The Woman Awake
“What is woman?” is the question Ryan asks herself as she searches for the “feminine face of God.” This book is the result of that search. Stories of the author’s own compelling journey are intersected and illuminated by those of twenty-four great women of spirit who touched her by their presence or helped guide her, including Irina Tweedie, Mother Tessa Bie…
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“What is woman?” is the question Ryan asks herself as she searches for the “feminine face of God.” This book is the result of that search. Stories of the author’s own compelling journey are intersected and illuminated by those of twenty-four great women of spirit who touched her by their presence or helped guide her.
Over 15 years ago, Regina Sara Ryan, a former Catholic nun, began her search for the "feminine face of God". This book is the result of that search. Stories of her own compelling journey are intesected by those of 24 great women of spirit who guided her through inspiration, or touched her by their personal presence, inlcuding:
Sufi master Irina Tweedie
Christian monk Mother Tessa Bielecki
Zen teacher and anthropologist Joan Halifax
Hadewijch of Antwerp and the Beguines of medieval Europe
AIDS activist and spiritual teacher Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
Artist nad writer Meinrad Craighead
Humanitarian Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
And others.
Author: Regina Sara Ryan
Publisher: Hohm Press
Year of publication: 1998
ISBN: 978-0-934252-79-9