Marion Woodman: Death and life meet at the threshold of birth. And again Joseph turned himself about and saw her laughing, and said unto her: Mary, what aileth thee that I see thy face at one time laughing and at another time sad? And Mary said unto Joseph: It is because I behold two peoples…
Marion Woodman: What then do we mean by “virgin”? What then do we mean by “virgin”? It may help us to examine those ways in which we use the word which are not directly concerned with sex. We speak of a “virgin forest” as being one in which the powers of nature are untrammelled and…
Marion Woodman: Many people are being dragged toward wholeness in their daily lives, Many people are being dragged toward wholeness in their daily lives, but because they do not understand initiation rites, they cannot make sense of what is happening to them. They are being presented with the possibility of rebirth into a different life.…
Marion Woodman: A free woman has a strong neck—an open connection between heart and head, a balance between reality and ideals. A free woman has a strong neck—an open connection between heart and head, a balance between reality and ideals. To fall into the complex is to damn herself for her imperfections; to accept the…