Return of the Dark/Light Mother or New Age Armageddon?  Towards a Feminist Vision of the Future
"Here is a passionate expose of the danger of a New Age  consciousness which denies the economic and political realities of our  lives. A longtime committed feminist, activist and artist, Sj drawn  on her amazingly comprehensive research to document her conclusions  which are both a gift and a warning for every human being on Mother  Earth.   --Jean Mountaingrove, co-editor of WomanSpirit magazine"In this awesome book, Monica Sjoo casts her brilliant and  critical eye on the New Age Movement with all its delusions,  contrasting it with the grounded, earth-based shamanism of ancient and  present-day woman-centered cultures. One of the worlds foremost  visionary artists, Sjoo reminds us again and again that earth  (physical matter, our bodies, the cycles of birth and death) remains  sacred despite modern tendencies toward leaving the body (and the  planet) behind. Instinctual, heart-opening, and gut-wrenching, this  book is a deeply-felt personal journey radically shared, and  illustrated with the artists incredible paintings".  --Vicki Noble, author of Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess through Myth, Art and Tarot"Monica Sjoo is the great global Amazon, a Sweed, but  belonging to all countries. She weaves the story deftly as she paints  her images all from deep inspiration. She carries the word from  continent to continent, her images of the Fates and Goddesses loom  large like our dreams. A sister, a mother, a great soul."  --Z Budapest, psychick, teacher and initiator, author of The Holy Book of Womens Mysteries, Grandmother Moon, Goddess in the Office, Goddess in the Bedroom, and Summoning the Fates"Sjoo, visual artist cum ecofeminist, provides us with a  cutting critique of what has come to be known as the New Age  Movement. . . . She believes that Earth is dying and that New Agers,  with their focus on light, transcendence and galactic beings, are deaf  to its cries. . . Money-spinning, instant spiritual gratification, and  blatant exploitation of indigenous cultures lie at the heart of a  movement whose heritage comes from a patriarchal, capitalist system." --Monica Lynch, Spare Rib"The New Age is shown to discourage political questioning and  to have little awareness of race, sex or class or even to welcome  it. This is a very revealing and disturbing insight into the  philosophy and background of the New Age and its so-called gurus, and  a welcome questioning of it."   --A H, Openeye 3As more and more people begin their search for a more  spiritually fulfilling life that ties in their needs for social  justice, this book could easily become a primer that will generate  many questions that must be answered if we are to move forward." --J. Antionette Johnson-Gross, Mama Bears News & Notes