Starr Goode

(Author)

Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred PowerHardcover, 17 December 2016

Sheela Na Gig: The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power
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Print Length
384 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Inner Traditions International
Date Published
17 Dec 2016
ISBN-10
1620555956
ISBN-13
9781620555958

Description

Traces the origins of the Sheela na gig from Medieval times to Paleolithic cave art

- Reveals the sacred display of the vulva to be a universal archetype and the most enduring image of creativity throughout the world

- Provides meditations on the Sheelas the author encountered in Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, allowing readers to commune with the power of these icons

- Includes more than 150 photographs and illustrations from around the world

For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and secular architecture throughout Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Appearing on rural churches, castles, bridges, holy wells, tombs, and standing stones, these powerful images of a figure fearlessly displaying her vulva embody the power of the Dark Goddess over the mysteries of sex, life, death, and rebirth.

Exploring the art and myth of the Sheela na gig from Celtic and Classical times back to Paleolithic cave art, Starr Goode shows how the Sheela embraces a conundrum of opposites: she clearly offers up her ripe sex yet emanates a repelling menace from the upper half of her hag-like body. Through more than 150 photographs, the author shows how the Sheela is a goddess with the power to renew, a folk deity used to help women survive childbirth, and, as a guardian of doorways and castle walls, a liminal entity representing the gateway to the divine. She explains how these powerful images survived eradication during the rise of Christianity and retained their preeminent positions on sacred sites, including medieval churches.

The author provides meditations on the individual Sheelas she encountered during her 25 years of research, allowing readers to commune with these icons and feel the power they emanate. Exploring comparable figures such as Baubo, Medusa, the Neolithic Frog Goddess, and vulva depictions in cave art, she reveals the female sacred display to be a universal archetype, the most enduring image of creativity throughout history, and illustrates how cultures from Africa and Ecuador to India and Australia possess similar images depicting goddesses parting their thighs to reveal sacred powers.

Explaining the role of the Sheela na gig in restoring the Divine Feminine, the author shows the Sheela to be an icon that makes visible the cycles of birth, death, and renewal all humans experience and a necessary antidote to centuries of suppression of the primal power of women, of nature, and of the imagination.

Product Details

Author:
Starr Goode
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
17 December 2016
Dimensions:
25.65 x 20.83 x 3.05 cm
ISBN-10:
1620555956
ISBN-13:
9781620555958
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Weight:
1088.62 gm

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