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1	The tombs of Atuan more books like this by Ursula K. Le Guin add to wishlist An isolated young priestess reclaims her past and her future in this YA fantasy, the second installment in the classic Earthsea series. As a child, Tenar was taken away from her parents and taken to a shrine deep in the desert. There, she was renamed Arha, the Eaten One, and raised to be High Priestess of the Nameless Ones--the ancient spirits ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Dragon's Son more books like this by Margaret Weis add to wishlist The twin offspring of a high priestess and a dragon are raised secretly and in separate locations in the hope that they will restore order to the Parliament of Dragons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Tombs of Atuan: Book Two more books like this by Ursula K Le Guin add to wishlist "THE TOMBS OF ATUAN" Book Two of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle Now a SCI FI Original Miniseries! When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away from her-home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the labyrinthine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Mistress of Dragons more books like this by M Weis add to wishlist Mistress Of Dragons, Book I of The Dragonvarld Trilogy, is a tale of world building, magic, and political intrigue where the uneasy balance of power between dragons and humans is about to become undone. For ages dragons have not interfered in the ways of humans, their wrath held at bay by the Amazonian order of priestesses and their mysterious ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bright Dark Madonna more books like this by Elizabeth Cunningham add to wishlist "The best one yet!"--Catherine MacCoun, author of On Becoming an Alchemist "As usual, Cunningham provides plenty of juicy controversy embodied by vivid characters and expressed in vigorous action, all in crisply drawn biblical settings."--Booklist "Gleefully iconoclastic. For that dwindling demographic with a sense of humor about religion, Maeve ... see all copies from $9.89! new only from $16.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Priestesses more books like this by Norma Lorre Goodrich add to wishlist Drawing on the works of Joseph Campbell, Robert Graves, Sigmund Freud, Sir James Frazier and other scholars, as well as her own extensive research, Norma Lorre Goodrich brings to light the powerful yet neglected women--priestesses from Asia Minor to Ireland--who influenced the formation of western civilization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece more books like this by Joan Breton Connelly add to wishlist In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them - the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias - to ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $25.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ more books like this by Glen Craney add to wishlist In Southern France, a secret scroll holds stunning revelations about Jesus Christ. A charismatic priestess must defy Rome to preserve the truth. Christianity will enter its darkest hour and emerge forever changed. From a richly detailed backdrop of religious persecution and political rivalries springs the little-known but true story of Esclarmonde ... see all copies from $10.81! new only from $18.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Out of the Depths: The Story of Ludmila Javorova Ordained Roman Catholic Priest more books like this by Miriam Therese Winter, Ph.D. add to wishlist Javorova may not be the only Catholic woman priest since the first century, but she is the first to tell her story publicly. Her remarkable journey takes readers from bombings in World War II to the clandestine activities of an underground church in which she functioned as vicar general for nearly 20 years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Harmony more books like this by C F Bentley add to wishlist Laudae Sissy, the new High Priestess of the world called Harmony, reaches across all seven castes of her society, seeking a new unity that will protect their isolation from the rest of the galaxy. But other cultures and races are testing their borders, searching for the most valuable commodity in civilized space. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	When Women Become Priests: The Catholic Women's Ordination Debate more books like this by Professor Kelley A Raab add to wishlist While numerous provocative works have sought to justify why women should be ordained as Catholic priests, "When Women Become Priests" is the first sustained reflection on the differences that would obtain with women at the altar. In the face of a centuries-old tradition of a male priesthood, what are the implications for the Catholic church of ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $11.48! \| SVS
12	Crossing the Boundary: What Will Women Priests Mean? more books like this by Sue Walrond-Skinner (Editor) add to wishlist These essays mark the occasion of the first ordinations of women to the priesthood in the Church of England. The book explores how the Church might change as a result of this historic event. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00!
13 view cover	Called to Be a Nuisance: Reflections from the Fringe more books like this by Betty Maher add to wishlist This volume contains reflections on some of the difficulties encountered by women who stay in the Church, and who recognize and accept the call to the common priesthood of all the baptized. The author offers suggestions as to how some of those difficulties might be overcome by honest dialogue between those in authority and those others who now, in ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $23.04! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Quest for the Nine Maidens more books like this by Stuart McHardy add to wishlist King Arthur went to Avalon with Morgan and her eight sisters. In this book McHardy traces similar groups of nine maidens throughout the ancient Celtic and Germanic worlds and far beyond. In Pictland, Wales, Ireland, Scandinavia, Gaul and Iberia the nine Maidens were known in mythology and as practising priestesses. As far away as Kenya the Kikuyu ... see all copies from $17.95! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece more books like this by Marguerite Rigoglioso add to wishlist Argues that specialized cadres of virgin priestesses in ancient Greece were believed to give birth in miraculous fashion as a means of bringing forth holy political and spiritual leaders. see all copies from $65.00! new only from $76.69! \| SVS
16 view cover	Lamp of the Goddess more books like this by Rae Beth add to wishlist At the dawn of a new era we are drawn to modern Goddess spirituality. Rae Beth feels the world can change by sharing our personal spiritual experiences with each other. She has gone within herself for this book of recollections, inner guidance and ancient teachings (which was originally published as Reincarnation and the Dark Goddess). She ... see all copies from $7.87! new only from $12.06! \| SVS
17 view cover	Uncross My Heart more books like this by Andrews, Austin add to wishlist see all copies from $7.98! new only from $9.31! \| SVS
18 view cover	Jobs for the Boys?: Women Who Became Priests more books like this by Liz Barr, Andrew Barr add to wishlist In 1992, women won the right to be ordained as priests in the Church of England after a long struggle against what had sometimes seemed to be overwhelming opposition. Jobs for the Boys? tells the stories of what it has been like on the inside for some of the remarkable women who have been ordained and started working as priests during the last ten ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
19 view cover	Temple of the Living Earth: The Story of the Awakening of a Priestess to the World more books like this by Nicole Christine, Sharon M Nichols (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $58.88!
20	Women Priests: An Emerging Ministry in the Episcopal Church, 1975-1985 more books like this by John H Morgan add to wishlist see all copies from $28.50!
21	The Installation of Baal's High Priestess at Emar: A Window on Ancient Syrian Religion more books like this by Daniel E. Fleming add to wishlist see all copies from $27.31! new only from $39.01!
22	People of the temples : Menaidra more books like this by Linda C. Eneix add to wishlist see all copies from $99.83!
23	Le Clerge Feminin D'Amon more books like this by Saphinaz-Amal Naguib, Naguib as -A add to wishlist This book is a study of the female clergy of Amon in Thebes during the 21th dynasty. It proposes a new understanding of the female entity and develops a concept of the Two Mothers, Hathor and Mut. The author examines the social and political position of see all copies from $139.10! new only from $139.10!
24 view cover	Lifelines more books like this by Helen Cannam add to wishlist On the eve of her ordination as rector of a small country parish in the Durham dales, Reverend Rosalind Maclaren - introduced to readers in First Parish - is looking forward to her new role, very different from that of a minister in a deprived urban area. With the support of her husband Alistair, a musician who hopes to revive the village choir, ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	My Journey, My Dream more books like this by Cherie Baker add to wishlist see all copies from $29.19! new only from $29.19!

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