{"id":14242,"date":"2019-01-15T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14242"},"modified":"2019-01-15T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:05:58","slug":"the-heart-of-the-goddess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14242","title":{"rendered":"The Heart of the Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Heart of the Goddess: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World\u2019s Sacred Feminine\u201d by Hallie Iglehart Austen was originally published in 1990, but Austen felt the time was right to bring it back. <\/p>\n

$\"\"$ She\u2019s right. In this time of #resistance, Austen\u2019s look at universal spiritual feminism is right on the mark. Respect for the earth, community building, and reclaiming the power womanhood all blend together in \u201cThe Heart of the Goddess\u201d. Instead of your typical who\u2019s who of female deities, Austen discusses each goddess from the perspective of a piece of artwork featuring the deity. This allows for a discussion of the origin of the art (geography and date) and with it, the history and culture surrounding the goddess.<\/p>\n

To make \u201cThe Heart of the Goddess\u201d a spiritual journey for the reader, the deities are collected into 3 parts: Creation, Transformation, and Celebration. Along the way Austen presents meditations, prayers, and thought exercises with the goddesses.<\/p>\n

Regardless of how many books you own or have read about goddesses, I guarantee you that you\u2019ve never encountered anything like this. Informative, spiritual, and filled with art pieces from antiquity to contemporary times, \u201cThe Heart of the Goddess\u201d is, and will remain, a classic.<\/p>\n

Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"