Women of wisdom
Subtitle: a journey of enlightenment by women of vision through the ages
By: Paula Marvelly.
Publisher: Watkins; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781842931622
Subjects: Women mystics.; Women and religion.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: Extraordinary women from throughout the ages express their experiences of the agony and ecstasy of pursuing spiritual enlightenment through their prose and poetry, which is inspirational and often very moving.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Enheduanna; title: Hatchepsut; title: Vach; title: Makeda, Queen of Sheba; title: Sappho; title: Therigatha nuns; title: Mary Magdalene; title: Chinese nuns; title: Rabiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya; title: Yeshe Tsogyal; title: Andal; title: Hildegard of Bingen; title: Sun Bu-er; title: The Beguines; title: Julian of Norwich; title: Mirabai; title: Teresa of Avila; title: Grace Aguilar; title: Emily Dickinson; title: Sharada Devi; title: Mirra Alfassa; title: Irina Tweedie.