Description: The West, according to this original and important book, has inherited a divided worldview based on the splitting of mind from body and spirit from matter. Our language and symbols reflect this division, and we think in pairs of opposites: male/female, white/black, active/ passive, in ways which reinforce conformist and often oppressive stereotypes. Moving Heaven and Earth argues that symbols are not god-given but man-made and can be changed. Lucy Goodison offers practical exercises drawn from psychotherapy and meditation to enable individuals to develop different symbolic vocabularies and challenge the mind/body split in their own lives.

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