title: Ariadne's Thread: A Workbook of Goddess Magic
author:  Shekhinah Mountainwater 
description: Using the figure of the ancient goddess Ariadne as a metaphor, Mountainwater unravels the mysteries of a woman-centered spirituality. She offers gentle guidance through the cycles of a woman's life; the phases of the moon; the yearly nature holidays; and the aspects of divination. She concludes each chapter with suggested exercises, meditations, and reading lists. Her capably organized and well-written book encourages women to find their own spiritual path. The reading lists lack complete citations; still, a very good, practical book on women's spirituality and goddess worship. Recommended.<br /><i>- Gail Wood, Mont gomery Coll. Lib., Germantown, Md.</i><br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  
  
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  
  
  width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 1200 1600"
  
  
  preserveAspectRatio="none">
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Author’s
  
  
  Note: this is an extension of Min’s dream about her future with Aerylle in
  ‘Sehanine’s
  
  
  Moonblade’. It is meant to be read as a
  
  
  side-story and an exploration of the two characters’ relationship. **
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “ _When
  
  
  I asked of the mighty, bronze-skinned huntress why I, a pale Sorceress from
  the
  
  
  North, excited such smouldering lust in her eyes she laughed and pressed her
  
  
  Bloom of Hanali against my lips to savour – her
  
  
  nectar fierce and burning like spiced tea on my tongue. _
  
  
  
  
  
  __
  
  
  
  
  
  _‘We
  
  
  believe there is no water without stone, no hard without soft, no light
  without
  
  
  dark.’ she said, her voice drummed like a jungle song and I saw fires
  
  
  blaze in the distance. _
  
  
  
  
  
  __
  
  
  
  
  
  _Ignorant
  
  
  as she was of my status, she took her pleasure