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Eating in the light of the moon : how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors & storytelling
- Title
- Eating in the light of the moon : how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors & storytelling / Anita Johnston.
- Author
- Johnston, Anita A.
- Publication
- Carlsbad, Calif. : Gúrze Books, 2000, c1996.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 01-15959 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 214 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Weaving a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and simple folk-tales, Johnston inspires women to free themselves from disordered eating by discovering the metaphors that are hidden in their own life stories.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214).
- Contents
- Woman spirit: the root of the hunger -- The buried moon: rediscovering the feminine -- The beginning: revisioning the struggle -- The red herring: food is not the issue -- Addiction: spiritual and emotional hunger -- Symbolism: hunger as a metaphor -- Feelings: gifts from the heart -- Relationships: singing the truth -- Power: dominion versus domination -- Nurturance: mother as an archetype -- Intuition: the inner seeing, hearing, knowing -- Dreamtime: the journey within -- Moontime: reclaiming the body's wisdom -- Sexuality: embracing the feminine -- The descent: meeting the shadow -- Assertiveness: speaking the truth -- Nourishment: physical versus emotional -- The journal: recording the truth -- Recovery: out of the labyrinth -- Storytime: the tales of three women.
- Call Number
- JFD 01-15959
- ISBN
- 0936077360 (pbk.)
- 9780936077369 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 44466517
- Author
- Johnston, Anita A.
- Title
- Eating in the light of the moon : how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors & storytelling / Anita Johnston.
- Imprint
- Carlsbad, Calif. : Gúrze Books, 2000, c1996.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 01-15959