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A rich anthology filled with essays, poetry, and art inspired by Lilith, the forgotten first woman of the Old Testament. Lilith's original story is described in detail, and the personal stories shared by women remind us that we all need to meet Lilith, the first radical feminist to stand aside from the rules of the father God. Read this book and decide for yourself - is Lilith a dangerous outcast, or is she a much-needed companion for women who don't take it lying down? -Dr Kaalii Cargill, PhD, author of Don't Take It Lying Down: Life According to the Goddess. Female resistance is dangerous. It is also necessary. For far too long the Western Judeo-Christian stigma of Eve as the downfall of humankind has served to oppress women, silence our voices, desecrate our power, annihilate our very existence. As an archetype of female strength and sovereignty, Lilith is the missing link in our spiritual mitochondria. Inviolable. Self-defining. Autonomous. She reminds us that we can, and must, resist any and all attempts to silence our voices, diminish our strength, erase our lived-experience. Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves is a veritable feast of artwork, poetry, and prose by visual artists and writers from a wide range of ethnicities, cultures, and countries around the world. It nourishes the soul and inspires us to embrace the wild beauty of our nature, and dance with abandon. Ultimately, it urges us to remember and reclaim our right--our duty--to resist all attempts to oppress and subvert our innate power. Like Lilith, it calls us to denounce the patriarchally-enforced feminine role of subservience, and restore our rightful place in the world. -Mary Saracino, author of Heretics: A Love Story and The Singing of Swans. I have to admit I knew very little about Lilith before reading ORIGINAL RESISTANCE: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves. For me--once again not consciously realizing it was by patriarchal design--Lilith was no more than a vague name lost somewhere in the dusty bins of mythology. But, as I found myself getting deeper and deeper into this marvelous Girl God anthology, it became clear that Lilith--unlike the Old Testament Eve--is so much more than a myth. She is a very deep and profound truth. Following the essays, stories, poems and artwork throughout the book I found myself absorbing a virtual symphony of thoughts as the myriad of instruments played a similar note but in completely different voices. And I came to the realization that reclaiming Lilith--especially in this day and age--is essential to life. For she truly is the path of compassion, the driving force of personal sovereignty, the creator of self-determination, the fighter for equality, and the absolutely necessary reclaimer of female erotic power. Yet, as I turned the last page, I saw that Lilith is even more than all that. She is the fundamental driving force of the soul, not only for women, but for all of humankind... And her time has come. -Peter Wilkes, author of A Woman Called God and Lucifer Eve And Adam. It's lovely to see the ways in which the archetype of Lilith continues to speak to women from different cultures and traditions. The beautiful art in Original Resistance adds much to the written accounts of Lilith's impact and meaning. -Judith Plaskow, author of The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics

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Trista Hendren founded Girl God Books in 2011 to support a necessary unraveling of the patriarchal worldview of divinity. Her first book-The Girl God, a children's picture book-was a response to her own daughter's inability to see herself reflected in the Divine. Since then, she has published more than 50 books by a dozen women from across the globe. Originally from Portland, Oregon - she now lives in Bergen, Norway with her family. You can read more about her projects at www.thegirlgod.com. Monette Chilson, author of My Name is Lilith (Girl God, 2017) and Sophia Rising: Awakening Your Sacred Wisdom Through Yoga (Bright Sky Press, 2013) writes about God in the feminine and the feminine in God. She speaks to groups big and small, in both lecture and workshop settings. She's written for publications including Yoga Journal, Integral Yoga Magazine and Elephant Journal and has contributed to numerous anthologies, most recently Yoga Wisdom: Warrior Tales Inspiring You On and Off Your Mat and Whatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak. She was awarded an Illumination Book Award gold medal, as well as the Hoffer Small Press and First Horizon Awards. Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves is the first anthology she's edited. Connect on Twitter and Instagram (@MonetteChilson) or explore her work at www.MonetteChilson.com. Christena Cleveland Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the recently-launched Center for Justice + Renewal, a non-profit dedicated to helping justice advocates sharpen their understanding of the social realities that maintain injustice while also stimulating the soul's enormous capacity to resist and transform those realities. Committed to leading both in scholarly settings and in the public square, Christena writes regularly, speaks widely, and consults with organizations. Dr. Cleveland holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California Santa Barbara as well as an honorary doctorate from the Virginia Theological Seminary. She integrates psychology, theology, and art to stimulate our spiritual imaginations. An award-winning researcher and author, Christena has held faculty positions at several institutions of higher education - most recently at Duke University's Divinity School, where she led a research team investigating self-compassion as a buffer to racial stress. She is currently working on her third book which examines the relationship among race, gender, and cultural perceptions of the Divine. Dr. Cleveland is based in North Carolina where she lives with her spouse, Jim.

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