Jean Shinoda Bolen, the author of Goddesses in Everywoman, reveals the sacred dimensions of the wise-woman/crone archetype on this dramatic audiotape. Ancient societies, Bolen says, looked at menopause as a "withholding of the blood," not to make a child as in youth, but to make wisdom. The wise woman is one of the most complex of the archetypes.

Bolen shows that during the Inquisition, the patriarchal establishment undertook the extermination of these strong female figures, who threatened their domination over Western culture. Bolen submits that women today can utilize this powerful archetype as a means of greater self-understanding and spiritual empowerment. The Wise-Woman Archetype takes us to the horizon of our understanding about the special wisdom that comes to women after menopause.

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