Now Available: Marion Woodman & the Conscious Feminine DVDs
In nine and a half hours of footage, Marlene Schiwy interviews Marion Woodman as they discuss many topics including: the Death Mother and Death Father archetypes, dreams, addiction, creativity, and experiences from Marion’s personal analyses with Dr. Bennet. Click here for an ex
Read MoreNew in the archives! Marion Woodman Rare and Special DVDs
We are very lucky. Principia Productions has generously given us access to a set of limited edition DVDs that they produced on Marion Woodman, and these are now a part of her collection here at Opus. “Marion Woodman and the Conscious Feminine” captures over 9 hours of conversation bet
Read MoreAugust 2012 eNewsletter – Happy Birthday Marion!
Our August 2012 eNewsletter is now available. Click here to read!
Read MoreMarion Woodman on Feminine Consciousness
“Feminine consciousness is concerned with process. It sees the goal as the journey itself and recognizes that the goal is consciousness of the journey. Being in consciousness of Becoming. To see the goal as the process itself is bringing to the masculine beam of light a ‘d
Read MoreMarion Woodman on feminine consciousness…
“To feminine consciousness, the spiritual and the physical are two aspects of one totality. Spirit confirms body, articulates body’s wisdom. Spirit is immediate and actual, not something arrived at, as in Plato, through dialectical ascent. ‘As above, so below’
Read MoreMoving into yourself…
“Do not try to transform yourself. Move into yourself. Move into your human unsuccess. Perfection rapes the soul.” ~Marion Woodman
Read MoreMyth 101: Sophia
Sophia, (Σοφíα, Greek for “wisdom“). Sophia is the archetypal image of the feminine principle and thus partner to the masculine god. She is present in all traditions, mythologies, and religions – in Hinduism she is Shakti, in Egyptian myth she is called Isis. Traditi
Read MoreIn Marion Woodman’s words – the Goddess energy is trying to save us
“I would say the goddess energy is trying to save us. If we go on with our power tactics, we’re going to destroy the earth. That’s why we haven’t got a long time to evolve. We’re either going to make a leap in consciousness or we aren’t going to be
Read MoreMarion Woodman on ritual
“We have lost our containers; chaos threatens. Without rituals to make a firm demarcation between the profane and sacred, between what is us and what is not us, we tend to identify with archetypal patterns of being – hero, Father, Mother, etc. We forget that we are individ
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