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Summary: Thank you
Review: Thank you Marianne for saving my life. I have a poster-sizedmount from the cover to remind me when I wake every morning.
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Summary: A beautiful treatise on woman
Review: The heart of a woman lies, according to Marianne, in the secret interior of the heart. She talks a lot about the body and mind, and how they come together to form the feelings we have had about each other, and as human beings, to our sexual spirits and ideals.Her diverse iconography of language in this wonderfully written book divests to us the true beauty of a woman. Naked, powerful, unfathomable. With her distinct breath, a woman reveals her instinct as a Goddess and as a spiritual animal, capable of both honoring the goddess and loving her sensibility. The religion she refers to (in the book as in A Return to Love) is a mainly Judeo-Christian one, one also bound to be a fatigue to most readers interested in the spirit. I say this with clarity, because I came from the religion she talks about, and it is a very sad religion, because it takes away women's power over their bodies, and ultimately, truth. I think she uses words like God and King and Heaven to illustrate her point of view, and not name any one point or place or whatever. It's her choice of words that may throw some people off, but in the end, you will see an immaculate dialogue forming between the characters in her mythical tale and her worldview of the reality of how little woman's bodily nature has been revered, and how decimated she has become, because of this. I hope you will read this book! It's a wonderful work about women who are searching for answers on how to live fully, openly gracious, and more considerate of those around them. If you like this please buy her other treatise on love, "A Return to Love".
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Summary: A Book to Pass Time
Review: There were some points that Ms. Williamson brought up that I had already discovered in life on my own and there were others that I knew existed but have to accept. Basically, this book is about common sense. I would have enjoyed the book better had it not been for some profanity that could have easily been avoided. This book is not one of my best readings but it is an interesting book to pass time. I would recommend this book to others with reservation.
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Summary: An uplifting change in women's energy
Review: This book is written in more of a diary format, with little structure, but the contents no matter how unorganized they seem, are inspirational and uplifling. Anyone that doesn't feel some type of inspiration and empathy is completely missing the whole point of her words. Celebrate the positive.
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Summary: Very Powerful Insight!
Review: This book reminds you of your greatness as a woman. Reminding you that it is okay to do well and be the best you can be and the goddess you were born to be! This is a spiritual journey into our self-realization as woman. A book not just for women but also for men who wish to acknowledge their feminine powers of intuition, passion, healing, nurturing. The author's insight is insightful and encircling and she has an extraordinary was to actualize the women's roles in family, society, relationship and just the being. This is a book nobody should miss and one you purchase two for. To keep one and to pass the other to a friend.
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Summary: Very Powerful Insight!
Review: This book reminds you of your greatness as a woman. Reminding you that it is okay to do well and be the best you can be and the goddess you were born to be! This is a spiritual journey into our self-realization as woman. A book not just for women but also for men who wish to acknowledge their feminine powers of intuition, passion, healing, nurturing. The author's insight is insightful and encircling and she has an extraordinary was to actualize the women's roles in family, society, relationship and just the being. This is a book nobody should miss and one you purchase two for. To keep one and to pass the other to a friend.
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Summary: POWERFUL!
Review: This book reminds you of your greatness as a woman. Thank you Ms. Williamson for reminding me of it being okay to do well and be the best I can be....be the goddess I was born to be. For years, I have been less than as a person to make others comfortable around me. This book supports what I always knew. Pick this book up and pass it along to those you love....
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Summary: The silliest book I've ever read
Review: This book was the silliest, most trite book I have ever had the displeasure of reading. I am an open-minded, spiritual woman who usually goes for these kinds of touchy-feely, feel-good books. But this one was corny, shallow, and filled with metaphors that were so ridiculous that I felt embarassed for the author. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Recommends, even though...
Review: While there is a bit of "Daddy did this to you..." mentality, there isn't too much of it, and isn't exclusive to it. & at least it's not another book that totally blames our "mothers" or "our parents" for everything. Very well written - simple and clear. Not any extra, long-winded, unneeded explanations or words. I'm highly suggesting it to (actually giving it to) a few of my girl friends and will probably continue to do so. Second best book I have read in a long time. Right up there with "Mister God, This is Anna" written by: Fynn.
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Summary: Feel good feminity, if she's so worthy then how come ...
Review: Williamson does a great job describing the goddess and valuing our feminity. Readers will get that usual warm fuzzy feeling that Marianne is so good at evoking. In the dozen plus years since writing this book it seems that her own advice just doesn't cut it anymore than weekly psychotherapy sessions do for others. Perhaps the "imbalance of male/female energies" in the world is to blame. Williamson's lectures or "ministry" seem to reflect a segment of the female population that are highly intelligent, well-educated, articulate, charismatic, attractive, and a basket of neurotic therapy junkies. There is a distinction between maintaining well-being and indulging in self-help addiction at the expense of your life. Williamson's Woman's Worth appeals to an audience of modern women seeking solace or hiding their desire for an M.R.S. degree. Jean Shinoda Bolen's "Goddesses in Everywoman" is a real classic from the early 1990's. If you're looking to have Jungian archetypes on a feminine divine force empower you woman-ness ... pick up Bolen's books instead. For all Marianne's mantra of women power ... she still grips in her latest book about turning 50, having no man in her life, and the other usual complainsts since her lectures on metaphysics began in 1983 ... mainly about men leaving her for someone they love enough to marry. Williamson's "student of life" content, heavily borrowed from all sorts of Bay Area New Age "stuff", is great for anyone who wants to scratch the surface of spirituality rather than deepen into it. My humble advice: take-up Buddhism, see a real therapist, and listen to women who are living the life YOU want in different areas (love, career, health, etc).
As for metaphysics ... better off reading grounded lessons from Lynn Robinson, Penney Pierce, Sonia Choquette, Cheryl Richardson, and Julia Cameron.
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