Recognizing the Sacred Feminine - Julie Wester

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Résumé :
Where is the Sacred Feminine? For thousands of years in most spiritual traditions, the Sacred has been represented almost exclusively as male. The absence of the Sacred Feminine has been internalized and forgotten by most people. But its impact is everywhere. We see it in the dishonoring of the earth, the dishonoring of women, the separation of body and mind, earth and spirit, our disconnection from the natural world and from each other. These quietly awakening stories and meditations invite us to see how the Sacred lives in each of us in personal, human, and quite ordinary ways. The balance of sacred feminine and sacred masculine energies is unique in each person-whatever our gender identity may be. But we now live in a world in which the energies of the feminine are not equally seen, valued, or reflected. We are all impacted by this imbalance. When we recognize and honor the sacred feminine energies in ourselves and in each other, we become part of the healing and rebalancing of our world. Images and stories about the Sacred as feminine-and noticing when they are absent-can help us remember and restore what has been left out. As clear, simple, and nourishing as drops of spring rain, these stories will water the fields of any spiritual journey parched by patriarchy. In narratives and insights that are deeply personal, yet firmly rooted in practice and research, Julie Wester distills her decades of experience putting the Sacred Feminine back on the central altar, inviting us to find our way home to that earth-honoring, intuitive, relational presence. ~ Anne Cushman, author of The Mama Sutra: A Journey of Love, Loss, and the Path of Motherhood...