Dark Goddess Craft A Journey Through the Heart of Transformation by Stephanie Woodfield

240 Pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publication, Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date: November 8, 2017

Nonfiction (Adult), Religion, Spirituality

The book is divided into the following parts and chapters.

Part 1: Who is the Dark Goddess
Chapter 1: The Nature of Dark Gods
Chapter 2: Working with Dark Deities
Chapter 3: Cursing, Warding, and Other Defensive Magick
Chapter 4: The Process of Transformation

Part 2: The Descent
Chapter 5: The Washer at the Ford
Chapter 6: Akhilandeshyari
Chapter 7: Hekate
Chapter 8: Sedna

Part 3: Challenge
Chapter 9: Oya
Chapter 10: Kali
Chapter 11: Eris
Chapter 12: Ereshkigal

Part 4: Rebirth
Chapter 13: Blodeuwedd
Chapter 14: Scathach
Chapter 15: Persephone

The author has an easy-to-read writing style and goes into detail defining the concept of “dark.” The information provided on the deities included was thorough. While I understand that not all dark goddesses could be included, I was disappointed Lilith was not included. To many, She is one of the darkest Goddesses. If you have a connection with the dark goddesses, you may enjoy this book.

I requested this when I was researching witchcraft and paganism heavily. I have since moved away from that, so that makes these books a bit more complicated for me to review. That said, this book was interesting to read and I am sure it would be very useful to someone interested in this type of witchcraft.

Stephanie Woodfield has crafted an interesting book based on Dark Goddesses of old. The rituals and meditations are deep and involving and this is a great starting place for those who want to connect with the darker side of Goddess worship. I immediately bought this book physically upon release and recommend this book immensely!

So, this review is a long time coming. This was an excellent book, and I enjoyed it a lot. Stephanie Woodfield's "Dark Goddess Craft" was filled with an enormous amount of information about the realms of the dark goddesses.

Dark goddess work is something I've gotten interested into lately, and this is something I plan on adding to my bookshelf. I like Woodfield's writing style and her approach to subject manner. She doesn't assume you know everything, nor does she speak to you as if you're a complete novice without any background information at all.

As you would expect, there is not only histories and mythologies about the dark goddesses, but also meditations and activities to do with to work with dark goddesses. This book is something that someone could go back to over again and again. I read it over a few days, so I didn't even delve into the great resources this book provides.

Full review published in New Age Journal: http://newagejournal.com/2007/dark-goddess-craft-book-review
People tend to think that darkness is evil, malign and dangerous, that anything that is feared or hidden should be avoided, only to be seen in the distance. Some pagans often decide to focus on what shines, the commonly descriptive as the ‘light’ side of magic, while the ‘dark’ is approached with more caution, more fear and even with doubt.
With her book “Dark Goddess Craft: A Journey Through the Heart of Transformation,” which is filled with Goddesses from different cultures and myths, each a new face of the same Goddess many pagans worship in their rituals and ceremonies, author Stephanie Woodfield showed that there’s nothing to be afraid of in the dark.
Dark Goddess Craft: A Journey Through the Heart of Transformation is a book many Pagans should read, and that could even be of use for those who are uninformed about what Paganism is about in order to corrects wrong interpretations and fight ignorance about a topic, perhaps controversial, but that can bring a lot of good and light, no matter how contradictory or ironic it can sound.

This book goes pretty much against everything I have heard and read about the Wiccan World. I have always heard not to go to the dark side. This book tells you how and leads you to the Dark Goddess to help you renew yourself by taking on the Dark in yourself. It was very interesting.