About this title: A unique combination of visionary thinking and practical how-to, "Urgent Message From Mother" is the most activist work to date from Jean Shinoda Bolen, a writer, analyst, teacher, and leader in the women's empowerment movement. This book seeks to galvanize the still-untapped power of women of all ages acting together to change our world. Bolen ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Conari Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573242653ISBN:1573242659
Description: New in fine dust jacket. Brand new in excellent condition! Dustjacket has minor edgewear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Conari Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781573242653ISBN:1573242659
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Conari Press
Date Published: 2005-09
ISBN-13:9781573242653ISBN:1573242659
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Conari Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781573243537ISBN:1573243531
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"A good, quick read. Covers the history of women, the feminine nature, and what the feminine and masculine have to offer. Some of these parts are a bit over simplified for my taste. However, the book is worth reading and it calls women to create circles, to gather, to organize. My favorite part of the book gave examples of grass roots movements often started by poor women around the world, who have and are making real change!
For instance, in 2005 a group of Nigerian women invaded a corporation that was polluting their land and not employing any the men in their village. They demanded to be heard, threatened to take their clothes off (in their culture this is the place of womans power) and after negotiations, these mothers won as the corporation committed to employing a certain amount of local men, building schools, and cleaning up their mess. Empowering, inspiring, important."
"the first mother's day was a proclamation to gather all the women of the world. women need to add their voice of a devastated earth, ruined by wars and powerful man.
Empowered maternal concern is a untapped resource that could transform and balance aggression.
men in war unlearn all the charity, mercy and patience that their mothers taught them.
we are as sick as our secrets.
we can understand that earth is like a womb, and we are her children. She nurtures us with warmth, connection and food. as soon as we acknowledge that Gaia(our mother earth)is being destroyed, we can save her by changing our actions."
"I saw this book in a catalog and had to order it right away because the topic was on theme with my current activism with Mothers Acting Up AND because the author is a favorite of mine since reading her 'Goddess in Everywoman' book in high school. I don't think I've read anything of hers since high school, but I remember really liking that book. This book is a call to action for women to take their particular and innate skills to help heal the earth environmentally and the world's culture of violence today. Every part of that message, I believe. Every example she offers is proof that a small group of brave women (or not brave but called to action women) CAN make a difference. Unfortunately, there were parts of the book that indicated men, inherently, can NOT be this way, think this way, bring these same results about. Indeed, history and current day events proves that patriarchy has failed to protect the earth and all life upon it. That I too, believe. I just don't believe that it is inherently a problem within men. The author fully acknowledges that not all women are this way, but the same is true of men. I think patriarchy maintains itself by promoting a system of values and power that influences our men to be the way they are. It doesn't take physical or childhood abuse to perpetuate that system of power. But it does NOT need to be this way. I am not hopeful that it'll change in my lifetime, but I am hopeful that it will be different in the future. Now you may ask, why do I believe it is inherent in women and not in men. I believe that women whose bodies have the physical function of nurturing and bringing life to this world (whether they do or not) have a compassion that is inherent and critically needed in order to change the direction things are going. Not every single woman, but most of them. Women's general absence from positions of power (in the current power structure) is limiting the ways we (men and women) respond to crisis. The rest of the message in this book is important and valuable and very much hit home for me. I loved the message of circles and the positive energy they create in the world. It confirmed a thought of mine that even if we don't feel we are making any progress in some of the activism meetings that we have... that we still need to meet and develop that energy. I also loved the image of how little it took. I tell three people who tell three people and a mere 19 steps later... we've reach over a billion people. It reminded me of a recent non-profit holiday bazaar that I went to where I was so proud of the fact that each person in the room was representing an organization that is benefiting people on this earth for one reason or another. Each one of us was personally passionate about some cause and working toward making it better. That fact gave me hope that we can help our mother earth and the multitude of lives upon it. Back to the book... I thought there would be more environmental aspects to this book (I think from the title), but there wasn't. I was also bummed that she didn't specifically mention Mothers Acting Up as an organization even though she mentioned other mother groups. Then, after finishing the book, I turned to the first week of this year's MAU calendar which features the author and mentions this book. How is that for synchonicity? Highly recommended."
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