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Subtitle: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path I read and liked this a long time ago. I’ve been recommending it to folks lately, so I reread it to refresh my memory. The part I remembered and liked was the encouragement to be yourself in dating. Show up as you are, and […] Subtitle: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss This is a loving clear-eyed unflinchingly personal look at terminal illness, death, and grief by Oregon’s former governor Barbara Roberts. Her husband Frank Roberts died of cancer during her governorship. From the introduction: I hope for a culture of loving openness in every medical office, […] Subtitle: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World Recommended to me by: David Mitchell David Abram is both a sleight-of-hand magician, concerned with perception and connection, and a philosopher, concerned with insubstantial ideas. Traveling as a sleight-of-hand magician, he got to know indigenous magicians in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Americas. With them, he learned […] Subtitle: Celebrating 30 Years, An Anthology of We’Moon Art and Writing Recommended to me by: gift from a friend We’Moon, now in its 35th year, is an feminist astrological datebook that centers the moon cycles rather than the sun cycles. This anthology contains the extraordinary history of this project, as well as sample art […] Subtitle: A Practice for Counting the Omer Recommended to me by: Kol Aleph – Jewish Renewal Omer Offerings Online I tried Counting the Omer this year, moving through the sephirot of the Kabbalah in all their pairings over 49 days. I quickly found that I needed a woman’s voice to guide me through this […] Subtitle: A Feminist Vision of a Renewed Judaism Recommended to me by: Orasimcha Batdina I loved this book. Lynn Gottlieb talks about exactly what I needed to hear, that other women find Judaism to be hostile ground. I cheered on her battle to make that hostile world hers in a new way, and winced […] Subtitle: Rediscovering Judaism’s Divine Feminine Recommended to me by: Orasimcha Batdina Rabbi Leah Novick weaves the Shekhinah (divine feminine in Judaism) back in to Jewish history. Clearly, a lot of research and thought went into creating this book. It contains a brief chapter on Kabbalah, which is what led me to read it, and […] Subtitle: A User’s Guide to the Chakra System Recommended to me by: Katherine Macomber Millman This is a thorough, inclusive, grounded introduction to the chakra system. It includes Hindu history, symbolism, and interactions with yoga. It discusses both the “liberating” current, moving toward the upper chakras and universal energy, and the “manifesting” current, moving […] Subtitle: What We Found at the Heart of Interfaith Recommended to me by: Rabbi Ted Falcon’s website I felt welcomed into this book right away when the authors say they will address exclusivity, violence, sexism, and homophobia in their three religions. These are the major issues that keep me away from organized religion. For […] Subtitle: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi, and a Sheikh Recommended to me by: David Mitchell Somewhere along the way, I acquired the mistaken idea that “interfaith” is a watered-down, lowest-common-denominator version of religion. This book makes clear that interfaith is a vibrant, active process of building connections and understanding. The […] |