1. Introduction to the Sacred Feminine
  • Woman, Earth and Spirit :The Feminine in Symbol and Myth. Helen Luke. New York: Crossroad, 1984.
  • Goddesses in Every Woman. Jean Shinoda Bolen. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
  • The Feminine Face of God. Sherry Ruth Anderson and Patricia Hopkins. New York: Bantam, 1991.
  • The Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine. Helen Luke. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 1995.
2. Dissolving and Descent
  • Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. Diane Wolkstein & Samuel Noah Kramer. New York: Harper, 1983.
  • Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women. Sylvia Brinton Perera. Toronto: Inner City, 1981.
    • Kaleidoscope: The Way of Woman and Other Essays. Helen Luke. New York: Parabola Books, 1992. (Especially the early chapters in The Way of Woman.)
  • Emerging from the Chrysalis: Rituals of Women's Initiation. Bruce Lincoln. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  • The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation. Marion Woodman. Toronto: Inner City, 1985.
  • Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. Marion Woodman & Elinor Dickson. Boston: MA, 1997.
  • Healing through the Dark Emotions. Miriam Greenspan. Boston: Shambala, 2004.
3. Re-emergence, Embodiment and Wisdom
  • The Metamorphosis of Baubo: Myths of Woman's Sexual Energy. Winifred Milius. Nashville,TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1994.
  • Conscious Femininity. Marion Woodman. Toronto: Inner City Books, 1993
  • Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman's Source Book. Paula Gunn Allen. Boston: Beacon Press, 1991.
  • Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul. Jalaja Bonheim. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
4. Inspiring poetry, stories, art and perspectives
  • Of Earth and Fire. Vijali Hamilton. (available through www.vijali.net/shop.html)
  • Daughters of Copper Woman. Anne Cameron. Vancouver: Press Gang, 1981.
  • Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her. Susan Griffin. New York: Harper, 1978.
  • The Great Mother. Erich Neumann. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1955.
  • Lady of the Beasts: Ancient Images of the Goddess and Her Sacred Animals. Buffie Johnson. New York: Harper, 1988.
  • Crones. Diana Vandenberg. The Hague: Miranda, 1995.
  • Diving Deep and Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest. Carol Christ. Boston: Beacon Press, 1980.
  • Naked Song. Lalla; translations by Coleman Barks. Athens, GA: Maypop, 1992.
  • Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems. Trans. by Jane Hirshfield and Robert Bly. 2004.
  • Anything by Adrienne Rich including her classic, Diving Into the Wreck and On Lies, Secrets, and Silence.
  • Women in Praise of the Sacred. (Ed.) Jane Hirshfield. New York: Harper-Collins, 1994.
  • The October Palace. Jane Hirshfield. New York: Harper-Collins, 1994.
  • Goddess: A Celebration in Art and Literature. Jalaja Bonheim (Ed.) New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997.
  • The Heart of the Goddess. Hallie Iglehart Austen. Berkeley, CA: Wingbow Press, 1990.
  • Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna. China Galland. New York: Penguin, 1990.
4. Special Topics

Christian Mysticism
  • The Interior Castle. St. Teresa of Avila. Trans. Mirabai Starr. New York: Riverhead, 2003.
  • The Passion of Therese of Lisieux. Guy Gaucher. New York: Crossroad, 1990.
  • Meetings with Mary. Janice Connell. New York: Ballantine, 1995.
  • The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene. Claire Nahmad & Margaret Bailey. Watkins Publishing, 1996.
  • The Silent Cry—Mysticism and Resistance. Dorothee Soelle. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2001.
Hinduism
  • Satprem. The Mind of the Cells. New York: Institute for Evolutionary Research, 1981.
  • Women of Power and Grace. Timothy Conway. Santa Barbara,CA: The Wake Up Press, 1995.
  • Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna. Les Hixon. Boston: Shambhala, 1992.
Buddhism
  • Tara’s Enlightened Activity. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Ithaca: NY, Snow Lion, 2007.
  • Women of Wisdom. Tsultrim Allione. revised edition, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2000.
  • Sky Dancer: The Secret Life and Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel. Keith Dowman. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1996.
  • How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator. Thubten Chodron. Boulder,CO: Snow Lion, 2005.
Judaism
  • Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis. Savina Teubal. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1984.
  • On Being a Jewish Feminist: A Reader. Susannah Heschel. New York: Schocken, 1995.
  • An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943. Etty Hillesum. Canada: Lester & Orpen Dennys. 1983, (original in Dutch, 1981).
Meditations
  • Boundless Love: Transforming Your Life with Grace and Inspiration. Miranda Holden. London: Rider, 2002.
  • Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself. Judith Duerk. San Diego, CA: LuraMedia, 1989.
Reference
  • The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Barbara Walker. New York: Harper, 1983.
  • Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism. Judith Simmer-Brown. Boston: Shambhala, 2001.
  • Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis and Reconstruction of Buddhism. Rita M. Gross. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993.
The Nature of our Time and Need for the Feminine
  • The Passion of the Western Mind. Richard Tarnas. New York: Random House, 1991. (See especially the Epilogue.)
  • Half the Sky. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. New York: Knopf, 2009.
  • Why History Matters. Gerda Lerner. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.