Anita Revel
Encyclopedia
Anita Revel is an Australia
n author
, columnist
for United Press International
, body image
campaigner and founding member of the Goddess Association in Australia. In the early 1990s she completed a bachelor's degree
in Applied Science, a Certificate of Theology and a Diploma of Education
, after which she spent time in various roles including scientist, marketing director and Japanese teacher. In 1996 she moved to Sydney
as a single mother. Her books are based on her own life.
The concept has been explored by various activisits and writers such as Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
, feminist and activists Starhawk
and Zsuzsanna Budapest
and the Jungian analyst and cantadora storyteller Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
, but is only in recent times that "inner goddess" is entering mainstream vernacular.
Anita is a new generation writer that explores the topic prolifically. She has developed a 7-point checklist to give women guidelines for reconnecting with their inner goddess. A goddess is someone who:
with her husband and two children, where her love of ritual and celebration saw her become a civil marriage celebrant in 2008.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
for United Press International
United Press International
United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...
, body image
Body image
Body image refers to a person's perception of the aesthetics and sexual attractiveness of their own body. The phrase body image was first coined by the Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder in his masterpiece The Image and Appearance of the Human Body...
campaigner and founding member of the Goddess Association in Australia. In the early 1990s she completed a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in Applied Science, a Certificate of Theology and a Diploma of Education
Diploma of Education
The Diploma of Education, often abbreviated to DipEd or GradDipEd, is a postgraduate qualification offered in many Commonwealth countries including Australia, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom...
, after which she spent time in various roles including scientist, marketing director and Japanese teacher. In 1996 she moved to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
as a single mother. Her books are based on her own life.
Inner Goddess
Inner goddess is a concept used in popular psychology and women's circles to denote the feminine aspect of a woman's psyche. When a woman is able to transcend inhibitive social expectations or perceived behavioral requirements and instead act in a way that is right for her, she is said be honoring her inner goddess. Anita defines the inner goddess as "... the beautiful, sassy, intuitive, lovable, sacred and authentic Self that we were born to be."The concept has been explored by various activisits and writers such as Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist and author. Bolen has written several books on the archetypal psychology of women and men in the development of spirituality, and is one of the women featured in the 1986 film Women - for America, for the World and 1989 National Film Board of Canada...
, feminist and activists Starhawk
Starhawk
Starhawk is an American writer and activist. She is well known as a theorist of Paganism, and is one of the foremost popular voices of ecofeminism. She is a columnist for Beliefnet.com and On Faith, the Newsweek/Washington Post online forum on religion...
and Zsuzsanna Budapest
Zsuzsanna Budapest
Zsuzsanna Emese Mokcsay is an American author of Hungarian origin who writes on feminist spirituality and Dianic Wicca under the pen name and religious name Zsuzsanna Budapest or Z. Budapest. She is the High Priestess and the founding mother of the Susan B. Anthony Coven #1, the first feminist,...
and the Jungian analyst and cantadora storyteller Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Clarissa Pinkola Estés is an American poet, post-trauma specialist and Jungian psychoanalyst.-Biography:Similar to William Carlos Williams and other poets who also worked in the health or other professions in tandem, Estés is a poet who uses her poems throughout her psychoanalytic books,...
, but is only in recent times that "inner goddess" is entering mainstream vernacular.
Anita is a new generation writer that explores the topic prolifically. She has developed a 7-point checklist to give women guidelines for reconnecting with their inner goddess. A goddess is someone who:
- Celebrates her physical body and her connection to Earth, family and humanity
- Is comfortable with infinite abundance, emotional flow and creative freedom
- Is proud of her Self and her actions in all her aspects
- Fosters mutually fulfilling relationships at all levels
- Speaks her truth with diplomacy and shares her learnings with grace
- Clearly knows what is right for her, and acts in honour of her innate wisdom and intuition
- Revels in her divine purpose/work with gratitude, dignity and generosity
Biography
Anita was born in 1968 in Victoria where she studied and worked until 1995. She was in her mid-twenties when she moved to Sydney with her young son to pursue a career in marketing. She remained there as a self-described "corporate chick" until 2001, when suffering post-Olympic blues, she moved to Western Australia. She now lives in Margaret RiverMargaret River
Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. Although small and unremarkable, it is the eponym of the iconic town and tourist region of Margaret River, famous for its surfing, caves and wine....
with her husband and two children, where her love of ritual and celebration saw her become a civil marriage celebrant in 2008.
Books
- The Goddess Guide to Chakra Vitality (ISBN 978-0975745175 April 2006)
- Moon Goddess, Manifest Your Dreams (ISBN 978-1847288691 August 2006)
- Selena's Crystal Balls, A Magical Journey Through the Chakras (ISBN 978-0975745168 March 2007)
- Outing the Goddess Within, One Girl's Journey With 52 Guides (ISBN 978-0615178455 January 2008)
- The 7-Day Chakra Workout (ISBN 978-0615203294 April 2008)
- Sacred Vigilance, Wide-Awake Meditation (ISBN 978-0975745144 September 2008)
- Goddess At Play, A Journal For Self-Discovery and Play (ISBN 978-0980443905 February 2009)