Pia OrleaneSacred Retreat
Using Natural Cycles to Recharge Your Life
Pia Orleane, Ph.D., is an author, lecturer, and former practicing psychologist. The recipient of an international award from Saybrook University for her research on the importance of natural cycles for life, she travels the world giving talks on the value of the divine feminine and natural cycles. She lives in Europe.
Foreword by Barbara Hand Clow
Opening Remarks by Cullen Baird Smith
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Cyclic Nature of Life
2 Biology and Healing
3 Religion Replaces Spirituality
4 Blood Mysteries
5 Clearing, Cleansing, and Divine Sexuality
6 The Power of Words
7 Deep Listening
8 Relationships of the Heart
9 Dreaming Cycles
10 Creativity Cycles
11 Menopause Magic and Andropause Awakening
12 The Water We Are
13 Welcoming the Divine Feminine
APPENDIX 1
The Research
APPENDIX 2
Blood Rituals around the World
APPENDIX 3
Taboos Surrounding Menstruation
Notes
Bibliography
Index