Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness - Softcover

Marion Woodman; Elinor Dickson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570623139 ISBN 13: 9781570623134

Publisher: Shambhala, 1997

Synopsis

Dark, earthy, and immensely powerful, the Black Goddess has been a key force in world history, manifesting in images as diverse as the Indian goddess Kali and the Black Madonnas of medieval Europe. She embodies the energy of chaos and creativity, creation and destruction, death and rebirth. Images of Her, however, have been conspicuously missing in the Western world for centuries—until now, when awareness of the Goddess is re-arising in many spheres, from the women's movement to traditional religion, from the new discoveries of quantum physics to the dreams of ordinary men and women. Why now particularly? The answer provided by Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson is bold and thrilling: the reemergence of the Divine Feminine in our time indicates our readiness to move to an entirely new level of consciousness. The reemerging Goddess calls for a shattering of rigid categories, a willingness to hold opposition. She calls us to marry reason and order to creativity, and to embrace the chaos that can ultimately lead to wisdom and transformation on personal and global levels.

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From the Inside Flap:

As we speed towards the next millennium, many of us are taking stock of the presences and absences in our lives. In Dancing in the Flames, Marion Woodman, along with reputed therapist Elinor Dickson, points to the gaping hole in our spiritual fabric. Unlike other cultures and eras, modern Western society has repressed notions of the Divine Feminine, possibly to the detriment of our psyches, our bodies, and even our planet. This landmark book, which draws from art, fables, science and dreams, creates a vista from which to view our imbalances and provides hope for celebration as we turn to embrace a lost aspect of ourselves.


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From the Back Cover:

"Compassionate -- well worth reading -- for anybody still in doubt about the failures of patriarchy or perplexed by current feminist revisions of Christianity and the surge in -- matriarchal religious alternatives." -The Toronto Star

"A remarkably rich and--beautifully conceived book that can affect the reader like a major dream or evocative poem." -Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Crossing to Avalon

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1570623139
• ISBN 13: 9781570623134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240