Z Budapest ::  Psychic - Wiccan - Author

Books by Z Budapest:

The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries is essential for pagans, feminists, and women seeking to learn more about the spiritual path as it relates to the feminine and the Goddess aspects of witchcraft and Wicca. This book is not about reinstating a matriarchy or tearing down patriarchy; it is about women's spirituality and its relationship with politics and lifestyle. Z Budapest is one of the founding mothers of modern women's witchcraft, beginning with the establishment of Susan B. Anthony Coven in Los Angeles in 1971. She catapulted herself into the media spotlight when she was tried as a witch and found guilty in 1975 after being arrested on Venice Beach for reading tarot cards. She fought the charges and after a nine year battle, won the right for every tarot reader to do so legally.

Study this book with Z in the Holy Book - Leadership & Priestess Training at the Dianic University.

The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries is a seminal text that contains invaluable information on Dianic witchcraft and spells, including everyday magick, sabbat rituals, and divination methods; a section on how vegetarian theories and politics relate to witchcraft and the feminine aspect; and a good deal of information on goddesses and how the patriarchal religions distorted old myths to serve their own needs. There are several unique and beautiful Rites of Passage for women and men that you don't often find, and Budapest's personal life stories are an equally valuable read, from her escape across the mountains from Communist Hungary to her fight for women's religious freedom upon moving to America.

* This reprint features a new introduction by Z. Budapest, in addition to essays by luminaries such as Starhawk and Merlin Stone.

* Author is an internationally acclaimed Priestess with a vibrant workshop schedule in the U.S. and Europe, including California Institute for Integral Studies.

The Goddess in the Office: A Personal Energy Guide for the Spiritual Warrior at Work Wise, whimsical, witty, and when it's called for, deliciously wicked, America's favorite witch stirs up an empowering brew for working women everywhere. From receptionist to CEO and everyone in between, what woman wouldn't want to improve something (or many things) about her hectic seven-day work week? In this gift-worthy guide, Z. Budapest combines down-to-earth tips and traditional magic to help women employ their powers to: get a raise   increase productivity repel sexual harassment   protect computer data and much more

The Goddess in the Bedroom: A Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week Reviews - Truly a witch's guide to magic in the bedroom! Lighthearted without being silly; good advice on integrating Goddess energies with your sexuality, including spellwork, pillow talk, and bedtime stories. - Luscious and delectable is the best way to describe this wonderful little book. It is lighthearted,joyous and full of sensually gratifying "exercises" to stimulate every woman to deeply experience the full enjoyment of all of her senses. Lucky is the woman who buys this book and luckier still the man who makes a present of it to her!

Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest was born in Budapest, Hungary, during a big winter storm on January 30, 1940.

Her mother, Masika Szilagyi, was a medium and a practicing witch who supported herself and her daughter with her art, as a sculptress. Masika's themes always celebrated the Triple Goddess and the Fates, and Zsuzsanna, "Z," grew up respecting and appreciating Mother Nature as a god.

The poverty of postwar Europe and political oppression under the Russian occupation made Z fiercely political, so when the Hungarian Revolution broke out in 1956, she took her destiny into her own hands and became one of those sixty-five thousand political refugees who left the country, mostly young workers and students like herself. She finished high school in Innsbruck, graduated from a bilingual gymnasium, and won a scholarship to the University of Vienna where she studied languages.

Z emigrated to the United States in 1959, became a student at the University of Chicago, married, and gave birth to two sons. In Chicago she studied with Second City, an improvisational theatrical school, the only one in the country at that time.

Her family's spiritual tradition, however, started seeping back into her life, and she practiced solo worship of the Goddess at her home altar in her backyard.

When she entered her Saturn cycle at the age of thirty, she became involved with the women's liberation movement in Los Angeles and became an activist herself, staffing the Women's Center there for many years.

There she recognized a need for a spiritual dimension so far lacking in the feminist movement and started the Women's Spirituality Movement. She founded the Susan B. Anthony Coven Number l, the first feminist witches' coven, which became the role model for thousands of other spiritual groups being born and spreading across the nation. She wrote The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries (Weiser Publishers, 1989) which was originally published in 1975 as The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows. This book served as the first hands-on book to lead women into their own spiritual/Goddess heritage.

Z was arrested in 1975 for reading Tarot cards to an undercover policewoman. She lost the trial but won the issue, and the law against psychics was struck down nine years later.

Z has led rituals, lectured, taught classes, given workshops, written articles tirelessly, and published in hundreds of women's newspapers across the country. She has powerfully influenced many of the future teachers and writers about the Goddess.

Today Z lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, traveling a lot, giving workshops and lectures, but always making time to smell the roses. She is the star of her own cable TV show called 13th Heaven and acts as the director of the Women's Spirituality Forum, a nonprofit organization sponsoring a monthly lecture series in the Bay Area about the Goddess, spirituality retreats, and annual spiral dances on Halloween. Z founded and sponsors the Dianic University Online, a vagina-friendly online school for Dianic Wicca and Goddess studies for women.

California Institute for Integral Studies recognized recently Z's contribution to Women's Spirituality Movement.

Z Budapest's Dianic Nation announcement Network:

Dianic Nation Email List
Dianic Nation Website
Dianic Nation Publication (free)

Books by Z Budapest:

Holy Book of Women's Mysteries
Grandmother of Time
Summoning the Fates
Goddess in the Office
Goddess in the Bedroom
Grandmother Moon
Celestial Wisdom

Gathering the Goddesses Festival

Presented by Z Budapest
September 5-7th, 2008
Camp Harmon Easter Seals Camp, Santa Cruz, CA

http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

Z is bring together the Dianic women to celebrate the 30th year of the Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries … it’s going to be a powerful gathering!

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To find out more about Z Budapest, visit her website at www.ZBudapest.com.