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Hermes Helps Out

Hermes Helps Out This collection of poetry, Persephone’s Echo, is about the echoes of the past in both mythology and my personal life. This collection combines the Jungian archetype with Sylvia Plath like confession. It also combines the personal with … Continue reading

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Baby

Baby I waited restlessly for Jason to arrive.  It didn’t take long, but it felt like forever.  I was seated next to a woman who had apparently just started having contractions and not in that much pain just yet.  She … Continue reading

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In Her Own Words: Betty Morjanna Will

Betty Morjana Will’s Life Story         My date of birth was December 26, 1934.  I was born at home, on East Smiley Avenue, Shelby Ohio.  My parents were Faith Miller Hoak and Thorton H. Hoak.  I had two older … Continue reading

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The Myth of Monogamy

The Myth of Monogamy The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People David Barish and Judith Eve Lipton came out in 2001.  Margaret Mead said that monogamy is the hardest of human marital arrangements. It is also … Continue reading

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The Spiral Dance

The Spiral Dance The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess by Starhawk came out in 1979 and was reprinted in 1989.  This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of … Continue reading

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Dreaming The Dark

Dreaming The Dark Dreaming The Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics by Starhawk came out in 1982.  I didn’t read it until the reprint came out in 1997.  Starhawk wrote the book when Regan was elected and we were on the … Continue reading

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The Pregnant Virgin

The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation by Marion Woodman came out in 1985.  I didn’t read it until 2010. I picked up her newer book Dancing in the Flames and then went back to read her other work … Continue reading

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The Jesus Mystery

The Jesus Mystery by Lena Einhorn The Jesus Mystery by Lena Einhorn: Astonishing Clues to the True Identity of Jesus and Paul by Lena Einhorn was translated by Rodney Bradbury from Swedish.  While I disagreed with her general premises, that … Continue reading

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The Things That Matter

The Things That Matter The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say about the Stages of Life by Edward Mendelson came out in 2006. Novels, Edward Mendelson writes, should be interpreted and understood from a personal point … Continue reading

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