You are a creator, lover, priestess, and healer—a multifaceted goddess with confidence, spiritual wisdom, and the power to reinvent yourself. Based on a lifetime of deep spiritual study and her firsthand experiences around the world, Katalin Koda offers an innovative way for you to bring the sacred feminine into your everyday life. Fire of the Goddess presents nine goddess archetypes that correspond with every woman's inherent gifts and the most important facets of her life: firebearer, initiate, warrioress, healer, consort, bodhisattva, priestess, weaver, and crone. For each archetype, you'll connect with its associated goddess—Pele, Artemis, Quan Yin, Isis, and others—through inspiring exercises, the power of myth, and a sacred ceremony. Form a women's circle Call on your ancestors Find your animal guide Celebrate your sensuality Open up to your inner masculine Practice deep listening Through the exploration of each goddess aspect, you will begin to discover the strength, spirituality, beauty, and authenticity of your sacred and ever-evolving self. Praise: "This is a truly wonderful literary experience that connects women to a profound aspect of themselves that is often overlooked by the modern world."—Prediction

The story of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes, telling of her family, her birth and the events of her life.

You are a creator, lover, priestess, and healer--a multifaceted goddess with confidence, spiritual wisdom, and the power to reinvent yourself. Based on a lifetime of deep spiritual study and her firsthand experiences around the world, Katalin Koda offers an innovative way for you to bring the sacred feminine into your everyday life. Fire of the Goddess presents nine goddess archetypes that correspond with every woman's inherent gifts and the most important facets of her life: firebearer, initiate, warrioress, healer, consort, bodhisattva, priestess, weaver, and crone. For each archetype, you'll connect with its associated goddess--Pele, Artemis, Quan Yin, Isis, and others--through inspiring exercises, the power of myth, and a sacred ceremony. Form a women's circle Call on your ancestors Find your animal guide Celebrate your sensuality Open up to your inner masculine Practice deep listening Through the exploration of each goddess aspect, you will begin to discover the strength, spirituality, beauty, and authenticity of your sacred and ever-evolving self. Praise: "This is a truly wonderful literary experience that connects women to a profound aspect of themselves that is often overlooked by the modern world."--Prediction

This story of a young widow who becomes one of the most powerful women in India “will transport you across centuries and continents” (The Seattle Times). India, 1684. Moorti—widowed at seventeen and about to be burned on her husband’s funeral pyre—is saved from the fire by a mysterious Englishman. Taken to safety and given employment by her savior, Job Charnock, Moorti is renamed Maria and must embrace her new life among the English traders. Though she is grateful to be alive, the intelligent and talented Maria is not content to be a kitchen servant for the rest of her life. Seizing the opportunity to learn English, she hopes this will bring her closer to the kind and gentle Job. But with so many obstacles in her path, will she be able to overcome adversity in pursuit of a better life? A tale of adventure and danger, hardship and heartbreak, excitement and romance, this is the enthralling tale of a truly remarkable woman, where fiction meets fact. Filled with the heat and beauty of India, Maria’s story lingers long after the final page. “Research and authenticity resonate in every chapter.” —The Seattle Times “Politically, sexually, and racially, Kirchner is returning some small sense of agency to the people who have lost everything—even their names―to history.” —The Seattle Review of Books

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Islanders and visitors to the Islands describe spooky and awe-inspiring meetings with the goddess Pele."

In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Praise for Islands at the End of the World: “A riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home.”--School Library Journal, Starred "Aslan’s debut honors Hawaii’s unique cultural strengths--family ties and love of home, amplified by geography and history--while remaining true to a genre that affirms the mysterious grandeur of the universe waiting to be discovered."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred "Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."--School Library Journal, Starred