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Womonseed
High in a mountain valley, not far from the sea, there is a land of women and they call it Womonseed. Their lives are governed by the earth, the moon, the stars, the sun, and by the quiet voices deep inside themselves.
They have come back to themselves again, after thousands of years in a foreign land where they were held in bondage. They were kept away from contact with each other and from their closeness with the earth who was their Mother and who had given them strength and taught them how to live.
As the sun goes down on the longest day in 1999, the women and children gather in a meadow to sing their songs and tell their stories -- accounts of their origins and journeys to this land, and the growth of their culture. Emerging from their struggles in the hard realities of the "former world," the women discover their power, inner wisdom, magic, and their lore.
Contains sixteen stories: Snowbird, Woodwomon, Robin, Rabbit, Night, Coyote, New Moon, Kahuna, Windsong, Sassafras, Thistle, Maya, Wave, Oya, Firefly, and Manzanita.
They have come back to themselves again, after thousands of years in a foreign land where they were held in bondage. They were kept away from contact with each other and from their closeness with the earth who was their Mother and who had given them strength and taught them how to live.
As the sun goes down on the longest day in 1999, the women and children gather in a meadow to sing their songs and tell their stories -- accounts of their origins and journeys to this land, and the growth of their culture. Emerging from their struggles in the hard realities of the "former world," the women discover their power, inner wisdom, magic, and their lore.
Contains sixteen stories: Snowbird, Woodwomon, Robin, Rabbit, Night, Coyote, New Moon, Kahuna, Windsong, Sassafras, Thistle, Maya, Wave, Oya, Firefly, and Manzanita.
231 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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July 12, 2018
A feminist utopia in all senses. Womonseed is a separatist lesbian-only, vegan, and very mystical commune, product of a lesbian-feminist couple in the context of some kind of nuclear disaster. The histories evoke the conciousness-raising narrative, sometimes this make the book kinda repetitive. But its full of images of lesbians in connection with animals and the wild, it's also notable for the inclusion of perspectives by lesbians of color.
December 22, 2017
Hoping against hope there's still someone at the PO Box in the back. My heart aches.
August 17, 2020
4.5 stars. Reviewed: https://hollograms.blogspot.com/2020/...
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