Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power
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Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power is an exploration of the many faces of the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to goddess temples and natural shrines, to visit shamans and living goddesses in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, and to India for the annual ten-day Durga Festival. The mythology, rituals, philosophy, and spiritual practices of this distinctly female-centered and millennia-old tradition of Durga offer an alternative model of female potential and empowerment, focusing on peace, healing, spiritual liberation, and realization of inherent divinity.
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Amazzone argues that before patriarchal overlays and animal sacrifice replaced the first blood sacrifice, agricultural societies recognized the alignment between women's cycles and nature as sacred.
“before such patriarchal overlays occurred and animal sacrifice came to replace the first blood sacrifice, namely the non-violent offering of menstrual blood, agricultural societies recognized the alignment between women's cycles and those of nature as being sacred.”
From Conserving the ‘Container’ of Tantric Secrecy: A Discussion with Western Sākta Practitioners (2021) · cites this paper as Amazzone 2010
Amazzone cites Apffel-Marglin's fieldwork in Orissa as evidence that positive views of menstrual blood continue outside Brahmanical influence.
“As evidence that such views continue to exist in India outside of Brahmanical influence, she cites Apffel-Marglin (1994) fieldwork in Orissa”
From Conserving the ‘Container’ of Tantric Secrecy: A Discussion with Western Sākta Practitioners (2021) · cites this paper as Amazzone 2010
Amazzone believes handling the intense power generated by sexual ritual requires advanced levels of training.
“It is not that she does not recognize the liberating potential of sexual ritual, but rather that she believes that handling the intense power that it generates requires advanced levels of training (Amazzone 2010, p. 24).”
From Conserving the ‘Container’ of Tantric Secrecy: A Discussion with Western Sākta Practitioners (2021) · cites this paper as Amazzone 2010, p. 24
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- Authors
- Amazzone, L.
- Corresponding author
- Amazzone, Laura
- Published
- 2010
- OpenAlex
- W4410688565
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- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
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- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › General Arts and Humanities › Cultural and Mythological Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Keywords
- Goddess Durga, female power, goddess worship, shamanism, Kathmandu Valley, Hindu mythology, ritual, women's empowerment, spiritual freedom, healing, Nepal, India
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