
Into the Heart of the Feminine
Facing the Death Mother Archetype to Reclaim Love, Strength, and Vitality
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Healing the wounded feminine in women, in men, and in our culture.
Within each of us, there is a deep, powerful source for living lives of love, creativity, and fulfillment.
To imagine this foundation for life and the energy it produces is to imagine ourselves and our world filled with the influence of the archetypal feminine - her passionate creativity, love, and ageless knowing. Personally and culturally, this force - which lives at the heart of our lives - has been wounded and diminished until it seems to have retreated beyond the horizon of a world filled with rationalism and an anxious, endless need for achievement.
This is a powerfully moving book that goes beyond gender roles into the soul of the archetypal feminine, exploring how it has been damaged and traumatized. Through the myth of Medusa, the authors create an inspirational guide for healing, revitalizing, loving, and nurturing the archetypal feminine as we awaken our own voices and transform our fate.
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- 02-10-21
This book saved me 5+ years of therapy.
There are no words to express my gratitude for this book being written. I am a huge Carl Jung fan and having this death mother wound described so gracefully and thoughtfully with stories and myths explaining archetypes and how we can look at our own dreams and our own perceptions while listening to fairy tales... are gifts that we can take with us for the rest of our living (and dreaming) days. My mouth was hanging open at so many points during this book and I took so many notes that have prompted instant breakthroughs for me that I cannot say enough about how important this book is to one's Journey especially dealing with today's society with the pressures of performance and production. the authors are a wealth of information and have even more resources beyond this book to help us all in our transformation and individuation. Simply Lifechanging. yeah... it's that good if you got the guts to walk through The Forest.
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- brandy
- 12-17-20
I really enjoyed it.
very interesting and informative. I couldn't help but listen all the way through. some very good ideas to help with personal growth.
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- Life
- 05-27-18
Grow in life to awaken or grow old to die
Excellent step by step stages on what’s needing to be awakened and why. Perfect for someone ready and open to doing the hard self work
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- Anonymous
- 01-09-23
Informative
Well presented is a way a person can understand the way the death mother effects us all.
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- Aayush
- 12-27-20
read it twice
loved it. such a profound subject and it was very well handled with grace and humility, which is a rare find these days.
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- DonnaBowden
- 10-29-20
Encouraging
worth the read! very informative. eye opening!
perfect way to begin my personal journey. I am greatful to the arthur's for their dedication to this study.
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- Silvana Isaza
- 05-21-23
Fascinating exploration of the death mother archetype.
Rich in Jungian analysis and myth, this book helps the reader understand the complexity of wounds created by the death mother archetype and how to use this as fuel for the individuation process.
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- Jaakko L.
- 01-27-21
lovelovelove
loved it!
Brought me such insight to female archetypes!
so much cleared within me.
thank you so much.
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