Quotes from Jean Shinoda Bolen

the wild man is a symbol of masculinity that is instinctive, untamed by women, in touch with nature and part of nature - that will be dishonored and disregarded, even feared, until men seek to know and bring this source of strength and masculinity into consciousness, and into the culture

What we know through a connection with the Self is divine wisdom.

Lloraba porque no tenía zapatos hasta que conocí a un hombre que no tenía pies»?

Objective knowledge can be learned through teachers, books, or observation of something outside of ourselves. Gnostic or noetic (an alternative spelling) knowledge is what is revealed to us or intuitively perceived as spiritually true. I think of gnosis as what we "gknow" at a soul level, it's what we know "in our bones.

To be a green and juicy crone comes from having lived long enough to be deeply rooted in wholehearted involvements, of living a personally meaningful life, however unique, feminist, or traditional it may appear to others. It has to do with knowing who we are inside and believing that what we are doing is a true reflection or expression of our genuine self. It is having what Margaret Mead called PMZ, or postmenopausal zest for the life you have.

A person (or ego) with a connection to the Self has a sense that what she is doing with her life is meaningful. This can only be known subjectively, it is soul knowledge.

Es más, existen muchas "diosas" en un sola mujer. Cuanto más complicada es ésta, más probable es que haya muchas "diosas" activas en ella. Y lo que es satisfactorio para una parte de sí misma puede ser irrelevante para otra parte.

Yo siento que, en lo más hondo de la conciencia colectiva, se está fraguando un tercer movimiento que va cobrando ímpetu. Puede que se convierta en "el movimiento de las mujeres por la paz" esta tercera vez; su meta: detener la violencia mediante la participación de las mujeres en su prevención, en la resolución de conflictos y en la restauración de la paz. La

cuando un número importante de personas cambia su modo de pensar y de comportarse, la cultura lo hace también, y una nueva era comienza.

halves of a spiritual whole; each completed the other. She realized that "feminism catches fire when it draws upon its inherent spirituality

The conformity demanded of men in our patriarchal culture is like Procrustes' bed in Greek mythology. Travelers on their way to Athens were placed on this bed. If they were too short, they were stretched to fit, as on a medieval torture rack; if they were too tall, they were merely cut down to size.

there is no word in Hebrew for "goddess," so the word cannot appear in the Old Testament.

Synchronicity has been defined, tongue-in-cheek, as "God acting anonymously," which nonetheless alludes to an awe that can accompany an especially uncanny and significant synchronicity. Maybe we should think of it as "Sophia acting anonymously," when we know through the synchronicity that there is no adequate explanation for how this could happen other than that we are part of an interconnected spiritual universe that has just shown us that we matter.

Obviously, insights gained from gnosis are rarely welcomed as topics of conversation at social gatherings. To break the silence and speak about what you know to be your spiritual reality, or tell another about a numinous experience or your philosophical insights or take up a religious vocation becomes possible for many women only when they are over fifty and have found friends with spiritual depth.

Sentirse auténtico significa ser libre para desarrollar rasgos y potenciales que son predisposiciones innatas. Cuando somos aceptados y se nos permite ser auténticos, es posible tener autoestima y autenticidad a un mismo tiempo.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

Moisture and greeness have to do with innocence, love, heart, feelings and tears. All of the [fluids] in our body become moist when we are moved-we cry, we lubricate, we bleed, all of the numinous experiences of our bodies have to do with moisture. And it's moisture that brings life to this planet, that is the cure for the desert experience and the cure for aridness.

To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.

There is a potential heroine in every woman.

Bliss and joy come in moments of living our highest truth --- moments when what we do is consistent with our archetypal depths. It's when we are most authentic and trusting, and feel that whatever we are doing, which can be quite ordinary, is nonetheless sacred.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

You may find a myth that will evoke the reality in you

the true cost of anything is what we give up in order to have it. It is the path not taken. To take the responsibility of making the choice is crucial and not always easy.

Memoria selectiva para recordar lo bueno, prudencia logica para no arruinar el presente y optimismo desafiante para encarar al futuro.