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What to many women today may be experienced as a passive function ,
occurring beyond volition , once was felt to be transformative power and was
associated , as we have seen , with other kinds of transformation , including
reincarnation .
What to many women today may be experienced as a passive function ,
occurring beyond volition , once was felt to be transformative power and was
associated , as we have seen , with other kinds of transformation , including
reincarnation .
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ture - worship , and the moon , to whose phases the menstrual cycle corresponds
, is anciently associated with women . The Moon Mothers , according to Harding ,
were virgins , in the great primal sense of the word - not the undeflorated girl ...
ture - worship , and the moon , to whose phases the menstrual cycle corresponds
, is anciently associated with women . The Moon Mothers , according to Harding ,
were virgins , in the great primal sense of the word - not the undeflorated girl ...
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10 Thus the bringing of life - i . e . , food - is associated , as in ancient times , with
bloodshed and killing , and both are associated with the Great Mother . Such
customs , if rare today , were once legion . ) Women ' s blood is different from the
...
10 Thus the bringing of life - i . e . , food - is associated , as in ancient times , with
bloodshed and killing , and both are associated with the Great Mother . Such
customs , if rare today , were once legion . ) Women ' s blood is different from the
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