Books
Restoring Women to Ceremony - by Molly Remer
NOTE: This book is not meant to be sold/used independently. It is meant to accompany the Red Tent Initiation course offered online from Brigid's Grove. It is a collection of notes, outlines, ritual resources, readings, and more, meant to be used in conjunction with a training and not as a stand alone manual. Are you hungering for depth, connection, restoration, and renewal in a busy world? Are you yearning to reach out to other women in sisterhood and co-create a powerful Red Tent Circle experience? In this collection of essays and ritual resources, you will find four complete Red Tent “recipes,” circle leadership basics, moontime musings, and readings, quotes, and poems to help you facilitate a rich, inviting, welcoming, creative space for the women of your community.
Brigid's Grove (brigidsgrove.com)
“Indigenous” refers not only to cultures and peoples, but also to a way of being. The indigenous way is the embodied ancient memory of how to be fully human, and it’s embodied in your soul, no matter who your ancestors are. Hidden deep and dormant within your indigenous soul is your identity and your life’s purpose, longing for you to remember them and put them into action.
Rev. Dr. Cathie Stivers is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and a former pediatric hospital chaplain. She lives in Richmond, VA where she continues to minister, teach, write, and remember. Order the book at www.indigenoussoulrevival.com
Perfect for March 8 International Women's Day or August 26 Women's Equality Day!
A Sunday service script/ritual developed by UU Women and Religion -- Developed by Nuala Carpenter, Laurie James, Doddie Stone, Geri Kennedy and Helen Popenoe. Written by Dorothy Emerson. Songs by Carolyn McDade. Printed version is $3. There are discounts when you buy 10+ copies.
PERMISSION TO PERFORM CAROLYN'S SONGS: Permission letter Carolyn McDade
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Revolution by Resolution 2007 for e reader (PDF)
(4.62 MB)
(no charge for download - we appreciate a donation)
Watch the video of the service at General Assembly 2007.
Rosemary says in the introduction, "I remember reading that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony felt an obligation to put the history of the suffrage movement into some kind of permanent form so that the story could be passed on to the next generation. They did not want the story of their struggles to be lost to history.
Black Women's Ministries in Unitarian Universalism
Editor and scholar Qiyamah Rahman collects and explores the unique journeys of Black Unitarian Universalist clergywomen, celebrating their wisdom, resilience, and contributions within and beyond Unitarian Universalism.
... the unfinished agenda of the 1960s
Sea Change is an intimate exploration of a young life lived on the edge of radical hope, change, and possibility in the 1960s in California.
It rekindles the spirit of the Summer of Love when anything was possible and idealism was the air we breathed. The health of our society continues to demand engagement with issues of social justice, cultural diversity, and environmental responsibility. This memoir is a call to action to succeeding generations to keep the dream alive. There is still much to be done. Written by beloved UU minister Rev. Dorothy May Emerson and published by Matrika Press.
Newly revised and updated, this book by Elizabeth Fisher outlines a Train-the-Trainer workshop which teaches the group facilitation process of the participatory Circle Model of Shared Leadership.
This book can aid you when facilitating a group and also make it possible for you to teach this method effectively so it can be put into practice quickly by others.
Unitarian Universalist Women and Social Reform 1776-1936 Edited by Dorothy May Emerson
We still confront many of the same issues faced by our foremothers. By engaging with these women of the past, we hope to empower and inspire today's women and men to continue the work of creating a world of justice and peace for all. -- from the preface. Standing Before Us presents 160 years of women's work. Look inside the book
a unique guide to writing that draws on science and meditative wisdom
‘Moo of Writing’ by Nan Lundeen is inspirational and should be on every writer’s bookshelf. The advice contained in it definitely works – exercise, relax, free-write –and creativity flows. I love the meditations and writing exercises. - Sue Johnson – poet, novelist, playwright & UK Writing Magazine Tutor
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Courageous Women -- Dramatic Readings on Feminist Issues, Vol. VII
- Eight Courageous 19th Century Women: Margaret Fuller; Julia Ward Howe, Mary Livermore, Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown, Elizabeth Cady Staton, Clara Barton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
- Courageous Olympia Brown (1835-1926)
- Courageous Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
- Courageous Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
Short Skits, Poetry, Responsive Readings and Song Parodies. This is Meg's 12th book. MB-CW currently in revision and available in 2024
Booklet originally published by Pacific Central District W&R, "The Water Ritual" by Carolyn McDade and Lucille Longview is the original worship service "Coming Home, Like Rivers to the Sea: A Women's Ritual," created for the November 1980 Women and Religion Continental Convocation of Unitarian Universalists in East Lansing, Michigan. Includes readings, lyrics and sheet music. You can also read the entire text ONLINE: The Water Ritual (without sheet music)
PERMISSION TO PERFORM CAROLYN'S SONGS: Permission letter Carolyn McDade
This is the downloadable version - a PDF readable on devices.
You can also read on this website.
A Practical, Penny-Wise Roadmap to Spellcasting -- Discover the secrets to practicing magick on a budget with this empowering guide. Featuring more than forty exercises, Thrifty Witchery shows that intuition, wisdom, and intention are more important to your magick than expensive trinkets. With these three skills, you can turn everything you touch into a magickal tool.
by Melinda Morris Perrin
This book contains the thirteen tenets of the Peacemaker's message combined with thirteen Pilgrimage Messages arranged in the order of the Cycles of Truth along with instructions for setting up a study circle.
The Peacemaker is an eleventh-twelfth century historical figure who ended constant warfare between the nations of the Haudenosaunee and united them into a confederacy of nations, commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy. Under the guidance of this spiritual leader they buried implements of war under the roots of the White Pine, the tree of peace. His words contain wisdom much needed in today's world.
By Melinda Morris Perrin.
Where Circles of Friends go to Experience Ancient Teachings
ISBN: 0-9-976108-1-6
There is power in friendship circles and experiential learning. Whirling Rainbows is a guide to creating the lodge experience and to study the Seneca teachings of the Rainbow Wheel of Peace and the Cycles of Truth. It is designed to companion Jamie Sams' book, The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers.
Here's another gem we discovered in the UUWF archives.
A four-part course on Women in A Patriarchal Culture by Priscilla Baird Hinckley.
