A mix of memoir, spiritual teachings, and practices from Afro-American traditions such as Ifa/Orisha, and New Orleans Voudou, it offers a fascinating introduction to the world of nature-based spirituality, Goddess worship, and rituals from the African diaspora. Since its original publication in 1985, Jambalaya has become a classic among Women’s Spirituality Educators, practitioners of traditional Africana religions, environmental activists, and cultural creatives. It should be read with the same open-minded love with which it was written.'-Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple 'A book of startling remembrances, revelations, directives, and imperatives, filled with the mysticism, wisdom, and common sense of the African religion of the Mother. Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical RitualsĪ refreshed edition of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals-updated with a note from the author sharing the changes that have occurred in the 30 years since its original publication. Join Lasara Firefox Allen as she explores the nature of the five archetypes gives examples of what areas of life each might preside over lists goddesses that fit within each archetype suggests ways to begin building relationship with the different archetypes and provides simple rituals for recognition, transition, and invocation. It is a new system that embraces the powerful, fluid nature of the lived experience of women today. This fivefold model is not an adaption of the threefold.

In a woman's lifetime, she will go through several different cycles of beginnings, potential, creation, mastery, and wisdom. Where the maiden, mother, crone archetypal system is tied to female biology and physical stages of life, the fivefold model liberates the female experience from the shackles of the reproductive model. Jailbreaking the Goddess is a revolutionary revisioning of the feminine divine.

Jailbreaking the Goddess: A Radical Revisioning of Feminist SpiritualityĪ RADICAL REVISIONING OF FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY

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