacred Feminine is a cure we need, and Karen Tates Goddess Calling helps bring it forth. She offers intellectual food, intuitional inspiration and experiential nourishment to seekers on the path of restoration of the feminine principle for our world. Goddess Calling can be used as a manual to create a wisdom circle or public ritual for a holy-day. She offers words to say for the important yearly cycles of renewal of the deep feminine, as well as guided visualization meditations to take us inward to meet the world goddesses.

Reverend Tate honors the archetype of Sacred Union through the story of Mary Magdalene and returns Mary to the company of her sister goddesses where she belongs. Mary Magdalene is but one facet of the world-changing strength of the feminine spirit that comes through in this book of rituals, meditations and political perceptions.

Joan NortonThe Magdalene Within and 14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine; Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene

First published by Changemakers Books, 2014

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Text copyright: Karen Tate 2013

ISBN: 978 1 78279 442 4

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Dedicated to

Isis The Great She of 10,000 Names

Sekhmet Our Lady of Tenacity Manifested

and

Roy
My Husband
The wind beneath my wings for three decades.

Other Titles by this Author

Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations
Walking an Ancient Path: Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth

Anthology Contributions

Waters of Life
Jesus Through Pagan Eyes
Heart of a Woman in Business
The Goddess Guide to Business Bliss

As Ive been heard to say many times on my radio show, Voices of the Sacred Feminine, my listeners and guests are gas in my tank who keep me going year in and year out. Listener emails nourish and feed me, validating that what Im doing is making a difference in their lives. My awesome guests inspire and inform, helping keep me on the cutting edge of new thought and ideas. They are not however, the only folks who sustain me. Just as Hillary Clinton showed us it takes a village to raise a child