Colorful and authentic, optimistic and wise, Summoning the Fates is Zsuzsanna Budapest's classic guide to destiny and sacred transformation for women.
Budapest, a pioneer of the women's spirituality movement, uses fairy tales, historical lore, and personal stories to describe the stages and roles of a woman's life and the three Fates who rule over each stage: Urdh (youth), Verdandi (adulthood), and Skuld (the crone years). Budapest also offers simple yet beautiful rituals and down-to-earth advice to help you connect with the Fates and embrace your own unique destiny.
Z. Budapest, author of Summoning the Fates, talks about the the meeting of feminism and witchcraft in the US, the turbulence of the Sixties, and her own personal journey with the Fates.
I have talked about the Birth of the Women’s Spirituality Movement in my speeches. I have described our very first Sabbath, on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 1971, in Hollywood, California; it is from this point I date the inception of women’s spirituality. That story is in my books, The Grandmother of Time and Grandmother Moon. What I have never touched on was how I got there....
We all have our own interpretations and honoring of the four elemental quadrants. Some of us enter our Circles in the East, direction of dawn and new beginnings. Others prefer to start in the North, that their working be well grounded and strong. At Samhain, we open a gate in the West, the direction of the Ancestors and of the Land Beyond, and we... read this article
