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First quarter of the book: “Oh!!” Folding pages, scribbling notes in the margins, getting really excited that I’ll learn about psychological transformation and the concept of metamorphosis from a Jungian/feminist perspective. Second quarter of the book: “I’m not afraid of smarty-pants densely written Leggi tutto

This book is transformational. To say the least. It has it all - digs into issues of masculinity and femininity, our parental attachment and the other way round, eating disorders and our inability to grow and release the child and become a woman as we lack initiation in our lives - afraid of letting Leggi tutto

My favorite line from this book: "Naively or deliberately, to make oneself vulnerable to psychic wounding without good reason is foolish. To be wary of casting pearls before swine is not conceit but plain common sense." ~Marion Woodman "The Pregnant Virgin" 22.

The best Woodman book. Brilliantly written book on the domination of the masculine principle in Western culture. Jungian analyst Woodman links this principle with addictive behaviors, primarily in women (workaholism, obesity, alchohol and drugs, etc), tying her concept of positive feminine deprivatio Leggi tutto

I recommend this to my feminist/artist/therapy-junkie friends. and, of course, any art therapists who would by some chance not be these things.

"No longer who we were, we know not who we may become" This book has lived on my shelf for the better half of 2 years and only now have I chosen to read what feels like my life in pages. You know a book touches your soul when you cry reading the first page, and continuously throughout. Very beautifully Leggi tutto

The book deals with femininity, more precisely with feminine consciousness which is not the same thing as motherhood and should be developed both by women and men. The main idea is to be in the state of constant pregnancy with new possibilities. How you can achieve this state? By having a courage to B Leggi tutto

Marion Woodman's The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, 21) describes the process of becoming conscious. In this study, the term virgin refers to a woman's singularity onto herself. Actions are based upon her desires, goals

A friend gave me this book for my birthday in October last year. From the first page I read, I knew it was going to serve up super relevant messages for me. It’s a dense read, so I picked it up and put it down intermittently over the course of 4 months, only reading a page or two at a time. And amaz Leggi tutto