Dr. Kolbenschlag examines the myths that shape the world and searches for truths among the polarities. She discovers that these apparant opposites are, in fact, "multiple threads that weave our human destiny, a kind of cultural DNA . . . The myths of masculinity and femininity, and the gendered nature of consciousness, are pathways into the geography of the soul."
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Kolbenschlag, a psychologist, feminist, spiritual writer, and author (Lost in the Land of Oz: Befriending Your Inner Orphan and Heading for Home, Crossroad, 1994), traveled to Japan in 1994 to deliver a series of lectures. This book meditates upon her encounters with Asian culture, encounters that precipitate new perspectives on Western civilization. She proclaims our need for subjugated knowledge gained from marginalized people, for embodied knowledge free from body-soul dualism, and for valuing of the repressed feminine. She considers a wide variety of issues, such as problems of the One and the Many or of God and the Self; examines gender, role, and homophobia; and reflects on the earlier influence of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Merton compared with the more contemporary influence of Mary Catherine Bateson, Audre Lorde, and Joanna Macy. This is a wonderfully creative and meditatively exploratory book. Recommended for public and seminary libraries.?Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, Va.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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