If Women Rose Rooted

Blackie, Sharon.  If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging.  Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK: 2019.

9781912836017 Book--Mythology; Book--Celtic Spirituality; Book--Women's Spirituality; Sharon Blackie;

Now being issued as Fifth anniversary edition with new afterword.

About a life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection, Sharon Blackie writes, "This is the core of our task: to respect and revere ourselves, and so bring about a world in which women are respected and revered, recognized once again as holding the life-giving power of the earth itself." 

If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential.  Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to find their place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and powerful women in Celtic mythology, and guidance from contemporary role models who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future.  Beautifully written, honest and moving, If Women Rose Rooted is a passionate song to a different kind of femininity, a rallying, feminist cry for the rewilding of womanhood; reclaiming our role as guardians of the land.

Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist, and mythologist who focuses on how myths, fairy tales, and folk traditions (and their development) interact with the world's personal, cultural, and environmental problems.  She has written five books, has appeared in many anthologies, and journals.  Blackie "is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world."

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