Meeting the Madwoman Empowering the Feminine Spirit
by Leonard, Linda SchierseEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-03-01
Publisher(s): Bantam
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Summary
In this bestseller for women who run with wolves, Jungian analyst, philosopher, and critically acclaimed author Linda Leonard explores the archetypal feminine energy that she calls the Madwoman. An invaluable key to self-understanding, the insightful myths and codified patterns show women how to live more positive lives.
Author Biography
Linda Schierse Leonard, PhD, is a philosopher who trained as a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. She is the author of many bestselling books, among them The Wounded Woman, On the Way to the Wedding, and Meeting the Madwoman, which have been translated into 12 languages. Leonard lectures internationally and has held teaching positions in the California State Universities and the University of Colorado at Denver. She has been in private practice for 30 years and currently practices in Aspen, Colorado.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Meeting the Madwoman | p. 1 |
| Modern Masks of the Madwoman | p. 3 |
| The Madwoman in Mythology | p. 8 |
| The Madwoman at the Movies, the Opera, and in Literature | p. 11 |
| The Madwoman and the Judge: The Bacchants | p. 13 |
| The Patriarchy... The Madwoman... and Feminine Spirit | p. 16 |
| The Madwoman's Paradox: Creation or Destruction | p. 18 |
| Befriending the Inner Madwoman | p. 19 |
| Mad Mothers, Mad Daughters | p. 24 |
| The Saint (or the Too-Nice Mother) | p. 26 |
| The Ice Queen | p. 34 |
| The Cold Chain of Injury: Autumn Sonata | p. 37 |
| Daughter of an Ice Queen: Victoria's Story | p. 43 |
| Healing the Ice Queen: A Fairy Tale | p. 45 |
| "The Snow Queen": A Healing | p. 46 |
| The Dragon Lady | p. 50 |
| The Sick Mother | p. 61 |
| Understanding the Mad Mother | p. 68 |
| The Caged Bird | p. 71 |
| Cages | p. 73 |
| The Symbol of the Bird | p. 76 |
| The Boredom of Mrs. Bridge | p. 79 |
| Descending into Madness: The Yellow Wallpaper | p. 83 |
| Breaking the Bars Through Writing: Charlotte Perkins Gilman | p. 85 |
| Freeing the Caged Bird: The Story of Constance | p. 90 |
| Opening the Cage | p. 95 |
| The Muse | p. 104 |
| The Inner Muse | p. 105 |
| The Misuse of the Muse | p. 106 |
| On the Pedestal: The Madwoman as Muse | p. 108 |
| The Golden Goddess: Alma Mahler | p. 113 |
| Dark Muses | p. 120 |
| The Tragic Muse: Camille Claudel | p. 122 |
| Actualizing the Inner Muse: Celeste's Story | p. 128 |
| Transforming the Muse | p. 134 |
| The Rejected Lover | p. 137 |
| Revenge of the She-Devils | p. 140 |
| Medea | p. 143 |
| The Tragedy of Maria Callas | p. 145 |
| From Victim to the Feminine Spirit: Barbara's Story | p. 155 |
| Transforming the Rejected Lover | p. 161 |
| The Bag Lady | p. 166 |
| Fears of the Bag Lady | p. 167 |
| The Bag Lady as Inner Figure | p. 169 |
| Facing the Fear: The Story of Diana | p. 172 |
| Crazy Wisdom: Trudy the Bag Lady | p. 177 |
| Walking Free: Peace Pilgrim | p. 180 |
| The External Dilemma | p. 184 |
| The Recluse | p. 187 |
| The Old Recluse: The Road to Mecca | p. 190 |
| Honoring Nature: Rachel Carson | p. 197 |
| Healing the Recluse | p. 207 |
| The Revolutionary | p. 211 |
| The Conscious Revolutionary versus the Terrorist: Raising Feminine Consciousness | p. 214 |
| Learning to Fight for Feminine Rights: Brenda's Story | p. 216 |
| Female Solidarity: Thelma and Louise | p. 223 |
| A Conscious Revolutionary: Rosa Luxemburg | p. 228 |
| Embodying Feminine Power | p. 237 |
| The Visionary | p. 240 |
| The Visionary's Conflict: Personal Desires versus Transpersonal Service | p. 248 |
| Honoring the Visionary | p. 251 |
| Raging at God: The Sibyl | p. 254 |
| Priestess of Poetry: Anna Akhmatova | p. 258 |
| Glenna's Story: Resolving the Conflict | p. 269 |
| Embodying the Visions | p. 276 |
| Through the Madness | p. 280 |
| Moira's Journey | p. 284 |
| Invite Her to Lunch: The Madwoman at Your Table | p. 294 |
| Notes | p. 299 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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