WOMENS SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING IN GERMANY

The author first describes her personal experience of celebrating the eight holy-days of the year's circle together with a group of women ov er a period of several years. The healing power of ritual ceremonies i n the spirit of the Goddess is shown through examples of the psychodyn amics of the group and of individual women. Differences between consci ousness-raising and therapeutic groups are discussed. In a brief revie w the women's spirituality movement in Germany is presented, mentionin g some of the leading healers and writers. In conclusion a comparison between the German and American female spirituality movement is attemp ted.