Informative guide to Goddess celebration. Concise, easy to understand.

Book Review: Arc of the Goddess by Tracey Roberts and Rachel Patterson | vexingcircumstance https://vexingcircumstance.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/book-review-arc-of-the-goddess-by-tracey-roberts-and-rachel-patterson/

I recently read this handy book that takes you through a year's worth of goddess worship. Arc of the Goddess by Rachel Patterson and Tracey Roberts is a nice way to introduce yourself to a different selection of goddesses from several different traditions.

Each month introduces the reader to 9 goddesses, and there is a list of festivals centered around gods and goddesses for the month. I found this really interesting, as many of the goddesses I knew very little about and I liked reading about all the different celebrations. The writers also have a monthly meditation to preform, a "beauty" ritual, and a list of monthly stone and essential oil correspondences.

I think this book would be a great way to do a yearly course in goddess work, and a way to introduce yourself to different cultural celebrations. The only drawback I see of this book is at times it gets a little redundant, repeating some of the same things every month. Now I read this book all at once, so if you only read the corresponding chapter for the month during that time, the repetitive nature probably wouldn't be as noticeable.

Very technical, not what I expected, has a lot of good information about Wicca. I just expected a story and this is more of an informative introduction to it.

This book is a must read if you're a spiritual person who seeks a peace of mind and comfort. This book is a hands on guide for you when in need directly or indirectly.
As the planet axis move from one dimension to another each month comes with a different cycle and Arc of the Goddess teaches you how to make each month worth living for, its packed with information and dates of special occasions and events. There's so much I want to brag about, but I'll leave you with this, buy it, read it, learn it and pass it on, keep it in the family for as long as longevity permits. Love to all and all to love. Enjoy!!!!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌

Book Review: Arc of the Goddess by Rachel Patterson and Tracey Roberts
Review by Dawn Thomas

272 Pages
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing Ltd / Moon Books

Religion & Spirituality

This book comes from a year-long online course they developed together. Each chapter is dedicated with a theme for the month. Within each chapter, the authors explore a different goddess as they travel the wheel of the year. What I liked about this design is they included the stages of a woman along with the elements and the seasons. There is a beautiful wheel diagram, which shows how the themes are connected.

The authors include nine goddesses for each month. Since nine is a goddess number, this makes sense. There are also devotions, crafts and recipes written specifically for each month. I also like the authors’ advice that you do not have to wait until January to begin the book. You can begin at any point of the year. So many books do that and when I come across one in June or July I do not really know what to do. Sometimes I put the book aside for the new year and then forget about starting it.

Since this is August, I included a few examples for the month. Ixchel, Medusa and The Norns are a few of the Goddesses listed. Feast and celebration days are also listed. For example, Hecate is honored on August 13th. There is a beautifully visual meditation with the reader receiving guidance from the Goddess of August in crossing a river. There is a list of energy and spell suggestions followed by moon lore. They include an outline to create a ritual and lists of crystals, oils and crafts appropriate for the month. The recipe for August is white chocolate chip scones sounds delicious.

I would recommend this book to anyone, beginner or advanced, who interested in digging deeper spiritually. The calendar and ideas in the book are easy to follow and will help keep you on track with a daily practice.

Thank you to Netgalley, John Hunt Publishing Ltd, Moon Books, Rachel Patterson & Tracey Roberts for a for-review copy of Arc Of The Goddess!


This books is, honestly, amazing, and coming from a girl who makes it her effort to collect Pagan/Women's Spirituality focused on Goddess Worship. Each chapter is broken down into months. The months are, then, broken down into deities, feast/celebration days by date/focus, goddesses, seasonal energy work, moon lore, the celtic moon calendar for that month, that month's ritual, crystals, oil blends, altar setups, mandals, and activities.

I loved this book so much. I find it an immersive, intensive, amazing resource.

The only reason I voted this one four stars was that feel this book suffers from not having any pictures, especially for the Goddesses they are focusing on and for crafts so people have examples of the projects they are working on.