Book Review: Goddess Alive - Inviting Celtic & Norse Goddesses into Your Life

Goddess Alive: Inviting Celtic & Norse Goddesses Into Your Life by Michelle Skye. © 2007 Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-1080-8. Paperback. 280 pages. $18.95 US.

In this book, Michelle Skye, a pagan priestess (founder of the Sisterhood of the Crescent Moon) and freelance writer, sends us on a journey of myth and magic. Through the personal mythological tales of each goddess and through exercises and rites, we are shown their energy and get to know them on a personal level.

The goddesses in the book are: Cerridwen, Brighid, Eostre, Freyja, Aine, Danu, Modron, Hella, Branwen, Maeve, the Valkyries, Morrighan and Rhiannon. One for each festival and for each phase of the moon.

The changing of the seasons, the phases of the moon, even our personal experiences-are all reflections of the Divine Feminine. Create a stronger connection to the sacred world and your own divinity by welcoming these thirteen powerful Celtic and Nordic goddesses into your life. Goddess Alive! also includes crafts, invocation rituals, and other magical activities to help you connect with each goddess.

Even though the back cover of the book has "Thirteen Goddesses for Modern Women," this book is in no way written specifically for the females and can be a highly beneficial book to men as well. Instead of just another how-to book, Michelle caters to the pagan community something much deeper, a strong connection to deity. It's about time.