I was born very premature and by caesarean section and experienced no bonding with my mother who developed postnatal depression. I felt compelled to write a book that would address the loss of soul encountered by many in childbirth and also to highlight the psychological and spiritual side of birth, hitherto unacknowledged. Birth as initiation and transformation Birth is an experience that is deeply engraved in our souls, leaving traces that permeate our lives. My training in Jungian depth psychology helped me come to this conclusion, along with my studies in pre-and perinatal psychology and my own growing spiritual awareness. Jungian psychology establishes giving birth and being born as archetypal experiences of profound emotional and spiritual significance.
Birth is seen as a formative experience for both mother and child.
For the mother, pregnancy and childbirth represents a time of transformation, an initiatory experience. A woman changes forever, she changes from daughter to mother. She creates life, transforming essence into matter like an alchemist. She will never be the same again. Symbolically speaking, she is transformed in the process of bringing to birth her child.