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Monaghan, M. Patricia was born on February 15, 1946 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edward Joseph and Mary Margaret (Gordon) Monaghan.
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Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit
( Nurture your love of the earth with a garden rooted in ...)
Nurture your love of the earth with a garden rooted in your spirituality. In this updated 15th anniversary edition of the beloved classic, Patricia Monaghan offers fresh advice and guidance for creating a magical garden that will nourish your soul. Bursting with ideas and inspiration, this guidebook shows you how to plan, grow, and tend an enchanting garden that is sown with your unique spirituality. Along with gardening advice for every climate and season, Magical Gardens weaves together myth and ritual to help you bring added power and meaning to your garden space. Discover the best plants for your site―being mindful of sun exposure, soil type, and climate zone―and learn about composting, controlling pests and weeds, gardening organically, and caring for plants at all growth stages. Perform meditations based on the year’s gardening cycle, and celebrate each season and every milestone in your life with rituals, prayers, and ceremonies. This book features more than a dozen themed designs for sacred perennial gardens that you can re-create in your own backyard or out on your patio. Easy-to-follow designs will show you how to create a garden in honor of: ―Angels ―Aphrodite ―Cats ―Dragons ―Fairies ―Kwan-Yin ―The Sun . . . and more Praise: “From preparing the soil to preparing the mind, Patricia Monaghan has written an informative, magical, and visionary book.”―Connections
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The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan (1-Sep-1997) Paperback
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The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines
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They come out in your dreams, your creativity, and your passion. They represent you in all your glory and complexity, and you represent them. They are the goddesses and heroines that form your true history. Now let these mythic stories nourish your soul as they speak to you on a level as deep and mysterious as the source of life itself. Goddesses and heroines exist in virtually every culture and every time. Now you can discover their secrets in The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines (an expanded edition of The Book of Goddess and Heroines) by Patricia Monaghan. The third edition of this classic reference offers a complete collection of goddess myths from around the globe and includes over fifty photographs from the world-famous Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. And now there is a section on "Cultures of the Goddess", which provides information on the major religious systems detailed in the myths. Discover more than 1,500 goddesses from Australia, Africa, North and South America, Asia, Europe-and experience her as she truly is. This new edition also adds hundreds of new entries to the original text-information found only in rare or limited editions and obscure sources. Never before has such a vast panorama of female divinity been recorded in one source-this fascinating book is a testament to the great diversity of her power. Winner of the 1998 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for best Non-fiction book
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Magical Gardens: Myths, Mulch and Marigolds
(Attune with the deep spirituality of the Earth as you lea...)
Attune with the deep spirituality of the Earth as you learn to plan, create, and enjoy the fruits of your very own magical garden. Your garden can be a magical place and you can be a "magical gardener," a person who takes a soulful approach to tending green things. In Magical Gardens by Patricia Monaghan, you'll discover how to listen for the spiritual messages your garden offers and consciously nurture your connection between the soil and your soul. Magical Gardens is a book that will inspire the garden in your heart as well as the one outside your door. Sixteen perennial garden plans with easy-to-follow schematic drawings will help you create spaces that enrich your senses, engage your imagination, and entwine your self with your spirit. Being a magical gardener is more than just planting certain herbs, edibles, and flowers. Included in this beautifully illustrated book are myths and legends that will put meaning and life back into your connection with the Earth. You'll discover how to use meditations, rituals, and even how to work with your dreams so you can create not just a garden, but a truly magical garden. Among the models that will help you plan your own growing area are: - The Angel Garden - The Fairy Garden - Kuan Yin's Garden of Mercy - The Witch's Garden - The Sorcerer's Secret Garden - Bast's Cat Garden All the ingredients for magic are here. Just add a rich mulch of the garden myths and rituals and seed with the meditations from this book―you'll soon reap the spiritual benefits of tending your own enchanting magical garden.
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Patricia Monaghan: Magical Gardens : Cultivating Soil & Spirit (Paperback - Anniv. Ed.); 2012 Edition
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O Mother Sun!: A New View of the Cosmic Feminine
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Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit by Patricia Monaghan (2012-05-08)
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By Patricia Monaghan - The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines (3rd Edition) (1905-07-04) Paperback
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M. Patricia Monaghan
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Bachelor in English, University of Minnesota, 1967; Master of Arts in English, University of Minnesota, 1970; Master of Fine Arts, U. Alaska, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, The Union Institute, 1995.
Career
News editor, U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1970-1971; public relations director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1972; editor Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, 1973-1974; women's editor, Daily News miner, Fairbanks, 1975; lecturer, head English department, Tana Valley Community College, Fairbanks, 1976-1987; instructor writing, The Neighborhood Institute, Chicago, 1987-1989; director continuing education, St. Xavier University, Chicago, since 1990; resident faculty, DePaul University School for New Learning, Chicago. Booklist reviewer American Library Association, Chicago, since 1987.
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Magical Gardens: Myths, Mulch and Marigolds
(Attune with the deep spirituality of the Earth as you lea...)
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The Book of Goddesses & Heroines
(This popular reference work contains alphabetical listing...)
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Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit
( Nurture your love of the earth with a garden rooted in ...)
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The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines
(They come out in your dreams, your creativity, and your p...)
- The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan (1-Sep-1997) Paperback
- Patricia Monaghan: Magical Gardens : Cultivating Soil & Spirit (Paperback - Anniv. Ed.); 2012 Edition
- O Mother Sun!: A New View of the Cosmic Feminine
- Magical Gardens: Cultivating Soil & Spirit by Patricia Monaghan (2012-05-08)
- By Patricia Monaghan - The New Book of Goddesses & Heroines (3rd Edition) (1905-07-04) Paperback
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Magical Gardens: Myths, Mulch and Marigolds
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Member South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, 1989-1992. Board directors Athena Center. Member American Conference on Irish Studies, Society Midland Authors, Authors Guild.
