The Ravaged Bridegroom: Masculinity in Women (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts, 41)

Continues the author's long-standing concern with the feminine, focusing on the ways in which a woman may be undermined by a crippling relationship with her inner man. Powerful images from poetry, myth, dreams, analysis and personal experience. "The Ravaged Bridegroom breaks new ground exploring the psychological impact with patriarchy... [I]t focuses on the many ways in which a woman's perspective on herself can be undermined by a crippling relationship with her inner man, leaving her spiritually bereft and unable to stand to her own truth." -- Cover