About the book: At the beginning—humanity had a Divine Mother, and God had a wife. We were made in their image. Scholars uncovered evidence that long ago scribes altered the gender of our Mother Holy Spirit through redactions to the Bible, entirely changing our perception of God, each other, and all of life! With our Divine Mother's erasure, everything associated with the feminine became somehow less than, including women, qualities such as compassion, empathy, peacekeeping, heart-centered wisdom, and nature itself, which was always associated with her. Additionally, the world lost its crucial yin and yang balance. Holy Spirit Rising explores how these redactions occurred, their impact on humanity and the planet over thousands of years, and what can be done. Because we now stand at a pivotal time in history, where the earth faces great challenges. We have lost our understanding that the Cosmos is alive with a soul and that the Holy Spirit is the sacred web that permeates everything. For a wiser, more conscious, loving humanity and the healing of our planet, nothing is more vital than our Mother's return. REVIEWS Author Sylvia Binsfeld asserts that the path to healing both people and planet lies in understanding the divine feminine. The Holy Spirit, the teacher, healer, comforter, and message-giver, is the benevolent maternal presence that illuminates the value of every person, and of all creation. Holy Spirit Rising will surprise, inform and challenge some long-held assumptions. Ultimately, it is a work of abiding love, and unending hope." --Reverend, Dr. Craig Atwood, the Charles D. Couch Chair of Moravian Theology, Director of the Center of Moravian Studies "Sylvia Binsfeld has written a powerful manifesto to the human race, calling out for our spiritual awareness and change on both an individual and global level. If we are ever to regain the health of our planet and assure our children of a bright and beautiful future, then balance must be restored. With love, compassion and wisdom, Binsfeld gives us a radiant light to direct our path during challenging times." -- Kathryn Otoshi, award-winning author and illustrator, and speaker. Creator of the character-building book series for the young. "This book exposes the damage done by obscuring the feminine aspect of God in faith, culture, economy, politics and the environment...This distortion has warped the way society conducts itself; violence, loss of rights, war, poverty, the extinction of many species, and environmental disaster are the results. Acknowledging the feminine nature of the Holy Spirit opens us to the beauty, compassion and grace evident throughout the creation." -- Kate Tsubata, Journalist, activist and filmmaker, Dancing Joy Author Sylvia Binsfeld asserts that the path to healing both people and planet lies in understanding the divine feminine. The Holy Spirit, the teacher, healer, comforter, and message-giver, is the benevolent maternal presence that illuminates the value of every person, and of all creation. Holy Spirit Rising will surprise, inform and challenge some long-held assumptions. Ultimately, it is a work of abiding love, and unending hope." --Reverend, Dr. Craig Atwood, the Charles D. Couch Chair of Moravian Theology, Director of the Center of Moravian Studies "Sylvia Binsfeld has written a powerful manifesto to the human race, calling out for our spiritual awareness and change on both an individual and global level. If we are ever to regain the health of our planet and assure our children of a bright and beautiful future, then balance must be restored. With love, compassion and wisdom, Binsfeld gives us a radiant light to direct our path during challenging times." -- Kathryn Otoshi, award-winning author and illustrator, and speaker. Creator of the character-building book series for the young. "This book exposes the damage done by obscuring the feminine aspect of God in faith, culture, economy, politics and the environment...This distortion has warped the way society conducts itself; violence, loss of rights, war, poverty, the extinction of many species, and environmental disaster are the results. Acknowledging the feminine nature of the Holy Spirit opens us to the beauty, compassion and grace evident throughout the creation." -- Kate Tsubata, Journalist, activist and filmmaker, Dancing Joy