The owl used to be a baker"s daughter: Obesity, nervous anorexia, and suppressed femininity

The concerns of women about their excess weight still remains one of the most pressing and painful problems in the modern world. Today, the canons of women"s beauty not only became difficult to achieve, but also turned into a psychological problem, an obstacle to a healthy life. The book of the famous Canadian Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, written back in the 80s of the twentieth century, examines the continuing problem of taking its weight, as well as his femininity. In their work, the author highlights the general psychological, family, culture and mythological aspects of this problem and analyzes the archetypes underlying violations. Special attention is paid to the study of relations between daughter and father, daughter and mother, as well as the dynamics of maternal and fatherly archetypes in the development, formation and leakage of obesity and anorexia. The book is virtuosically connected medical, somatic, psychological and archetypal approaches. In an affordable form outlines various concepts of weight impairment. The author is looking for ways of consolation with these violations in the sacraments connecting modern masculin consciousness and attitude towards the body with ancient women"s mysteries. The book will be interesting not only to experts engaged in the problem of excess weight, but also a wide range of readers