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Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #35470 in Books
- Published on: 2004-06-30
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
Editorial Reviews
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by Ilene Rosoff
On rare occasions a book allows us to be utterly drawn in, to fall into another realm where a certain perspective we once struggled with becomes crystal clear. In essence, Circle of Stones is about discovering the power of the feminine and the core of our beings. It is rich with the history, myth and images of the collective consciousness of woman to guide us in our journey. Beautifully conveyed, it is art, poetry and metaphor-astonishingly simple, yet undeniably sublime.
Excerpted from Circle of Stones by Judith Duerk (as appears in The WomanSource Catalog & Review). Copyright(c) 1989. Reprinted by permission, all rights reserved
How might your life have been different if there had been a place for you? A place for you to go...a place of women...a place where you were nurtured from an ancient flow sustaining you and steadying you as you sought to become yourself. A place of women to help you find and trust the ancient flow already there within yourself...waiting to be released... A place of women... How might your life be different?
Customer Reviews
Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself
I was disappointed that is not the novel Circle of Stones by this author. I have searched for the book and thought I had found the novel only to find this. So sad.
Hideous, trite, way too "new age"
MY impression was Duerk was emerging from a very hectic and chaotic time in her life and wanted someplace to rest. The words "quiet" and "peaceful" are on every single page at least three times I think. And yeah absolutely I need my QUIET and my still times in life. But the idea of bowing down to the "peaceful goddess" is a crock. The Goddess was a pretty angry, bloody deity. Blood is all over her origin(menstruation), and her existence to reflect the predatorial nature of human lives at the time. Don't make MY GODDESS into some demur, quiet, hide in the dark silent corner of the cave deity! She was loud, powerful, scary as hell, with a lions head in Eqypt and snakes on her head in Greece, with serpents in her hands in India.
Does nothing for my woman-spirit
I will risk being the minority here and say that this book was completely stale for me. I have spent the last year or so reading books on women's spirituality and have been blessed with enlightening, challenging, nourishing, provocative pieces...until this purchase. I couldn't read past the first twenty pages or so. I was looking for uplifting; something affirming me as a feminine ball of creation blessed by the divine. Reading this title from the very beginning felt like walking through quicksand... in the dark. I don't know how else to explain it. I couldn't bear to read another dreary dream. Maybe I didn't read far enough. My evolving/loving myself into feminine fire may have involved tears and fears but not a book of them! Bring me some light!
