Women's Rites of Passage: How to Embrace Change and Celebrate Life
By consciously participating in rituals to mark important milestones in our lives, we connect with our souls in powerful, life-changing ways.Women’s Rites of Passageshows you exactly how to use ritual to heal, grow, and celebrate. (Christiane Northrup, M.D., author ofMother-Daughter Wisdom)Even though there is in North America a widespread, deeply felt need for resources on ritual creativity, the pickings are slim.Women's Rites of Passageis a caring response to that need written by Abigail Brenner, an author whose therapeutic sensitivities suffuse her writing. Although some readers will be delighted and others irritated by her treatment of ritual and gender, they will not likely be indifferent. The book is brimming with stories that take us to the heart of women's struggle to ritualize their lives meaningfully. (Ronald L. Grimes, author,Deeply into the Bone: Reinventing Rites of Passage)Ceremonies and rituals have been key in indigenous cultures for thousands of years to mark transitions and rites of passage in an individual’s life. Abigail Brenner brilliantly shares stories and information of the importance and power gained by bringing ritual and ceremony into a modern-day culture and the healing that occurs in doing so. Her personal depth, her research, and her ability to share her case studies makeWomen’s Rites of Passagean engaging and important book to read. Well done! (Sandra Ingerman, author,Soul RetrievalandMedicine for the Earth)Women's Rites of Passageby Abigail Brenner is a helpful and handy resource. (Spirituality and Practice)It would appear that the book has truly met its goals and is one that I can refer to in the future for patients as well as for personal guidance. (PsycCRITIQUES)