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The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World--The Essential Guide to Women's Circles [Hardcover]

Jean Shinoda Bolen (Author)
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September 1, 1999
A combination of vision and how-to, The Millionth Circle is the most activist work to date of Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, a writer, analyst, and teacher who has long been a leader in the women's empowerment movement. Written in poetic language that invites the readers to use intuition and draw upon their psychological and spiritual insights, The Millionth Circle will be the tool and inspiration women can use to create new circles or deepen and transform existing circles into vehicles of societal and psychospiritual change.

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Jungian analyst Jean Bolen hit the big time in the early 1980s with one of the first New Age publishing successes, Goddesses in Everywoman. Every woman in America seemed engrossed with identifying her goddess and using the archetypes of the Greek pantheon to guide her out of the patriarchal system to greater self-knowledge and self-esteem. Bolen again hangs a lantern aloft for feminists and lovers of light everywhere with this slim volume. Though only 87 pages, The Millionth Circle has the potential to become the latest bible for the Jungian/feminist/evolution-of-consciousness movement (remember Women Who Run with the Wolves?). The premise is based on Ken Keyes Jr.'s "Hundredth Monkey" theory: that a behavioral change in a growing number of individuals will reach critical mass, and the entire population's consciousness will leap forward to embrace the new behavior as if by magic. Bolen's version is this: form consensus-based, peace-loving circles of support, and one day the millionth circle could alter the psyche of the human race. Written in free verse from chapter 3 on, The Millionth Circle is a dandy manual for creating women's circles, which Bolen hopes will one day save the world. --P. Randall Cohan

About the Author

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst in private practice, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Medical Center, and an internationally known lecturer. She is the author of many books including Crones Don't Whine and The Millionth Circle, which was published in 1999 and spawned a whole new way for women to become activists from their local circle.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 87 pages
  • Publisher: Conari Press (September 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573241768
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573241762
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, author and activist. an internationally known speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, UCSF clinical professor, and a former board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Jean's website is www.jeanbolen.com. Lecture and workshops under "Current schedule."
She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don't Whine and Urgent Message from Mother. Her books have been translated into over thiry foreign editions. All are in Spanish. She is a leading advocate for a UN 5th world conference on women (www.5wcw.org)

 

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Tao of Circles, December 12, 1999
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This is a slim volume, and beautifully laid out. Its utter simplicity goes right to the heart of what makes a circle so powerful, and what keeps a circle healthy for its members, without embroidery. It would be easy for a hurried reader who skipped through it without stopping to meditate on its words to mistake it as "lite." It has the lightness and ease that I associate with profound teachings. I have given this book to several young women who have never been in a circle before, and who haven't read much about women's spirituality or feminism. Their responses were exactly the same: "Wow, that is an amazing book!" I believe it will probably change their lives. As a veteran of many years of women's circles, I find it valuable too, as a crystal-clear, straightforward statement of the essence of how circles work and how they can go wrong. It's a most welcome addition to my spiritual library, and one I intend to give as a gift often. It aims at a very different goal than would an exhaustive how-to-do-it manual; don't miss its riches because of some readers' tunnel-vision judgments.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Millionth Circle, May 9, 2000
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This is one of the most enlightning and helpful books I have ever read. I had no idea there were so many techniques and different ways of circling. It is a must-read book for anyone interested in creating or being in a circle. I believe it's entirely possible after reading The Millionth Circle that we can change ourselves and the world. One person CAN make a difference and ONE CIRCLE can cause miracles to happen in our lives. Thank you Dr. Bolen for writing this precious little book.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Broad application for the concepts of The Millionth Circle, March 11, 2003
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Working as I do in the corporate environment, I have used the principles contained in this concise book to create healthy alternatives to the typical hierarchical meeting. One does not have to have a background in women's spirituality to understand its premise or its practical application in many settings. As businesses of all sizes seek to move beyond traditional organizational forms, the book provides the outline of how furture organizations can work NOW.
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