Bringing Forward Your Wisewoman, part II

Naming ourselves as wisewomen helps to counteract the limiting belief pervasive in our culture that as women “we are not enough.” When we reject the male-indentified model of competing with other women and instead join together to celebrate our strengths, support and encourage each other, the feminine principle begins to re-emerge It’s necessary! There are over 1000 negative labels for women in English and far fewer for men. Together we have the power to change our culture.

Shadow, Part Two

So far we’ve looked at the personal shadow as it relates to the Feminine Principle.  As I think about it, working with shadow is the absolute core of the Feminine Principle.  It is the most direct way to acquire insight and self-knowledge, not only personally but as a nation as well. Our  nation has a consciousness and a shadow just like an individual has a personal one.  It is what C.J. Jung called the ‘collective shadow’.  As a nation we are currently deeply involved in shadow-work, discovering who we are and what we want to be as a nation.  The Feminine Principle lives!