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Summary: Tara and the Black Madonna
Review: This book by China Galland has opened my mind to various questions about my own spirituality and about the sources of iconic and archetypal figures in religions. I've become thirsty for more knowledge due to this book, and I don't know whether to be thankful, or not. However, it is deeply involving, dragging one into this journey, this search for self or deeper understanding, under the guise of searching for the Black Madonna archetype in different cultures around the world. As always, the answer is within oneself, but sometimes you can't find that answer without dragging yourself all over heck and creation, as does China Galland. I still don't know if she really has "found" anything, or not, but I think she's gaining a great deal of other kinds of knowledge trying.
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Summary: Eye opening
Review: This is a fascinating journey of a woman trying to combine her past and present. We see a lot of spiritual journey's that men take but not the female side. This really opened my eyes!
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Summary: A remarkable journey into the Dark Feminine
Review: This is one of those powerful books that I recommend to every woman I know. China Galland's journey reflects our own collective journey; the specifics of our individual lives may vary; but as women living in our contemporary consumer culture we all share in an underlying longing for the full expression of our souls. Unlike the perfect Abrahamic male godhead (with his sky/light associations - intellect, reason, will), the feminine divine includes shadow (intuition, emotion and earth elements - matter itself), and as China's search reveals, embracing our shadow aspects leads to healing and wholeness. China's search for authenticity draws her to the Himalayas, to uncover the dark goddess in the guise of the Green Tara; then to Poland, and Mexico to encounter the beloved Black Madonna. Her search is everywoman's search for integration, wholeness, validation and authenticity. To rediscover and reclaim the dark feminine divine within was China's task. It is the task of us all - to embrace the sensual soul along with the spiritual, the physical with the intellect, the rejected dark along with the elevated light. China Galland reveals her spiritual struggle, her deeply personal search, in an honest and moving account. Her eventual validation is a life changing moment. A lesson for all of us. China's journey was riveting and inspirational; she is a brave and wonderful heroine for all those seeking truth in the tangled web of spiritual practice.
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