Made with Xara Publications and Other Writing A Temple of Female Consciousness www.ambika-durga.blogspot.com “Durga, the Matrikas and Navaratri” http://www.jnanagnikula.org/vacmagazine/?p=560 Published Work  Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power. Baltimore: Hamilton Books (an imprint of University Press of America), 2010.  “The Asta Matrikas: Mandalic Mothers of Bhaktapur, Nepal,” in Sacred Geography of Goddesses in South Asia:  Essays in Memory of David Kinsley.  Editor:  Professor Rana P. Singh, New Delhi: Cambridge Scholarly Press, 2010  “Durga: Invincible Goddess of South and Southeast Asia” in Goddesses in World Culture. Vol. I: Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Editor: Patricia Monaghan. Praeger (a division of Houghton-Mifflin), 2010  “Of Durga and Nepal,” in Talking to Goddess: Powerful Voices From Many Traditions. Editor D’vorah J.Grenn, Napa and San Mateo, California: The Lilith Institute, 2009.  “Call of the Mermaid,” in Talking to Goddess: Powerful Voices From Many Traditions. Editor D’vorah J.Grenn, Napa and San Mateo, California: The Lilith Institute, 2009.  “Durga and the Matrikas,” in We’Moon At the Crossroads, Oregon: Mothertongue Ink, 2009.  “Matristic Societies: A Celebration of Women” in Feminine Reformation: A Goddess Metanarrative. Editor: Jayne DeMente. Los Angeles: Women’s Heritage, 2010.  Encyclopedia of Hinduism. (Entries: Shakta, Shakti, Women and Hinduism, Yoni, Hindu Goddesses, Shakti Pithas) Eds. James Ryan and Connie Jones, New York: Facts-on-File, 2006  “The Goddess and the Sacred Art of Adornment” in She Is Everywhere.  Editor: Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, iUniverse, April, 2005.  “Durga and the Dashain Harvest Festival:  From the Indus to Kathmandu Valleys.”  ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation, Vol. 25, No.1, Summer 2002     (published under former married name, Chamberlain). Available online at this link: Interview on Voices of the Sacred Feminine Blogtalk Radio Sacred traveler and pilgrim, Laura Amazzone, author of the soon to be released book, Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power, will discuss her rich experiences traveling to Goddess sites of India and Nepal, as well as share her knowledge of the Goddess, Durga, the Kumari or Living Goddess, and Durga's festivals. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/voicesofthesacredfeminine copyright 2013 Laura Amazzone  All Rights Reserved No part of this website, including photographs may be reproduced in whole or in part without explicit permission of Laura Amazzone http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91397852.html?key=01-42160D517E11156A1A0D0A1A042256213F4A374C1820234C3E0E0A60641A617F127119731B7B1D27 Goddess Durga: A Divine Model For Our Times? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-amazzone/goddess-durga-a-female-mo_b_809274.html Amma: The Divine Mother Embracing the World http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-amazzone/amma-the-divine-mother-em_b_879199.html Path of the Yogini http://www.feminist.com/ourinnerlives/inspiration_yogini.html COLUMN AT FEMINIST.COM’S OUR INNER LIVES: HUFFINGTON POST RELIGION: