Wednesday, August 30, 2006

On Wicked vs. Baha'i Reading Materials: Semi-inspiring me to be a better person

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So Cody took lindzgoesboom69 to the Baha'i House of Worship and then bought her a book there. -gw
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, basis for the hit Broadway musical
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The week Cody was here inspires me to be a better person. We went to the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette and just basically stood in awe of it for a few hours on saturday. We also went to the book store and got some reading materials. He even got something for me and I definantly should be reading it instead of reading Wicked, but Wicked is so tempting, and is also semi inspiring me to be a better person.
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I don't know what book he got her, but maybe it was The Heroic Female Spirit. -gw
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The Heroic Female Spirit: A Collection of Talesby Phyllis Peterson
Softcover 204 pp. $14.00/$17.00 CAN, ISBN: 1-931847-29-0, EAN: 978-931847-28-2
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In the tradition of Joseph Campbell, these stories employ many of the moral virtues found in every religion. The heroes in each tale strive to reshape and improve the world around them, showing the qualities of the heroic female spirit at work.Myths and legends have traditionally been the domain of men and boys. The gallant hero is almost always male. In The Heroic Female Spirit: A Collection of Tales, author, performer, and storyteller Phyllis Peterson shows women and girls at the center of each story-discovering their inner gifts, defying restrictive customs, and creating peace between seemingly implacable foes. These young women demonstrate that heroic qualities are not only the domain of young men and boys, but rather these qualities are within each of us, regardless of gender. Each tale shows a young woman making a difference by acting fearlessly to improve the world around her. The Heroic Female Spirit brings together enjoyable, inspiring stories that will appeal to people of all ages and will redefine the prototypical hero
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Copyright © 2006 National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States.

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