Patricia Monaghan was a poet, writer, and spiritual activist who played an influential role in the contemporary women's spirituality movement. Her work delves into profound spiritual experiences, amplifying female voices. Through her poetry and prose, Monaghan inspired readers to connect with their inner wisdom and recognize the sacredness of everyday life. Her literary legacy lies in her ability to weave personal exploration with collective female empowerment.
Explore the spiritual journey of gardening through meditations, journal exercises, and rituals designed to deepen your connection with nature. The book offers 16 unique garden schematics, such as an angel garden, fairy garden, and Kuan-Yin's Garden of Mercy, each promoting a specific theme or energy. With a color insert to enhance the experience, readers are invited to cultivate both their gardens and their inner selves.
An unconventional presidential candidate shares her journey from a childhood on an Alaskan marijuana farm to the national stage, blending personal anecdotes with culinary flair. The narrative includes unique recipes like Hare on Buns and Moose Haggis, alongside her triumphs in media and music with the Trapper Family Singers. As she outlines her vision for a Pagen presidency, the book presents an inspiring yet unsettling tale of independence and ambition, highlighting the intersection of food, faith, and politics in a fresh and entertaining manner.
Explore fifty-five wineries across Minnesota and Wisconsin with this comprehensive guide. It features tours of thirteen wine trails, offering insights into local wines and their unique characteristics. The book includes sidebars filled with food pairings, helpful tips, and intriguing local lore, making it an essential resource for wine enthusiasts and travelers alike.
Patricia Monaghan is known to many readers for her many books on feminine deities, including The Goddess Companion, Seasons of the Witch, and The Goddess Path. But she is also a very accomplished poet. Poetry and physics dance in this collection, inspired by metaphors drawn from chaos theory and quantum mechanics. Mathematics can graph the heart's chaotic rhythm, but this poetry moves with that rhythm. From the strange attractor who disrupts life's laminar flow to the mysteries of sensitive dependence and hurricane in space/time. Dancing with Chaos links science and poetry in a passionate tango. Patricia Monaghan grew up in Alaska and now teaches at DePaul University in Chicago. She has won a number of prizes, including the Friends of Literature Award for poetry and the Alaska State Fellowship for poetry and fiction.
A perpetual calendar offering goddess prayers, invocations, chants and songs for each day of the year. Sources range from Ovid to Ramakrishna to the folksongs of Lithuania, West Africa and Alaska. The prayers can be used for meditation, for private and public ritual, or for creative inspiration.
Describes techniques from a wide variety of traditions, including shamanism, yoga, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and biofeedback