Invoke the Goddess; Visualizations of Hindu, Greek, and Egyptian Deities

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Summary: Good cross reference if used with other books.
Review: Although there the meditations and background are useful the writing style is somewhat presumptuous.

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Summary: Great magickal information and Goddess Exploration
Review: I have read this book and found it to be VERY helpful in my magickal practices. Kala Trobe's book is great; second to her other *Essential* book "The Witch's Guide To Life".. The deities focused in this book, "Invoke the Goddess," are of the Greek, Hindu & Egyptian pantheons; much like the Gods focused on in her other book "Invoke the Gods." This book goes into more detail about these particular Goddess archetypes than any other book I've seen. There are pages upon pages of essential information about each Deity. It's great! I have found the information to be extremely helpful for magickal work and invocation. I could not compare the detailed descriptions of the Deities within to any other book. If you are looking for a huge list of various gods and goddesses (that does not go into as much detail as this book), I would recommend Janet & Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Goddess" & "The Witches' God".. However, if you are looking for more in-depth information about Deities of these particular paths (Greek, Hindu & Egyptian), I would highly recommend this book. I have seen it on more witches' bookshelves than I have the Buckland classics! All in all, it has helped out my practices and understanding of Deity to a much greater extent. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Thanks Be to Kala Trobe!

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Summary: Great magickal information and Goddess Exploration
Review: I have read this book and found it to be VERY helpful in my magickal practices. Kala Trobe's book is great; second to her other *Essential* book "The Witch's Guide To Life".. The deities focused in this book, "Invoke the Goddess," are of the Greek, Hindu & Egyptian pantheons; much like the Gods focused on in her other book "Invoke the Gods." This book goes into more detail about these particular Goddess archetypes than any other book I've seen. There are pages upon pages of essential information about each Deity. It's great! I have found the information to be extremely helpful for magickal work and invocation. I could not compare the detailed descriptions of the Deities within to any other book. If you are looking for a huge list of various gods and goddesses (that does not go into as much detail as this book), I would recommend Janet & Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Goddess" & "The Witches' God".. However, if you are looking for more in-depth information about Deities of these particular paths (Greek, Hindu & Egyptian), I would highly recommend this book. I have seen it on more witches' bookshelves than I have the Buckland classics! All in all, it has helped out my practices and understanding of Deity to a much greater extent. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Thanks Be to Kala Trobe!

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Summary: Fine if you're 15
Review: I just got this book yesterday and I'm really unsatisfied with it. When I perused it in the store, it seemed interesting but when I bought it, I found it rather lacking. First section I headed to was the Greeks, because that's my pantheon. I've always had a closer connection to the gods and bought this book in hopes of finding a closer connection with my goddesses. I agree with what someone said. The Mundane archetypes, seemed a bit stereotypical, 2 dimensional and from my view, almost offensive.
The Part I focused the most on was Persephone. Since Hades is my patron god, I thought I'd try to understand Persephone better as well. This book did nothing more than make me relate to her even less. The author has a very New Age way of making Persephone's time in the underworld seem like entrapment. The author seem to forget that the underworld has 3 facets, not one. It's not all doom and gloom.

The Biblical comparisons left my eyes rolling. Who are you writing this for? I truly wonder.

Put some Cosmo poster girls on the cover and it would've found it's rightful audience.

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Summary: Get in touch with the Goddesses
Review: INVOKE THE GODDESS
by Kala Trobe

Well its an informative book for those who wish to do meditative spells with the Goddes. She gives out the visualizations of Hindu, Greek and Egyptian Goddesses only. There are meditations to help you loose weight with Artemis, to banish your enemies and help render them powerless to hurt you and to face phobias with Kali. There is a meditation to build up courage and self confidence with Durga. She gives a good introduction and a good prep before each meditational spell. This book is excellent for women. Also she gives a bit of information on the chackras as well. Here is the full list of the feminine Deities that are delt with in each book. The Hindu Goddesses are ..
Saraswati, Durga, Kali, Lakshmi, Radha
The Greek Goddesses are..
Artemis, Persephone, Hecate, Aphrodite, Iris
The Egyption Deities are
Isis, Nepthys, Hathor, Maat, Sekhmet.
She gives a descrition and info on each Goddess before each meditational spell.
This book is good for those who are just learning and want to experience the Goddess as well as those who are advanced. She also gives out the Tarot cards that represent each Goddess, but this is not static at all. I have enjoyed this book so much that I have already ordered her other book Invoke the Gods.
i actually deserves 4 and a half stars.

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Summary: A good introduction to the Goddess
Review: Kala Trobe chose five Goddesses from each of the Hindu, Greek and Egyptian pantheons and creates in this book a visual journey of introduction of these Goddesses for those who seek to become familiar with them, work with them and associate in the most intimate way we can.

Chosen here are some of the best known Goddesses from each of these pantheons, and explored are the attributes, experiences and emotional connections we can have with these Deities in our spiritual lives.

The introduction of this book explains what the purpose of this book is, how to prepare to work with the visualizations, understanding Godforms and making personal preparations to meet and work with these Deities. There is also a very well done index table of many other Goddesses and their functions.

Each Goddess section starts off with an 'introduction' to the Goddess, as told in a visualization. Each Goddess is then explored in her nature, her practical applications, preparation for approaching these Goddesses, specific visualizations calling upon each Deities specialities. There are healing aids, transition and change discussions and the chapter ends with a summary of the Mundane Archetypes outlining the Goddess' personality and Her aspects as seen in modern Western society today.

Ms. Trobe offers some very interesting insights into the Goddess figures in this book. Durga is seen as a Goddess of Strength, Kali assists in overcoming cycles of abuse, Isis lends us powers of intuition and assists us in finding an ideal long-term partner, Hathor is the nurturer, Artemis is focused on sporting abilities and fitness, while we look to Hecate to help us overcome prejudice.

The focus is here is to offer support in our search to better ourselves, in the form of the Goddess who will assist us in our quests. The book resounds with positive affirmations for those seeking self improvement. It is a 'take charge of your life through spirituality' book that is well written, nicely developed and contains some very lovely visualizations to help you work with Deity. If you are looking to touch Deity and don't know where to being, this is an ideal book for you.

Rating:
Summary: A good introduction to the Goddess
Review: Kala Trobe chose five Goddesses from each of  the Hindu, Greek and Egyptian pantheons and creates in this book a visual journey of introduction of these Goddesses for those who seek to become familiar with them, work with them and associate in the most intimate way we can.
Chosen here are some of the best known Goddesses from each of these pantheons, and explored are the attributes, experiences and emotional connections we can have with these Deities in our spiritual lives.
The introduction of this book explains what the purpose of this book is, how to prepare to work with the visualizations, understanding Godforms and making personal preparations to meet and work with these Deities.  There is also a very well done index table of many other Goddesses and their functions. 
Each Goddess section starts off with an 'introduction' to the Goddess, as told in a visualization.  Each Goddess is then explored in her nature, her practical applications, preparation for approaching these Goddesses, specific visualizations calling upon each Deities specialities.  There are healing aids, transition and change discussions and the chapter ends with a summary of the Mundane Archetypes outlining the Goddess' personality and Her aspects as seen in modern Western society today.
Ms. Trobe offers some very interesting insights into the Goddess figures in this book.  Durga is seen as a Goddess of Strength, Kali assists in overcoming cycles of abuse, Isis lends us powers of intuition and assists us in finding an ideal long-term partner, Hathor is the nurturer, Artemis is focused on sporting abilities and fitness, while we look to Hecate to help us overcome prejudice. 
The focus is here is to offer support in our search to better ourselves, in the form of the Goddess who will assist us in our quests.  The book resounds with positive affirmations for those seeking self improvement.  It is a 'take charge of your life through spirituality' book that is well written, nicely developed and contains some very lovely visualizations to help you work with Deity.  If you are looking to touch Deity and don't know where to being, this is an ideal book for you.  boudica

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Summary: Good book on basic visualizations
Review: This book is good for one to understand the goddess and design working with goddess which is not bad i wish more goddess was list but still a good book over all just wish it was bigger

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Summary: Fine if you're 15
Review: This book is good for one to understand the goddess and design working with goddess which is not bad i wish more goddess was list but still a good book over all just wish it was bigger i forgot with last review but i do agree with some other than idea a goddess will reject you i think there are better sources out there but this was a attempt but if you want to work with a goddess or draw to one. do the reseach on her and begin working with her. would recommend this book for the ritual baths and meditations (with less structure). I would not turn to it as a resource for goddess information. However, I was inspired to check out the author's bibliography to see where she got her background information. i would have given it 3 1/2 for being creative