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The
Maiden King : The Triumph of the Feminine
by Robert
Bly, Marion Woodman
The story of the Maiden
Tsar is richly complex, detailing a young man's encounters with a series
of strong female characters--some mythical, some mortal--including a
tutor who betrays him, the harsh but wise Baba Yaga, and the omnipotent
and beautiful Maiden Tsar. In his commentary, Bly explores the
representation of the masculine, drawing on psychological, spiritual,
and mythological sources to inform his analysis; Woodman uses a Jungian
lens through which she can probe the psyche of the feminine. Together
they hope to find a place in which the two sexes can coexist, without
undermining or compromising the powerful energy of the feminine.
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