Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power

• Author(s): Laura Amazzone,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 242
• ISBN_10: 0761853138
  ISBN_13: 9780761853138
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / General , Religion / Eastern , Religion / Hinduism / General , Religion / Hinduism / History , Religion / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice , Religion / Hinduism / Sacred Writings , Religion / Hinduism / Theology , Religion / Philosophy , Religion / Reference , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... 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.