Goddesses for Every Season

This collection of 52 goddesses - one for each week of the year - depicts many of the forms in which the female deity has been worshipped around the world since ancient times. The book includes heroines, queens, witches, healers, princesses and crones from Greek, Roman, Chinese, African, Polynesian and American mythology. The book groups these goddesses according to the seasons when their energies are most potent, so that week-by-week, the reader can draw on their nurturing, creative powers. There is information on mythology, historical and geographical associations, and spiritual practices connected with each deity. There is a brief prayer or affirmation to each goddess.