REVIEW
Sisters Singing
Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry
and Sacred Stories by Women
edited by Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Wild Girl Publishing, 2009
Sisters Singing is an absolutely beautiful anthology of women’s spiritual visions and expressions in poetry, writing, art, photography and song. With over 100 contributors, this inspiring collection celebrates the sacred in the cycles of life, relationships, mothering, connections with the Ancestors, and the honoring of the Earth. A treasury of women’s wisdom, the songs, prayers and invocations in Sisters Singing are authentic and generous offerings that can be adapted to our own meditations, rituals and circles.
With poems, stories and art, the chapters White Lotus and Ode to the Mother begin with touching the luminous, invocations to deity, entering silence, the power of the elements, pilgrimage to sacred sites, honoring Earth Goddesses, the blessings and challenges of motherhood, and midwifery magic. The other chapters spiral through women-generated connections to the holy energies of eros and sexuality, everyday offerings, the pleasures of food, the acknowledgment of gifts, the hidden blessings of illness, going into the darkness, self-healing and the coming of grace. Memories, prayers, dream archaeology and requiems honor our beloved dead and share a women’s way of saying goodbye, while the songbook section has the most uplifting and amazing tunes!!
In the Oak Grove draws us into wild nature with prayers and poems of praise and earth-love, and features stories about sacred trees, fairy circles, the joy of gardens, the beauty of flowers and our beloved Gaia. Sisters support each other and the entire web of life, and the importance of water is covered as the healing elixir of life, as well as a chapter on the human/animal relationship, our companions on the journey. The final chapter Prayers for my World is an invocation for the healing of society and the earth, with women writers, artists and poets as the frequency-holders for peace activism and hope for a viable thriving future.
To “sister the world” is to align with beauty and restore much-needed balance and wholeness to the world. Carolyn Brigit Flynn says that the production of Sisters Singing was guided by the spirits of the grandmothers and the Ancestors. This can truly be felt coming through in the soul songs and sacred writings that focus on manifesting the spirit of the Divine Feminine into the world. Highly recommended for countless hours of enjoyment and contemplation!
With poems, stories and art, the chapters White Lotus and Ode to the Mother begin with touching the luminous, invocations to deity, entering silence, the power of the elements, pilgrimage to sacred sites, honoring Earth Goddesses, the blessings and challenges of motherhood, and midwifery magic. The other chapters spiral through women-generated connections to the holy energies of eros and sexuality, everyday offerings, the pleasures of food, the acknowledgment of gifts, the hidden blessings of illness, going into the darkness, self-healing and the coming of grace. Memories, prayers, dream archaeology and requiems honor our beloved dead and share a women’s way of saying goodbye, while the songbook section has the most uplifting and amazing tunes!!
In the Oak Grove draws us into wild nature with prayers and poems of praise and earth-love, and features stories about sacred trees, fairy circles, the joy of gardens, the beauty of flowers and our beloved Gaia. Sisters support each other and the entire web of life, and the importance of water is covered as the healing elixir of life, as well as a chapter on the human/animal relationship, our companions on the journey. The final chapter Prayers for my World is an invocation for the healing of society and the earth, with women writers, artists and poets as the frequency-holders for peace activism and hope for a viable thriving future.
To “sister the world” is to align with beauty and restore much-needed balance and wholeness to the world. Carolyn Brigit Flynn says that the production of Sisters Singing was guided by the spirits of the grandmothers and the Ancestors. This can truly be felt coming through in the soul songs and sacred writings that focus on manifesting the spirit of the Divine Feminine into the world. Highly recommended for countless hours of enjoyment and contemplation!
Reading, Art and Music Tour NYC 2009
Carolyn Brigit Flynn and many gifted contributors went on tour to celebrate the voices of sacred creativity, music, prayer, art and praise from the amazing compilation Sisters Singing.
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