Patricia Monaghan

Patricia Monaghan
BornFebruary 15, 1946
DiedNovember 11, 2012(2012-11-11) (aged 66)[1]
Occupation(s)poet, writer, scholar, professor; viticulturist
Spouse(s)Michael McDermott
Warren Mitchell (1969–1978)

Patricia Monaghan (February 15, 1946, – November 11, 2012) was a poet, a writer, a spiritual activist, and an influential figure in the contemporary women's spirituality movement.[2] Monaghan wrote over 20 books on a range of topics including Goddess spirituality, earth spirituality, Celtic mythology, the landscape of Ireland, and techniques of meditation. In 1979, she published the first encyclopedia of female divinities, a book which has remained steadily in print since then and was republished in 2009 in a two volume set as The Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. She was a mentor to many scholars and writers including biologist Cristina Eisenberg, poet Annie Finch, theologian Charlene Spretnak, and anthropologist Dawn Work-MaKinne, and was the founding member of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology,[3] which brought together artists, scholars, and researchers of women-centered mythology and Goddess spirituality for the first time in a national academic organization.

  1. ^ "Mourning Patricia Monaghan (1946 – 2012) [updated]". ). November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  2. ^ http://womenandmythology.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/remembering-patricia-monaghan/ [user-generated source]
  3. ^ for the Study of Women and Mythology website