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Sacred woman : a guide to healing the feminine body, mind, and spirit / Queen Afua.
LIBRA RZ440 .A364 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Afua, Queen
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naturopathy.
- Spiritual healing.
- Longevity.
- Self-care, Health.
- African Americans.
- Spiritual Therapies.
- Black or African American.
- Faith Healing.
- Self Care.
- african american.
- Medical Subjects:
- Spiritual Therapies.
- Black or African American.
- Naturopathy.
- Faith Healing.
- Longevity.
- Self Care.
- Physical Description:
- 406 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : One World, ©2000.
- Summary:
- Queen Afua is a nationally renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and dedicated healer of women's bodies and women's souls who practices a uniquely Afrocentric spirituality. Her classic bestseller, "Heal Thyself, forever changed the way African Americans practice holistic health. Now, with "Sacred Woman, she takes us on a transforming journey of physical and ancestral healing that will restore the magnificence of our spirits through sacred initiation. Queen Afua begins by helping us to discover our unique "womb-an-ness"-and to honor the womb as the center of our consciousness and creativity, giving us a twenty-one-day program for womb purification and spirit rejuvenation. Then Queen Afua summons us to enter the Nine Gateways of Initiation, where she blesses us with the exact tools we need to bring our beings into true harmony with the earth and the cosmos. Through extraordinary meditations, affirmations, and rituals rooted in ncient Egyptian temple teachings, Queen Afua teaches us how to love and rejoice in our bodies by spiritualizing the words we speak; the foods we eat; the spaces we live and work in; the beauty we create in our lives; the healing energy we transmit to self and others; the relationships we nurture; the service we offer; and the transcendent woman spirit we manifest. With love, wisdom, and passion, Queen Afua guides us to accept our mission and our mantle as Sacred Women-to heal ourselves, the generations of women in our families, our communities, and our world.
- Contents:
- Preface: Preparing to enter the gates: sacred woman training
- pt. 1. The ancient ways. Khamitic Nubian philosophy
- pt. 2. Womb wisdom. Gateway 0: the sacred womb ; The spirit of the womb ; The care of the womb
- pt. 3. The nine gateways of initiation. The commitment: for all women who enter the nine gateways ; Gateway 1: sacred words ; Gateway 2: sacred foods ; Gateway 3: sacred movement ; Gateway 4: sacred beauty ; Gateway 5: sacred space ; Gateway 6: sacred healing ; Gateway 7: sacred relationships ; Gateway 8: sacred union ; Gateway 9: Nefer Atum: the sacred lotus initiation
- Sacred woman products and tools
- Biographies of sacred woman ancestors, elders, and contemporaries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0345423488
- 9780345423481
- 9780345434869
- 0345434862
- OCLC:
- 42291391
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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