Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073BW86S1 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is a very fine and compelling read and also a glorious guide for getting down to the Earth wisdom so direly needed in these times." -Jane Caputi, Ph.D, Professor, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Communication & Multimedia, Florida Atlantic University. Together with women, Medusa is ever present in the intergalactic journey of the Great Goddess."-Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D., author of The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia"No better time than now to be Re-visioning Medusa! Let's take her off the shelf, dust her off and embrace her! No more enduring, being docile, being quiet for others comfort. It's time to embrace our strength, our courage, our agency — even our rage!" -Karen Tate, author, speaker, social justice activist and radio show host of Voices of the Sacred Feminine"This deeply felt, thought and illustrated anthology asks us to imagine, know, feel, and face Medusa. In short, the symbol of Medusa embodies Goddess Feminism, Activism, and Spirituality. This ancient goddess is not the monster to be slain by a patriarchal hero, but the face of the Earth and of wisdom. Calling her a rebel underestimates her power. Medusa unfolds the original vision of the female divine. Medusa's angry fierceness — that opposes social oppression and other violations of the matri
"Of all the terrible things we are taught about the mythos of Medusa" according to Tamara A. Of all the terrible things we are taught about the mythos of Medusa, and all the horrifying images used to strike fear in our hearts surrounding this figure, this anthology is surely a beautiful and powerful response. There is a strong conditioning, that at the sound of her very name, we freeze, turning to stone as her myth tells us those who look upon her do. But this is not the real Medusa, the real Medusa is a character of divine feminine with powerful lessons for us all. A must read, if you're ready to see her in a new ligh. the fierce and terrifying energy of Woman reclaimed In this anthology, the fierce and terrifying energy of Woman and the divine feminine principle is reclaimed and renamed as Goddess rather than monster. The editors are internationally renowned as scholars and activists and have drawn on those connections to collect the vital voices of women to undertake this work. Trista Hedren and the girl god books have done it again!