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Matriarchy
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Patriarchy believes emotion is weak and has no place in business or governance. It means leaving pieces of you behind when you sit at the table. It means that if you want to be part of the winning side, you have to comply and be ready to be part of the team without holding them back.
Matriarchal and egalitarian systems promote love-based decision-making and space for people to share their emotions.
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― Calling My Spirit Back
― Calling My Spirit Back
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A few individuals, a few of the great saints, certainly knew what femininity was about. In the old matriarchies there was no feminine consciousness, only unconscious mother. The "I", the ego with values and truths of its own was not operating. In the Celtic world they died for the Goddess but they had no ego that said, "Life is worth living." They were like the terrorists...who don't have the ego strength to say life is worth living so they willingly die for a cause. Feminine consciousness has b
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― Conscious Femininity: Interviews With Marion Woodman
― Conscious Femininity: Interviews With Marion Woodman
