{"product_id":"cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-t","title":"Cassandra Speaks When Women Are the Storytellers t","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat story would Eve have\u003cbr\u003etold about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And\u003cbr\u003ewhat about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but\u003cbr\u003ecursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Lesser believes\u003cbr\u003ethat if women's voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, \u003cbr\u003ehumankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories--stories\u003cbr\u003ethat value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over\u003cbr\u003evengeance and violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCassandra Speaks is about the\u003cbr\u003estories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It's about the\u003cbr\u003estories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, \u003cbr\u003ethe guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy\u003cbr\u003etales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex\u003cbr\u003eand love, and the values we live by. \u003cbr\u003eStories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity.\u003cbr\u003eWe have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about\u003cbr\u003ewhat happens when women are the storytellers too--when we speak from our\u003cbr\u003eauthentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the\u003cbr\u003etales we tell about what it means to be human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLesser has walked two main\u003cbr\u003epaths in her life--the spiritual path and the feminist one--paths that sometimes\u003cbr\u003ecross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and\u003cbr\u003eMarrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist\u003cbr\u003ethinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative\u003cbr\u003eself and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor\u003cbr\u003eand insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either\/or ideologies on\u003cbr\u003eboth sides of the gender debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly structured into\u003cbr\u003ethree distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through\u003cbr\u003ethe stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the\u003cbr\u003escales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be\u003cbr\u003ecourageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers A Toolbox for Inner\u003cbr\u003eStrength. Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, \u003cbr\u003eand that no one--woman or man--is immune to the corrupting influence of power.\u003cbr\u003eShe provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCassandra Speaks is a\u003cbr\u003ebeautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural\u003cbr\u003eobservation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of\u003cbr\u003ethis book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together\u003cbr\u003eto create a better world for all people.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609510039721,"sku":"PHBK-9780062887191","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_6efdf8b2-e312-4935-b5b1-a5b58426ed97.jpg?v=1764703803","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-t","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}