num_pages: 384
description: For generations women have had to channel their strength and power into the role of muse priestess or earth motherand always in the shadow of male magicians. This groundbreaking book shatters outdated notions of the Western magical tradition and presents a new paradigm that celebrates and empowers the woman magician. Drawing on thirty years of study and personal experience Brandy Williams boldly revisions metaphysics from a female perspective. She introduces a new Magia Feminaa female-centered exploration of tradition history philosophy science culture theology and magicand shares unique wisdom on how to live authentically as a woman and as a dedicated practitioner of her craft. Williams discusses women's roles in magic and philosophy throughout history as well as issues of gender sexuality feminism cultural identity God as divine feminine the Qabbalah and the evolution of such magical systems as the Golden Dawn and modern Witchcraft. Offering a complete and workable ritual system based on Egyptian cosmology The Woman Magician invites you to become a practicing member of the Sisters of Seshat the first all-female initiatory magical order since the French Revolution. Experience powerful hands-on individual and group initiatory rituals and help launch this new order into the greater world.
language: English
title: The Woman Magician: Revisioning Western Metaphysics from a Woman's Perspective and Experience
publisher: Llewellyn Publications