#spriituality

so...there’s a book coming. eventually. the birth is taking its time, but it’s just about ready to emerge and take its first breaths. 

while you wait, check out some of the titles on the “suggested reading” list.  ~~~

African Religions and Philosophy (2nd edition) - John S. Mbiti (Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1989)

All Women Are Healers: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Healing - Diane Stein (The Crossing Press, 1990)

Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul - Jalaja Bonheim (Fireside, 1997)

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah (Heinemann / Reed Publishing, 1968)

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life - Robert O. Becker, M.D., Gary Selden (Quill / William Morrow, 1985)

Bullsh*t or Fertilizer: A Portable Pep Talk - Pierre Bennu (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003)

The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure - James Redfield (Warner Books, 1993)

The Cowrie Blessings Book: Nu Afrakan Words of Wisdom - Rev. Dr. Queen Mother Imakhu Mu Nfr-t (Imakhu Mwt Shekemet) (self-published e-book, 2006)

The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Matriarchy & of Patriarchy in Classical Antiquity - Cheikh Anta Diop (Karnak House, 1989)

Dark Mother: African Origins and Godmothers - Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum (Author's Choice Press, 2001)

Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition - Tobe Melora Correal (The Crossing Press, 2003)

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin (First Vintage International, 1993 edition)

The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth - Monica Sjoo, Barbara Mor (HarperOne / HarperCollins, 1991)

Killing Rage: Ending Racism - bell hooks (Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1995)

Mami Wata: Africa's Ancient God/dess Unveiled (Vols. 1 and 2) - Mamaissii Vivian Hunter-Hindrew, M.Ed. (Chief Hounon-Amengansie; Mama Zogbe) (Mami Wata Healers Society of North America Inc., 2007)

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman - Malidoma Patrice Some (Putnam, 1994)

Olookun: Owner of Rivers and Seas - John Mason (Yoruba Theological Archministry, 1996)

Ona Agbani - The Ancient Path: Understanding and Implementing the Ways of Our Ancestors - Iyalosa Apetebii OlaOmi Akalatunde (self-published, 2006)

1,000 Orisa Yoruba Names - Chief FAMA Aina Adewale Somadhi (Ile Orunmila Communications, 1998)

Opening to Spirit: Contacting the Healing Power of the Chakras & Honouring African Spirituality - Caroline Shola Arewa (Thorsons, 1998)

Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Modern States - Cheikh Anta Diop (Lawrence Hill Books, 1987)

Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life - Connie Zweig, Ph.D., Steve Wolf, Ph.D. (Ballantine Wellspring, 1997)

Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body—New Paths to Power and Love - Riane Eisler (HarperSanFrancisco, 1995)

Secrets of Voodoo - Milo Rigaud (City Lights Books, 1985)

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery - bell hooks (South End Press, 1993)

Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde (The Crossing Press, 1984)

Sixteen Mythological Stories of Ifa (Itan Ifa Merindinlogun) - Chief FAMA Aina Adewale Somadhi (Ile Orunmila Communications, 1994)

Two Thousand Seasons - Ayi Kwei Armah (Heinemann International, 1973)

Understanding Kemetic Magick - Rev. Dr. Queen Mother Imakhu Mu Nfr-t (self-published e-book, 2009)

When God Was a Woman - Merlin Stone (Harvest / Harcourt Brace, 1976)

Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers (2nd Edition) - Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English (The Feminist Press, 2012)

Witch - A Magickal Journey: A Hip Guide to Modern Witchcraft - Fiona Horne (Thorsons / HarperCollins Publishers, 2000)

The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine - Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D. (Bantam Dell / Random House, 2005)

Women, Culture & Politics - Angela Y. Davis (First Vintage Books, 1990)

Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype - Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. (Ballantine / Random House Publishing, 1995)

You Look Like Something Blooming: A Memoir of Divination Seeds to Cultivate Your Feminine Garden Temple (Vols. I and II) - India Ame’ye (Modern Woman, Indigenous Spirit Press, 2014-2015)