Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
by Christina Baldwin
List Price:
Our Price: $9.44
You Save: $7.56 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.28 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Christina BaldwinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-02
ISBN: 0553379003
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
Book Review: It Works! From individuals into a community of sharing.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Council of Grandmothers Planning Committee for the Annual Gathering of October 1999 in Oracle, Arizona made a commitment to use Christina Baldwins "Calling The Circle", along with "A Guide to Peerspirit Circle" by Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea as the foundation of their Gathering. Creating a center for safety, placing our sacred objects, using a talking piece to lovingly speak our truths, the importance of the timekeeper, using a bell to go within, the self monitoring, and the listening, really listening, worked and it was rewarding and magical! The evaluations of these women on their small circles of 12 to 13 along with the large circles of 50 include words such as "supportive, empowering, want to continue them in my other life, very harmonious, non-ego dominated, very compassionate group, good as a teaching tool for this kind of process." I recommend Christinas' Circle book for any organization, corporation, school or group, any age and all ages, male and female. It successfully brought women who had never met before to a level of sharing, working and bonding, previously not realized at our Gatherings. Thank you Christina and Ann! Judy O'Leary, The Weaver, Council of Grandmothers.
Summary of Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
The original small-press edition of Calling the Circle has become one of the key resources for the rapidly-growing "circle" movement. This newly revised edition brings Christina Baldwin's groundbreaking work to an even broader audience ranging from women's spirituality groups to corporate development teams.50,000 years ago, women and men gathered around campfires to decide the key issues in their lives. Today, groups everywhere are discovering a new form of this ancient ritual for communication, mutual support, teamwork, and social change. Now, in a book as consciousness-changing as Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade or Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Christina Baldwin offers this powerful new tool to everyone who longs for a community based on honesty, equality, and spiritual integrity.
In this simple, profound practice, participants sit in a circle, pass a talking piece from person to person, and speak and listen from the heart. Christina Baldwin gives detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving disagreements safely and respectfully. She also offers inspiring examples of circles in action: a women's spirituality group, a father and son in crisis, a PTA group that averts a school strike and a work project team that accesses a new level of creativity and caring.
Self-Help Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Self-Help Books
Communion: The Female Search for Loveby bell hooks
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2002-12-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops:
Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Lifeby Wayne W. Dyer
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 1991-05-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.69
Price in other shops:
Positive Addiction (Harper Colophon Books)by William Glasser
Harper Perennial; Published: 1985-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Lifeby Laura Schlessinger
Harper; Published: 2004-08-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.75
Price in other shops:
The Zen Path Through Depressionby Philip Martin
HarperOne; Published: 2000-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.00
Price in other shops:
All You Need Is Love and Other Lies About Marriage: A Proven Strategy to Make Your Marriage Work, from a Leading Couples Therapistby John W. Jacobs
Harper; Published: 2004-03-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.90
Price in other shops:
If You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your Place in the Worldby Dan Neuharth
Harper; Published: 1998-09-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.89
Price in other shops:
super Sexual Orgasmby Barbara, Ph. D. Keesling
Harper Collins; Published: 1997; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.57
Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Lifeby Thomas Moore
Harpercollins; Published: 1992-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.30
Price in other shops:
Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasionby George Thompson
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2004-03-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.67
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Wisdom Circles: A Guide to Self Discovery and Community Building in Small Groupsby Cindy Spring, Charles Garfield
Hyperion; Published: 1999-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $49.50
Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now (Currents)by Margaret Wheatley, Deborah Frieze
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Published: 2011-04-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.78
Price in other shops:
Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Storyby Christina Baldwin
New World Library; Published: 2005-09-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
The Little Book of Circle Processes : A New/ Old Approach to Peacemaking (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series)by Kay Pranis
Good Books; Published: 2005-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.06
Price in other shops:
The Seven Whispers: A Spiritual Practice for Times Like Theseby Christina Baldwin
New World Library; Published: 2005-09-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.51
Price in other shops:
Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Questby Christina Baldwin
Bantam; Published: 1990-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.95
Price in other shops:
The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World--The Essential Guide to Women's Circlesby Jean Shinoda Bolen
Conari Press; Published: 1999-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.20
Price in other shops:
Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Storyby Christina Baldwin
New World Library; Published: 2007-11-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair (BK Business)by Christina Baldwin, Ann Linnea
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Published: 2010-03-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.20
Price in other shops:
Sacred Circles: A Guide To Creating Your Own Women's Spirituality Groupby Robin Deen Carnes, Sally Craig
HarperOne; Published: 1998-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: