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Maiden to Mother Quotes
Maiden to Mother
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Sarah Durham Wilson496 ratings, 3.92 average rating, 45 reviews
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“This is a society in which toxic patriarchal masculinity grooms us to stay terrified little girls who serve men and appease conflict and never build the confidence to listen to our inner wisdom.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“She is unconditionally loving, compassionate, wise, intuitive, infinitely creative, strong, sensual, serene, capable, fierce, gentle, reliable, a lover, and a queen.”
― Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine
― Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine
“There are women who stay in the underworld through no fault of their own: it is a byproduct of a male-dominated society. It goes like this: If women are not initiated into Mother through rites of passage, which are the tools of rebirth, they are unable to evolve. They age, but they never transform. They do not mature or self-actualize, so they remain infantilized and dependent.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“The Maiden archetype, like spring, like the waxing moon, is the healthy beginning phase of a woman's life -- but it becomes unhealthy when we stay trapped in it, not progressing, never developing into the mature feminine. Like stagnant water, we get stuck somewhere on our path. And we stay in these small patterns of girlhood even though we are now in women's bodies.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“The gift of the Maiden is feeling as if she has forever. The gift of the Mother is knowing she does not.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“In Maiden, life happens to us. In Mother, life happens through us.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“Until we approve of ourselves, we're always going to feel and act like we have to prove our worth and lovability.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
“In Mother, our hearts break with compassion for ourselves and the world. And when our heart breaks, it expands to hold all of life. We can now hold ourselves and the other. In Mother, we learn to live more deeply, sensually awakened, and connected to our bodies and the Earth.”
― Maiden to Mother
― Maiden to Mother
