Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, the individual suffers the mysteries of life as meaningless mayhem alone. Marion Woodman More Quotes by Marion Woodman More Quotes From Marion Woodman s past history and stand alone. Marion Woodman stand-alone courage past Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values that their own bodies refuse to assimilate, by which I mean that their bodies become edemic, bloated, allergic, or resort to vomiting the poison out. The unconscious body, and certainly the conscious body, will not tolerate the negative mother. Marion Woodman eating-disorder mother mean Metaphorically, the body becomes a machine to be driven or a garbage dump to be avoided. At the same time, the magnificent Mother in whose womb we live is mindlessly poisoned and raped. Surely, our insane denial has to be perceived and acted upon. Marion Woodman machines insane mother Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my story. Marion Woodman bored heart children Often the wisdom of the body Clarifies the despair of the spirit. Marion Woodman despair body spirit The light of the sacred prostitute penetrates to the heart of this darkness. . . . she is the consecrated priestess, in the temple, spiritually receptive to the feminine power flowing through her from the Goddess, and at the same time joyously aware of the beauty and passion in her human body. Marion Woodman passion light heart What analysis is all about is for one hour a week, you sit and hope that for a flash of a moment you will experience connectedness. Marion Woodman week analysis moments The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese. Marion Woodman able body may To love unconditionally requires no contracts, bargains or agreements. Marion Woodman contracts love-unconditionally agreement The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action. Marion Woodman dancer connections soul The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first Marion Woodman healer healing firsts
