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The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter
"This book offers eye-opening insights into the relationship between the individuation process of a woman and the state of her body. The underlying hypothesis, convincingly presented, is that weight disturbances and eating disorders often have a meaning; that is, they are purposeful symptoms
"Specifically directed toward practical procedures which can enable a woman to hear her bodily symptoms as symbolic representations worth exploring because they lead to an understanding of her instinctive femininity and the wounds this has suffered, inflicted not only by others but also by herself." -Werner Engel, M.D., Psychiatrist and Jungian Analyst, Medical Director of the C.G. Jung Training Center Clinic, New York.
"Especially interesting for a sense of the Earth Mother and its recognition of the feminine principle in the Holy Spirit. I have been struggling with these concepts for a long time." -Margaret Laurence, author of The Stone Angel.
"Through intricate, gently probing case studies and analysis, with a firm foothold in the most advanced medical research on the subject, Marion Woodman presents evidence that obesity and anorexia nervosa are two extreme physical symptoms of the general repression of feminine nature in our culture... "The author addresses herself to two questions: Why does one woman become fat, while another remains thin? What does fat symbolize?... Many of her subjects are outstanding, creatively and artistically, so that the case studies contain remarkably lucid, rich articulations of their experiences and dreams. These personal revelations alone are worth the price of the book... It has as much to offer to men as it does to women, especially if the reader has been looking for something beyond Fear of Flying or The Women's Room." -C.J. Lowry, The Londoner.
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