Index All page numbers are refer to the print edition of this title. Aboriginals, 63, 66–67, 123, 188–89 Achterberg, Jeanne, 122 Acoma Indians, 65 Adam, 3, 47–48, 72 addictions, 36 ADHD, 39–40 Adrenaline Dominance, 138 Age of Aquarius, ix agriculture, 45, 52 Allen, Paula Gunn, 63–64 Anderson, W. E., 128 androgyny, 153–54 andropause, 6, 138–40, 142–47 anger, 28, 33, 35–40, 93, 106, 115, 117, 138, 143, 155, 180 animal hormones, 36 Anishinabek, 63, 156, 188–89 anxiety, 36, 40, 61 Apaches, 191–92 autism, 39–40 autumn, 14 Ayurvedic medicine, 19–20 balance, ix, xvii, 14, 19, 22, 24, 30, 35, 37–38, 40, 43, 46, 54–55, 58, 65–67, 75, 78, 80–81, 88–90, 95, 103, 105, 115, 134, 137, 146, 150–51, 155, 162, 168, 171–72, 174, 202 Baring, Anne, 55–56, 174
beauty, 130, 142–43 being, 92, 134, 167 Beng, 61 Bible, 13 birth control, 49–51 Blackfoot, 74–76, 123 blood, 53 balance of power, 65–67 history, 57–58 link to power, 62–65 views on, 58–62 blood rituals connection between power and spirituality, 185–88 historical overview, 183–85 indigenous wisdom, 188–94 brain, 7 breath and breathing, 20–22 Buteyko, Konstantin Pavlovich, 21 calendars, 9–10 Campbell, Joseph, 132–33 Carrier Indians, 201 Carter, Jimmy, 52–53 catalytic cycles, 16–17 Catholic Church, 70 Celts, 64–65 change, 62–63, 168–72 Changing Woman, 116 chaos theory, 16–17 Cherokee, 155–56, 191–92, 193 childbirth, 48, 54 children, 12, 118–19 Christians and Christianity, xi, 45–46, 52 demotion of women and, 46–49, 52–56 taboos around menstruation, 197–98 way of being in world, 194–95 Cicero, 15
circadian rhythms, 17–19 Circle of Men, A, 134 Cohn, Carol, 67 compassion, 105–6 conception, 132 conflict, 105–8 Conrad, Emilie, 16, 40, 61, 128, 157 constancy, 27–29 contemplation, xii–xiii control, 44–46 Conversations with Laarkmaa, 158 cooperation, 8, 150–51, 160–61, 167 copulins, 34 corpus callosum, 7 Creation, 54 creativity, 8–9, 78–79, 127 everyday creativity, 128–31, 132 forces against, 134–36 as ongoing part of life, 141–42 preparation time, 131–34 Creator, 135 Crow, 123 culture, 142–43, 144, 161, 194–95 cycles of life, 9, 12–13, 95, 156, 161, 172 benefits from menstrual cycle, 24–26 breathing correctly, 20–22 circadian rhythms, 17–19 construct of linear time, 13–15 importance for optimal health, 19–20 manipulation of women’s cycles, 49–51 rhythmic nature of, 15–17 social cycles, 22–24 dance, 103–4 death, 38–40, 66–67 deep listening, 87–88
intuition, 88–91 return to, 91–94 depression, 10, 25, 36, 38, 40, 138 destruction, 13 Diné, 63, 190 divine feminine, xv, 5–6, 8, 28, 69, 80–81, 87–88, 145, 156, 160–61 deconstructing culture, 166–68 living at humane pace, 164–66 techniques for change, 168–72 voice of, 172–75 ways to restore, 162–64 divine masculine, xv divine sexuality, 68–71 doing, 92–93, 134, 167 dolphins, 135 Dream of the Cosmos, The, 55–56, 174 dreams, 32 author and, 120–22 beliefs of indigenous people, 122–23 insights into, 124–26 during menses, 123–24 Driscoll, Jeanne Watson, 29 duality, 25, 46, 56, 146–47 Earth Mother, 51 Einstein, Albert, 125 Eliade, Mircea, 15 email, 23 emotions, 116–17, 154–55, 170 empty nest syndrome, 140 estrogen, 31, 32, 124 Eve, 3, 47–48, 51, 70, 72 everyday creativity, 128–31 exhalation, 20–21 Experimenting with Water, 149
feelings, 154–55 feminism, 89–90, 104 fertility cycles, 5 fights, fair, 105–8 five element theory, 19 Five Tibetan Rites, 12 flexibility, 24–25, 150–51 Flinders, Carol Lee, 42–43 fluidity, 150–51 follicle-stimulating hormone, 31 Ford, Gillian, 29 forgiveness, 117–18 frustration, 25 Gandhi, Mahatma, 136 Garden of Eden, 47 Gardner, Robert, 149 Gimi, 61, 201 God, 3, 130, 135 Goldberger, Ari, 133 Goodman, Felicitas, x gratitude, 97 Great Mother, 53 Gregorian calendar, 9–10 Gresser, Julian, 19 Guadalupe, 174 guidance dreams, 124–25 guides, 88 Haemophilus of Alexandria, 15–17 happiness, 100–101 harmony, 94 health, 19–20, 142–43 Heart and Soul of Sex, The, 103 Holy Order of Water, The, 149, 157–58 honor, 60 hormones, 29–31, 138–40
humane pace, 164–66 hunters and gatherers, 42–43, 52 hymens, 60 indigenous wisdom, 73–78, 122–23, 185–94 inhalation, 20–21 initiation, 66–67 injustice, 146 insulin, 29 integrity, 107 intimacy, 103, 180 intuition, 8–9, 47, 68, 88–91, 96–97 Isanklesh, 174 Ishtar, 174 joy, 12, 130 Kalahari Kung, 64 Kali, 13 Keepers of the Water, 156 Kolish Indians, 186 Kornfield, Jack, 95–96 Krippner, Stanley, 122, 128 Kwakiutl, 123 Lakotas, 63–64 left brain, 7 leptin, 29 Life on Land, 157 lifestyle, 38–40 Lilith, 47 linear time, 13–15 listening, 56, 68, 75–76, 88, 92, 97, 130–32, 135–36, 171, 175
Long Soldier, Tilda, 192 love, 109, 157 L-tryptophan, 31 luteal phase, 30–31 male/female balance, ix–x ManKind Project, 134 Manu, Laws of, 62 Maoris, 66 Maricopa, 123 Marks, William, 149, 157–58 Mary, 172–73, 174–75 Mary Magdalene, 69–70, 161, 173–74 masks, 33–34 May, Rollo, 133 Mayan Calendar, 10 Mayan Code, The, x Mayans, 57–58 meditation, 77, 163 men, xvi–xvii, 23–24 balance of power, 65–67 views on blood, 58–62 menopause, 6–7, 137–38 closer look at, 142–44 as opportunity, 144–47 MenSpeak, 134 menstrual cycle, x–xiii, 9–10, 28–29. See also blood; Nature's gift; time of flow author and, 2–3 benefits from, 24–26 dreams during, 123–24 hormone function and, 29–30 indigenous wisdom, 188–94 manipulation of, 49–51 phases of, 30–33 seclusion during, 168–72, 176–82 taboos around, 196–202
terms that honor feminine cycle, 84–85 as time of renewal, 78–79 views on blood, 58–62 words and, 80–86 midlife crisis, 138 Mikaelsson, Erika, 165–66 Mimosa pudica, 9 Mind Chronicles, The, x mistakes, 101, 118 Mojave, 123 moon, 25, 28 moontime, 84–85 Mother Earth, 45 Mother Mary, 172–73, 174–75 Muhammad, 55 myth, 161, 163, 166 Myth of the Eternal Return, The, 15 narcissism, 71 natural cycles, 5, 119 natural scents, 72–73 Natural Superiority of Woman, The, 8 nature, 94, 134, 172 Nature’s gift, 85, 121, 123, 168–69, 186 normalcy, 33–34 Northrup, Christiane, 34, 35, 137, 139–40, 142 Objibwa, 123 Ogallala, 193 Ogden, Gina, 91, 103 oral contraceptives, 34, 49–51 original sin, 48 Orleane, Pia, 1–11 counseling women in jail, 36–37 dreams of, 120–22 experience of divine feminine, 87–88
love and, 99, 111–12 religion and, 41–44 research of, 176–82 travels of, 73–78 voice of divine feminine, 172–75 Orthodox Judaism, 54 Papua New Guinea, 57, 61 parenting, 118–19 passion, 109 Path with Heart, A, 95–96 patriarchy, xvi, 10–11, 27, 67, 69, 134 peacemaking, 153–54 perfection, 101–2 perfumes, 72–73 personal growth, 56 perspective, 145 Pert, Candace, 16 pheromones, 73 Platt, Michael, 34, 35, 138, 142 Pliny the Elder, 66 Pluto, ix Portugal, 64 power, 61, 62–65, 130–31, 185–88 premenstrual syndrome (PMS), 6–7, 35–38 processing dreams, 124–25 progesterone, 30, 32–33 progress, 27 Pueblo Indians, 65 purification, 3–4, 77, 78–79 Pythagoras, 13 Qur’an, 55, 60 rage, 7
Rebalancing the World, 42–43 Redgrove, Peter, 103 relationships, 22–24, 98 determining what we want, 108–14 fair fights, 105–8 false view of perfect mate, 102–4 flawed model of, 100–102 forgiveness, 117–18 guidelines for creating, 104–5, 114–16 processing emotions, 116–17 sacred trust of parenting, 118–19 with self, 99–100 religion, 41–44 demotion of women and, 46–49 role of, in treatment of women, 52–56 reproductive cycles, 7 retirement, 140 retreat, 27, 61, 75–76, 78, 94–96, 134, 139, 162, 168–72 revolution, ix revved up lifestyle, 38–40 rhythm, 15–17, 134, 150, 171 Richards, Ruth, 128–30, 132 right brain, 7 Rockboy, Joseph, 192 rocks, 17 sacrament, 53 Sacred Hoop, The, 63–64 sacred space, 4, 74–76, 162–63, 168–72 sadness, 25 safety, 45 Sami people, 65 scents, 72–73 Schwenk, Theodor, 149–50 Screaming to Be Heard, 29
self-esteem, 99–100, 142–43 Sensitive Chaos, 149–50 separation taboos, 198–200 sex and sexuality, 68–71, 102–3, 104–5, 109, 163–64 double standard of, 2–3 spirituality and, 90–91 shadow, 8–9, 100–101 Shakti, 174 Shuttle, Penelope, 103 Sichel, Deborah, 29 sleep, 30, 169–70, 176–82 Smith, Cullen Baird, xv–xvii snakes, 51–52 social cycles, 22–24 spinning, 12 spirituality, 96–97, 185–88 Stanford Research Park, 57 St. Pierre, Mark, 192 strength, 106 stress, 10, 25 subincision, 57, 184 summer, 14 taboos, menstruation, 196–202 tears, 115, 155 technology, 135–36 testosterone, 24 Thompson, April, 122 Thoreau, Henry David, 13 time, 162–63 time of flow, 85, 92, 169, 199 timing, 107 Tiwi women, 192–93 to-do lists, 23 touch, 200–201 transformation, ix transparency, 104
Tree of Knowledge, 47 uncertainty, 44–46 Underhill, Ruth, 64 unity, 3, 146–47, 153–55 unreliability, 24–25 Uranus, ix values, 42–43, 50 Venus, 25, 71, 174 virginity, 60, 67, 69 vitamin D, 29 Vliet, E. L., 29 water, 1–2, 59, 148–51 androgynous nature of, 153–55 navigating life, 152–53 as part of daily life, 155–59 willingness, 150–51 winter, 14 wisdom, 73–78, 122–23, 188–94 Wisdom of Menopause, The, 139–40 Wise Wound, The, 103 witches, 65 Wogeo, 184 Woman as Healer, 122 women balance of power, 65–67 constancy and, 27–29 demotion of, 46–49 duality and, 25–26, 46, 56 mask of normalcy, 33–34 natural scents, 72–73 religion and, 41–44 views on blood, 58–62 Women’s Moods, 29
words, 80–84 world view, 111 Yousafzai, Malala, 55 youth, 142–43 Yurok, 200–201