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The Women's Wheel of Life
Thirteen Powerful Archetypes For Your Whole Lifecycle!
Maiden, Mother or Crone--where does a woman in her midlife years fit in?
Women who have turned to feminist spirituality for appreciation of women's ways of knowing will revel in the thirteen archetypes presented in this book. From Daughter to Blood Sister, Mother to Amazon, Sorceress to Crone, this groundbreaking work reveals the grand pattern of women's lives, rich and complex, beautiful and mysterious.
Elizabeth Davis and Carol Leonard, licensed midwives with sixty-five years' combined experience as health care providers and healers, developed the Wheel as a synthesis of their work in women's health, spirituality and psychology. The Women's Wheel of Life draws on more than a hundred interviews with women of all ages who have found the Wheel to be an inspiring and revolutionary path for more powerful living.
Maiden, Mother or Crone--where does a woman in her midlife years fit in?
Women who have turned to feminist spirituality for appreciation of women's ways of knowing will revel in the thirteen archetypes presented in this book. From Daughter to Blood Sister, Mother to Amazon, Sorceress to Crone, this groundbreaking work reveals the grand pattern of women's lives, rich and complex, beautiful and mysterious.
Elizabeth Davis and Carol Leonard, licensed midwives with sixty-five years' combined experience as health care providers and healers, developed the Wheel as a synthesis of their work in women's health, spirituality and psychology. The Women's Wheel of Life draws on more than a hundred interviews with women of all ages who have found the Wheel to be an inspiring and revolutionary path for more powerful living.
233 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1996
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August 9, 2018
A wonderful book full of valuable insights. I picked it up because I was feeling lost between the Mother and the Crone phases of life. It gave me a new vision of what my life can be in this next phase. I wish I had this book 20 years ago. I will definitely re-read it and use it in my daily life.
May 20, 2025
Life changing
This book had answers for many of my self enquiry.
Especially loved the inclusion about importance of circling with women at the end and how to do it.
This book had answers for many of my self enquiry.
Especially loved the inclusion about importance of circling with women at the end and how to do it.
November 5, 2013
While it starts off kind of out there, it's always nice to be shown something you couldn't imagine or never thought about. Perhaps I'll never do a Birthingway or Menarche ritual, but I know that those things are out there as possibilities for me now if I so choose.
This was another book that was difficult to get into. I kept wanting the chapters to be structured differently, organized in a way that was more my style and easier for my brain to follow. I felt like the book did a lot of jumping around from culture to culture about archetypes without enough depth or explanation. What I came to realize is that there is no right answer about things nor a single interpretation. I now really appreciate that things were left fairly open-ended so that the reader can make their own connections and interpretations, brining to their lives what's most salient for them.
This was another book that was difficult to get into. I kept wanting the chapters to be structured differently, organized in a way that was more my style and easier for my brain to follow. I felt like the book did a lot of jumping around from culture to culture about archetypes without enough depth or explanation. What I came to realize is that there is no right answer about things nor a single interpretation. I now really appreciate that things were left fairly open-ended so that the reader can make their own connections and interpretations, brining to their lives what's most salient for them.
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