CULTURE SHIFT BOOKLIST

Heide Goettner-Abendroth:

Indigenous Matriarchal Societies

Matriarchal Societies of the Past and the Rise of Patriarchy

Societies of Peace   ed Goettner Abendroth

Marija Gimbutas:

Goddesses and gods of old europe;

Civilisation of the Goddess

Language of the goddess, et al

Joanna Macy:

Active Hope

Coming Back to Life

Riane Eisler: 

The Chalice and the Blade, Eisler

Nurturing our humanity  Eisler and Fry

the Power of Partnership and all her other books.

Others

Ancient Futures   Helena Norberg Hodge

The Forest People  Colin Turnbull

Studebaker: Switching to Goddess

Roszak Voice of the Earth (Ecopsychology)

INDIGENOUS MATRIARCHIES

TRANSITION TOWNS, COMMUNITY, PERMACULTURE

From What is to What if   –  Rob Hopkins

Transition Handbook

ECOFEMINIST CULTURE SHIFT NOVELS

The Fifth Sacred Thing   Starhawk

City of Refuge  Starhawk

The Swan-Bone Flute   Rachel O’Leary, set in 6th century Britain

Mary Mackey   the Earthsong series, set in times of the first Kurgan invasions, 4,000 BCE

Woman at the Edge of Time  Marge Piercy

The Dispossessed and other novels Ursula LeGuin

BUDDHIST WOMEN’S BOOKS

Buddhism after Patriarchy, Rita Gross

– history of women in Buddhism, and how women’s wisdom can contribute to present day Western Buddhism

Passionate Enlightenment, Miranda Shaw

– about the historical origins of tantra and how may of the teachers were women.

Buddhist Goddesses of India, Shaw

Dakini’s Warm Breath, Judith Simmer Brown

Meeting the Great Bliss Queen, Anne Klein

Feminine Ground – ed Jan Willis – collection of articles

Travellers in Space – June Campbell

Fruitful Darkness, Joan Halifax. eco slant

PERSONAL STORIES OF BUDDHIST WOMEN

Being Bodies

Buddhist women on the edge

Turning the Wheel: American women creating the New Buddhism

– these three have different women writing a chapter each about their own experiences. all lovely.

Hidden Spring – Sandy Boucher

– personal story about her cancer and meditation

Jan Willis: Dreaming Me – and African American Woman’s spiritual journey

Dancing in the Dharma – life of Ruth Denison, American teacher. by Sandy Boucher

BIOGRAPHIES OF TIBETAN WOMEN IN HISTORY – TIBETAN WORKS IN TRANSLATION

Women of Wisdom, Tsultrim Allione

biography of yeshe tsogyel –

Skydancer tr keith dowman

Mother of Knowledge [tarthang tulku’s group]

there’s also another new translation

Machig’s Complete Explanation – about Machig Labdron, who made the chod

Mandarava  – Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava

Lotus Born – life of Padmasambhava

Niguma, Lady of Illusion

MEDITATION

Feeding the Demons, Tsutlrim Allione – not a basic meditation book – on a particular theme

GODDESS/SHAMANIC ET AL

Civilised Shamans, Samuel – about Tibetan Buddhism

The Myth of the Goddess – by two jungian women Ann Baring and Jules Cashford

Blood Relations – Chris Knight –  on the origins of culture being from menstruation.

She who Changes, Carol Christ

Monica Sjoo, the Great Cosmic Mother, Norse Goddesses et al

In a Chariot Drawn by Lions, Asphodel Long

Women’s Dictionary of Myths and Secrets – Barbara Walker

Lucy Goodison Moving Heaven and Earth

Lucy Goodison ancient goddesses – this questions the goddess myth.