Sophia — The Feminine Face of God

Lessons of the Eternal Essential Feminine

In her new book, Sophia — The Feminine Face of God: Nine Heart Paths to Healing and Abundance, author Karen Speerstra guides readers to find the Eternal Essential Feminine within themselves and others.

After centuries of hiding, the Divine Feminine (a.k.a. Great Mother, Holy Spirit, Sophia) is showing herself again. She's aware of what we've been doing to our planet and to ourselves and offers her age-old but ever-new wisdom for spiritual growth and healing. Within the context of spiritual memoir-essays,Sophia — The Feminine Face of God brings together the many faces of Sophia — historical, folklored, fairytaled — as well as stories of her mystical presence throughout different times and cultures.

Sophia — The Feminine Face of God delves deep into faith traditions worldwide to reveal their wisdom. Each of the nine chapters focuses on gifts of the feminine spirit: joy, self-control, generosity, peace, faithfulness, patience, kindness, gentleness and love, all within the context of abundance, rather than scarcity.

"Sophia could be called a spiritual memoir because it's my inner journey as well as how her own story has been unveiled over the past three thousand years or so," Karen says.

Karen describes Sophia as "the Divine Feminine who has been a part of our world from its very beginning," known by many names in many cultures: Gaia Earth, Cybele. Shekinah to the Jews, Al-Lat to pre-Islamic Arabians. Ecuadorian Indians call her Pachamama; Western Indians knew her as Buffalo Woman, Changing Woman and Grandmother Spider. "She's bigger and more inclusive than any of the names people have called her over time," she says.

About Karen Speerstra: Karen Speerstra is a veteran writer, editor and expert on feminine spirituality. Her new book Sophia — The Feminine Face of God: Nine Heart Paths to Healing and Abundance, was more than 20 years in the making. Her books include Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet,The Earthshapers,Divine Sparks and Hunab Kue: 77 Sacred Symbols for Balancing Body and Spirit. A mother of two sons, Karen lives with her husband John in Vermont's Green Mountains.

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