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Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul [Paperback]

Jalaja Bonheim (Author)
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In the early 1980s, Bonheim traveled to India to study classical dance and, as it happened, to be introduced to an aging devidasa, a woman who had served as a sexual priestess in the Hindu tradition of Tantra. That meeting sparked in Bonheim a previously unacknowledged interest in discovering the role of sexuality in women's spiritual lives. Now a therapist, Bonheim has interviewed dozens of women for this profound and moving exploration of how body touches soul. Here is a nun who found love with another woman and, eventually, turned back to celibacy. Here is a woman who, raped as a teenager, descended into a personal hell from which truly sensuous love saved her. While these and the other stories are gripping as stories, Bonheim's poetic commentary provides the threads of meaning that bind them together into an excellent, unusual, passionate book. Patricia Monaghan

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Bonheim invites dozens of women from a wide range of spiritual traditions and backgrounds to tell the stories of their sexual experiences and, by sharing stories and contemplating them in the context of the spiritual journey, shows how to begin to heal centuries of repression and shame and rediscover the innocence and beauty of sexual pleasure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars FIVE STARS PLUS[!], Jan 25 2003
By Avian "Avianne4peace" (IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul (Paperback)
This book is so empowering!... I highly recommend it to every woman regardless of age, faith, or sexual orientation. I read this book slowly, one chapter a day, in order to fully absorb and appreciate each and every word. Each chapter takes you on a new journey and touches your soul unlike any book I've ever read. From the moment I started reading, the book itself, came alive right in my hands. It is full of energy, wisdom, grief, and love. I am now more in touch with my inner goddess than ever before! As one of the other reviewers suggested.... don't loan it out[!] ;)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aphrodite's Daughters, Oct 24 2002
This review is from: Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul (Paperback)
In the introduction of this book Jalaja Bonheim tells the incredible story of her journey through India and her discovery of the history of Indian dance.

I continued to read the book and suddenly I could not put it down. She tells the sexual stories of many women: pregnancy, rape, incest, bisexuality, marriage, relationships, polyamory, passionate monogamy etc. Jalaja writes about different women's experiences and doesn't try to push her opinions onto the reader. While reading the stories you can explore your own sexuality, and what it means to you personally. Jalaja's insights were incredible, and changed my life (at a time when I really needed a deeper understanding of sexual abuse and intimacy). This has become one of my favorite books on women's sexuality, and it probably always will be.

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5.0 out of 5 stars With _Aphrodite's Daughters_, the personal is mythical, Mar 28 2002
By WitchGrrl (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul (Paperback)
This book is completely amazing. Bonheim interviews "ordinary" women about the connections they perceive between sex and the divine in their lives, and explores the themes of their stories using myths and philosophy from around the world.
It's easy to read, moving, and inspiring. I couldn't put it down. Without a doubt the best book I've read in the past year, and I've read a lot! I can't recommend it highly enough.

A must-read for any sexual woman on the spiritual path!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Expect to be changed!
Unbelievable! An avid reader, this is the ONLY book I own that I, selfishly, refuse to lend out from my personal collection. Read more
Published on Jan 24 2002 by HooDooGirl

5.0 out of 5 stars Share this with Your Sisters
I read this book slowly over several months as my decades-long marriage finally came to an end. It was as if I'd been handed a lifeline from a sisterhood of fellow travelers... Read more
Published on Mar 21 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Need a better editor
This was a good book with great advice and touching stories. It really did help me feel more in touch with myself; however, the editor did a terrible job. Read more
Published on Sep 30 2000 by Lisa Gansky

5.0 out of 5 stars Aphrodite's Daughters
What a wonderful book! Having been lent it by a friend of a friend this book has come halfway across the world from London to New Zealand that we may read it. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2000 by Jan R. Worrall

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Healing Book To Read!
Jalaja Bonheim is awesome! <BR> This author weaved the stories of various women with extraordinary stories to tell about how their sex lives affected their... Read more
Published on Mar 15 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Honoring women's sexual journeys, a must read!
Aphrodite's Daughters is a remarkable collection of stories told in women's own voices and beautifully interwoven with the author's own observations and thoughts. Read more
Published on Jun 12 1997

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