Patricia Monaghan - Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit

About the Author

One of the leaders of the contemporary earth-spirituality movement, Patricia Monaghan has spent more than twenty years researching and writing about alternative visions of the earth. Raised in Alaska, where much of her family still lives, she considers herself blessed to have learned the ecology of the taiga, the subarctic forest, in her youth. She was a writer and reporter on science- and energy-related issues before turning her attention to the impact of mythic structures on our everyday lives.

The worldwide vision of the earth as feminineas a goddess, called Gaia by the Greeksled her to recognize the connection between ecological damage and the oppression of the feminine in Western society. Much of her work since that time has explored the question of the role of feminine power in our world in an inclusive and multicultural way.

An avid traveler, Patricia has researched earth spirituality and goddess worship on three continents. She has traveled widely in Europe, especially in Ireland. She holds dual US/Irish citizenship and has edited two anthologies of contemporary Irish-American writing.

Patricia is a member of the resident faculty at DePaul Universitys School for New Learning in Chicago, where she teaches science and literature. Visit her online at www.patricia-monaghan.com.

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Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit 1997, 2012 by Patricia Monaghan.

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First e-book edition 2012

E-book ISBN: 9780738732299

First Printing, 1997; 15th Anniversary Edition, 2012

Second revised and expanded edition

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