All of the major world religions deprecate women to some degree.
This page archives texts which relate specifically to women and religion
from a female perspective.
This includes historic feminist texts on the topic,
texts about Goddess-oriented sprituality and
Amazons, as well as
texts from otherwise male-dominated religions
in the same vein.
As might be expected, there are far fewer of these than might be desired.
The Syrian Goddess Lucian of Samosata, tr. by Herbert A. Strong [1913] Lucian's hair-raising description of ancient Goddess worship.Ancient Near East The Burden of Isis
by James Teackle Dennis [1910] Hymns to Isis, a primary Ancient Egyptian Goddess.Ancient Egyptian
Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes
by W.D. Westervelt [1916] Read about the powerful Hawaiian Fire Goddess Pele, who lives in a volcano and surfs on lava.
A old Hawaiian saying: "never mistreat an old woman, she
might be Pele in disguise".
Polynesian
Hymn to Demeter Homer, tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White [1914] A central Goddess myth, the canonical hymn of the Eleusinian initiatory mysteries.Classical Pagan The Poems of Sappho Classical Pagan; particularly her
Hymn to Aphrodite Descent of Ishtar into the Lower World. Ancient Near East Aradia, Gospel of the Witches
tr. by Charles G. Leland [1899] The sole written evidence for Dianic worship into modern times. Of controversial authorship.
Late European Wiccan Hymn to the All-Mother
from Rig Veda Americanus (Aztec Hymns), by Daniel G. Brinton [1890] Aztec Hymns to the Goddess
by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) [1913] A collection of Hindu devotional hymns to the Goddess.India Hymn to Kâlî: Karpûrâdi-Stotra
by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) [1922] A Tantric hymn to the Hindu Goddess Kali.India Lalita Sahasranama; The 1000 Names of the Goddess
tr. Rishi Singh Gherwal [1930] A well-loved Hindu chant extolling the thousand attributes of the Goddess.Hindu
The Devî Gita(excerpt from) The S'rîmad Devî Bhâgawatam
tr. by Swami Vijnanananda (Hari Prasanna Chatterji) [1921] The Hindu religion is one of the only major world religions
other than Neopaganism which today worships Goddesses.
In this insightful text the Goddess (the Devî) describes
her nature and means of devotion to her.
Hindu Hymn to the Goddess of Dawn Rig Veda, Book 6, Hymn 64.Hindu The Hopi Origin Myth
from The Traditions of the Hopi, by H.R. Voth [1905] The Goddess Huruing Wuhti co-creates the world with the Sun God.Hopi Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe
by Donald A. Mackenzie [1917] The ancient Minoans of Crete are believed by many to have been Goddess worshippers.Ancient Crete The Book of the Goddess
by Anna Livia Plurabelle [2002]
The Korana of Mother Goddess
by JoAnne Marie [2006]
Unveiling a Parallel
by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893] A trip to Mars, to a strange society which practices equality of the sexes. Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman [1906] Visit a land where women are the only gender, reproduce asexually, and worship a goddess. Classic of feminist scifi.
Folk-Lore of Women
by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer [1906] A droll Victorian review of folklore about women around the world.
Thanks to Eliza Yetter of
sacredspiral.com.
Shaker Documents
The Shakers, a unique 19th Century American Christian group founded
by Ann Lee, believed that God has both male and female aspects.
The Kabbalah Unveiled
tr. by S.L. MacGregor Mathers [1912] Jewish mysticism is much more balanced in its treatment of male/female
dualities than 'mainstream' Judeo-Christian thought.
For instance, see this chapter.
This translation of the Zohar by S.L. MacGregor Mathers is
dedicated
to Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland,
the author and editor respectively
of Clothed with the Sun (above).
Baha'i religion: Women
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