Author: Galland, China

Now published in a new edition with a new introduction, this is Galland's groundbreaking account of her journey through India, Nepal, Poland and Texas in search of the feminine face of God. She traces the healing connections between Tara, whom the Tibetans revere as a female Buddha, and the Black Madonna of Catholicism, and tracks developments since 1990 as dark, female images of the sacred have moved into mainstream culture through phenomena like the best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees. 432 pp.