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Title: Be a Goddess!: A Guide to Celtic Spells and Wisdom for Self-Healing, Prosperity, and Great Sex by Francesca De Grandis, Francesca De Grandis ISBN: 0-06-251505-5 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: She is real, accessible, encouraging, has a great web site,
Comment: Francesca De Grandis 'Be a Goddess' The Third Rd tradition is an immensely transforming experience for the wayfarer, journeymen or seeker on the way to finding their initial starting point or for those with an inherent deeply resonating connection in a Celtic Shamanic Magical Discipline. Francesca brings together a broad range of powerful practises for the aspiring spirit, which is truly reaching out to be connected and transformed in a down-to-earth, practical everyday application of knowledge. She is real, accessible, encouraging, has a great web site, and 'there' for you. For prospective readers, I know there is a tendency when flicking through a book to be cautious and sceptical of current works that involve the terms - magic, shaman, guides, spirits, beings and fairies. To immediately disregard that which we do not understand, because of connotations & misrepresentation in a 'Oh I know here we go off with the fairies again, when will these authors get a life!' 'I am looking for a real discipline not delusion!' type of inner voice.
Well I understand this, as I have been the world's greatest sceptic. But now I am the world's greatest eclectic! So, if you truly have a 'desire' to reach into your 'Self' and find the inherent beauty and magic of the human state, and 'desire' to abide in a clarified, empowered, sacred space within you daily - this course will lay down the essential approach and inner housekeeping required for a life time discipline of worship, humility, enchantment, passion and fantastic super sweaty sex.
I have researched over 50 books on magic, shamanism, witchcraft, ritual, healing, energy and pain management. All due to the need to find the essence of transpersonal medicine (Body, Mind, Emotion and Soul healing) from ancient healing arts. I have been so ill for 5 years plagued by chronic fatigue, body-wide pain, sleep deprivation, annihilated immune system, etc with no allopathic solutions available. A classic merry-go-round of symptoms with no hope or future. What I found in Francesca's book and further from daily practise over the last 12 months of the Third Rd, was the way to heal my Soul, which was so desperately devoid of spirit and required special nurturing and connected love. My mind, which was so effected by the layers of medication and the effect of being estranged from my 'Self'. My body that was so physically exhausted beyond any possible energy healing, beyond all - I was lost to my 'Self' completely. Believe me, this is a very dark hole and a long way to crawl back from and required enormous self-discipline, self-clarification and nurturing, not to mention some pure magic and the right teacher. The essence of 'Be a Goddess! - the Third Rd' has reached deep into my (and all the other folk I have encouraged to participate) soul, psyche and connection to this life. Shifting blocks, distortions, and past hurts that live on until they are recognised, nurtured and forgiven. Techniques to assist us in becoming 'whole'. There are advanced techniques when followed as directed, which have been the only true way I have been able to override my chronic fatigue and pain. I have tried and participated in many alternatives to no avail. But the most potent aspect of this training is the experience of the profound in everyday life, the connection with deity, the merging with the truly sacred, and feeling the enchantment in life. The Third Rd teaches enchantment, 'magic' in everyday that we live in every moment, as a powerful extension of our existence, not an external ritualistic 'hocus pocus' approach that can be more baffling than helpful. No one wants empty theatrics when searching for understanding. Once you are grounded with your understanding, you can have all the theatrics you desire!
Be a Goddess - The Third Rd integrates many aspects - energy, self-clarification, empowerment, passion, desire, love, and true worship. True worship maintains humility, which is paramount for any practitioner as we unfold on our journey. It connects us to the love of Self, then love of deity, our empowerment to enact our desires and passions and our right to profound nurturing. Self-clarification keeps clarity of purpose which helps to inhibit egoic self-righteous attitudes from arising. The shamanic training opens the consciousness to 'states of change' and the inner realms of transformation, allowing one access to the archetypal teachers and to see the magnificence of creation unfolding from within. With all of these healing and empowering aspects of this course and tradition (which are quite invisible to the student at the time), individuals both male and female who have been affected by Christianity, Patriarchy, Dominator Social structures, drug addiction, self abuse, and chronic health conditions or carry scares from their past, will benefit - if they practise!
I recommend this book to interested people of many different traditions, backgrounds and views. Sceptics, The Way of the Goddess followers, neo-pagans & pagans, witches, traditional WICCA practitioners, Self Healers and Healers, Shamans, etc, but most of all to any 'being' which is questing for its authentic Self. Rosey Coggins '99
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book for the beginning witch or shaman
Comment: It has been said that there is no such thing as a master shaman; if there is such a thing as a master teacher, however,
Ms. DeGrandis would be one. Her book takes the student step by
step through the process of learning how to call up power, cast
a spell, and, most importantly, how to protect oneself from unwanted spiritual influences. A warning to novice witches, however: this book may lead you down a different path, that of being a shaman.
Some of the best things about Ms. DeGrandis' method of casting spells is that there is no casting of circles involved, no need for special equipment, and no need for other people to help you invoke the God and Goddess. Also, she keeps reminding her students not to beat themselves up if they can't seem to do everything just right. She says that the Gods/Goddesses honor an honest effort. And isn't that just what most of us need to know, after all?
When the rituals are done faithfully, they will help you to feel better about yourself, as well as to have more confidence in your own abilites to use magic. I would highly recomend this book to anyone who is alone on her/his path and is seeking practical nowledge about performing magic and being safe in the work.
Rating: 5
Summary: Be a Goddess stands the test of time!
Comment: A little over four years ago, I worked through the 15 weeks of lessons in Be a Goddess and found, to my great surprise and pleasure, that these lessons were fun, inspiring, and, most of all, life-transforming. The psychology was sound, the spirituality was amazing, and the teacher was warm and caring.
Since then, I've gone on to train extensively with Francesca and have been delighted to discover that the teacher I found in her book is the Real Deal. She is everything I hoped to find and more.
I continue to recommend Be a Goddess for anyone who is interested in exploring Goddess spirituality, beginning a path as a magical practitioner, or just looking for spiritual guidance and inspiration.
As for the reviewers in this section who maligned Francesca and her work, I am saddened and a little angry. Attacks on a person's work and personal worth are unseemly and undignified. Disagree, if you must, but attacking anonymously is reprehensible.
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Title: Goddess Initiation: A Practical Celtic Program for Soul-Healing, Self-Fulfillment & Wild Wisdom by Francesca De Grandis ISBN: 0062517155 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham ISBN: 0875421180 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Practicing the Presence of the Goddess: Everyday Rituals to Transform Your World by Barbara Ardinger Ph.D. ISBN: 1577311736 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: 03 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews by Scott, Cunningham ISBN: 0875421288 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations & Rituals by Patricia Monaghan ISBN: 1567184677 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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