Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Goddesses, Mages, and Wise Women -- Introduction -- The Early Guide as "the Light in the Sky" -- Mages and Sages Versus the Witch -- Queens and Goddesses: Endymion, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Love's Victory -- The Pastoral Guide: The Mage and Female Scholar -- The Faithful Shepherdess: Handmaiden of the Great God Pan -- Subversive Wise Woman: The Doctor She of All's Well That Ends Well -- "Curing by Counsel": Rosalind of As You Like It -- "And Afterwards" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.