{"product_id":"cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes","title":"Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if women had been the storytellers? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElizabeth Lesser believes that if women's voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories-stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence.\u003cem\u003e Cassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It's about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLesser has walked two main paths in her life – the spiritual path and the feminist one – paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. \u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e is her extraordinary merging of the two. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either\/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers 'A Toolbox for Inner Strength.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, and that no one-woman or man-is immune to the corrupting influence of power. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCassandra Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Lesser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43255731060993,"sku":"9780062887191","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-07T162648.956.png?v=1688743620","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}