The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries is the seminal book of Women's Spirituality. It launched the Dianic tradition and started the Women's Spirituality Movement as a force in modern society. This book, which has been out-of-print for a decade, is being reworked into its ultimate version. Updated for the 21st Century with color printing both inside and outside. Fresh versions of all the interior photos have been made from the originals, and there will be new cover art. This edition has an index and other extras as well as the Grandmother Codes, a whole new section envisioned by Z during the 2020 virtual Goddess Festival, and fleshed out by Z and several other priestesses and Goddess scholars into their final form.

This book is an irresistible, definitive guide to the magical practices of contemporary women. Beginning with a brief history of witchcraft, it explores a huge range of beliefs, festivals, skills, and lore, including: Goddesses, priestesses, and witchesReincarnation, karma, magic, and powerThe aura, the chakras, psychic awareness, astral traveling, pathworking, dreamwork, and healingCovens, initiations, collectives, and lone witchesThe circle, the altar, wands, robes, chalices, incenses, oils, and candlesThe moon and the planetsSabbats, esbats, solstices, equinoxes, Samhain, Candlemas, Beltane, and LammasTarot, scrying, starcraft, and herbal loreGathering together all the disciplines of European witchcraft and providing rituals and spells for use in our lives, A Woman's Book of Shadows, first published in 1993, is a remarkable compendium of magical lore, psychic skills, and women's mysteries.