The worldwide empowerment of women is not getting the attention the movement deserves. As women rise we are seeing distinct benefits to families, communities and nations.
While he was working on his Ph.D. at Duke University Dr. Burt, a clinical psychologist, was especially engaged by the work of Carl Jung and his focus on the import of mythology. Myth portrays more than interesting stories and goes to fundamental truths. As Dr. Burt observed the current empowerment of women, he could not resist weaving a story of a world in social and ecological crisis where women brought the essentials of stewardship and dedication for its salvation and possible transformation.
In this story, our Earth Mother, Gaia, is enraptured by clever creatures known as humankind. She saw they held special promise but also threat for themselves and her world—herself. In her wisdom Gaia chose a talented force of women to safeguard the future of humankind but especially to be its salvation if failure was imminent. She gave them homes in cities in the sea called Tethys where they were hidden and could prepare. These women, called Progenitors, had lower fishlike bodies but could morph to full human form if they came to land. Sightings of these women led to the myth of the mermaid. Some of them were called Primals and came to land to form families. And among these women were some called the Andromeda. They were the defense force for the people collectively called Tethyans and led to the myth of Amazon warrior women.
And now the denouement of humankind is at hand and Dr. Burt has brought the story to us in the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy. Book one Gaia’s Majesty: Discovery – An Unbearable Choice has just been published and is available in paperback on Amazon and as an ebook on Kindle.
The story opens with a young woman who is dedicated to her job providing microloans to third world women. She believes she is alone after the death of the people she thought to be her parents. Then comes her experience with a catastrophic event and she is thrust into events she could not have imagined. She finds she has a remarkable family and has been ordained by Gaia to lead her people through apocalyptic events playing out the future of humankind. Fortunately she has the support of her new found family and the partnership with a young man she had always hoped lay in her future.
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