The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation
by Marion Woodman
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"The woman who is virgin, one in herself, does what she does not for power or out of the desire to please, but because what she does is true". Writing with a thinking heart, blending art, literature, religion and case material. Continues Woodman's pioneering work on the nature of the feminine in both women and men.Tags
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Marion Woodman was born Marion Jean Boa in London, Ontario, Canada on August 15, 1928. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario. She worked as a high school English and drama teacher for more than 20 years. In the early 1970s, she moved from Ontario to England with her husband. While there, she entered analysis with Dr. E. A. Bennett. show more That experience drew Woodman to the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, where she completed training in 1979. She became a psychoanalyst and set up practice back in London, Ontario. She wrote numerous books including Addiction to Perfection, The Pregnant Virgin, Bone: Dying Into Life, and The Maiden King: The Reunion of Masculine and Feminine written with Robert Bly. Woodman died on July 9, 2018 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation
- Original title
- The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation
- Original publication date
- 1985
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies
- DDC/MDS
- 155.633 — Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Differential and developmental psychology Adults By Sex Women
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- HQ1206 .W896 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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