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Sheela na gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power
Starr Goode
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Description for Sheela na gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power
Hardback. Traces the origins of the Sheela na gig from Medieval times to Paleolithic cave art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 155 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 324 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1116.
For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and secular architecture throughout Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Appearing on rural churches, castles, bridges, holy wells, tombs, and standing stones, these powerful images of a figure fearlessly displaying her vulva embody the power of the Dark Goddess over the mysteries of sex, life, death, and rebirth. Exploring the art and myth of the Sheela na gig from Celtic and Classical times back to Paleolithic cave art, Starr Goode ... Read more
For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and secular architecture throughout Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Appearing on rural churches, castles, bridges, holy wells, tombs, and standing stones, these powerful images of a figure fearlessly displaying her vulva embody the power of the Dark Goddess over the mysteries of sex, life, death, and rebirth. Exploring the art and myth of the Sheela na gig from Celtic and Classical times back to Paleolithic cave art, Starr Goode ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781620555958
SKU
V9781620555958
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-31
About Starr Goode
Starr Goode, MA, teaches writing and literature at Santa Monica College. An award winning writer, she has been profiled in the LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker. She was the producer and moderator for the cable TV series The Goddess in Art, the episodes of which are now housed in the permanent ... Read more
Reviews for Sheela na gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power
As Starr Goode tells us in this gorgeously illustrated book, Sheelas have for millennia adorned churches, castles, bridges, holy wells, tombs, and standing stones throughout the British Isles and in a few European sites. Highly Recommended.
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Starr Goode has written a masterful work on the Sheela na ... Read more
Barbara Ardinger, SageWoman. Barbara Ardinger, SageWoman. Barbara Ardinger, SageWoman
Starr Goode has written a masterful work on the Sheela na ... Read more