About the Book

Excerpt from Weaving a Woman’s Life: Spiritual Lessons from the Loom

Whether we realize it consciously or unconsciously, because of its antiquity, weaving not only permeates our lives, it also permeates our language. How many times have you used the phrase “woven together”, or “weaves through” to imply an integration of elements? How about that familiar warning – “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” Even the word we use for our internet community, the “Web” refers both to the web of fabric and to the web spun by a spider, an arachnid which gets its name from a mythical mortal, Arachne, who dared to challenge the goddess of weaving, Athena, to a contest. Challenging a goddess is never a good idea and Arachne was turned into a spider for her pride.

Weaving is primal, basic, calling to us from the beginnings of civilization.

Weaving is also magical. In its basic structure of vertical threads crossing over and under horizontal threads, creating thousands of tiny crosses in any fabric, weaving incorporates the numinous energy of both the masculine and feminine, the physical and spiritual, the primal and divine creative forces…

…I wrote this book because, although I may not call myself a master weaver in the technical sense, on a spiritual level there are many things I have learned that I hope will be of help to you…By understanding the importance of using quality tools, physical and spiritual, and developing the ability to stay flexible and creative, you will discover that you can be an adept and practiced weaver of your own life.