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In Search of the Woman Warrior In Search of the Woman Warrior Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women Richard J. Lane and Jay Wurts Foreword by Marion Zimmer Bradley E L E M E N T Boston, Massachusetts • Shaftesbury, Dorset Melbourne, Victoria Text © Richard J. Lane and Charles J. Wurts 1998 Design, Jacket, Binding and Layout © Element Books, Inc. 1998 First published in the USA in 1998 by Element Books, Inc. 160 North Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Published in Great Britain in 1998 by Element Books Limited Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8BP Published in Australia in 1998 by Element Books Limited for Penguin Books Australia Limited 487 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood, Victoria 3134 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. “Achilles Penthesilea' in Chapter 4 is reprinted with permission from The New York Review oj Books. Copyright © 1993 NYREV, Inc. “Perpetua’s Vision" in Chapter 5 is reprinted by permission of the publisher from A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WEST: FROM ANCIENT GODDESSES TO CHRISTIAN SAINTS, Volume I, edited by Pauline Schmitt Pantel and translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1992 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Originally published as Storia delle Donne in Occidente, vol. 1, LAntichita, © Gius. Laterza 6z Figli Spa, Roma- Ban, 1990. Based on the French translation of LATIN TEXT OF THE PASSION OF ST. PERPETUA AND FELICITY. Excerpts from WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES by Clarissa Pinkola EstCs, Ph D.. Copyright © 1992, 1995 All rights reserved. Used by kind permission of the author. Dr. Est£s, and Ballannne Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lane, Richard J. In search of the woman warrior: four mythical archetypes for modem women / Richard J. Lane and Jay Wurts—1st ed. p cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-86204-313-2 (alk. paper) 1. Typology (Psychology) 2 Archetype (Psychology) 3. Women—Psychology. 1 Wurts, Jay 11. Title BF698 3L36 1998 305.4209—dc21 98-25708 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data available. First Edition 10 987654 32 1 Book design by Jill Winitzer Printed and bound in the United States by Edwards Brothers ISBN 1-86204-313-2 Contents Foreword vii Introduction xi 1 Womb of the Cave Bear—Birth of the Warrior Spirit 1 2 From the Steppes of Central Asia—Matriarchy Enters the West 17 3 Outlaws Among Us—Amazons: The Alien-Other Women Warriors 39 4 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Wields a Sword: The Virgin-Mother Women Warriors 69 5 Of Woman Born—Mapping the Warriors Journey 103 6 Sisters of Arthur—The Woman Warriors Quest for Justice 141 7 Forging the Iron Woman—The Primordial Women Warriors 167 8 The Transcendental Woman Warrior 197 9 Women Warriors in Popular Culture 223 10 The Grail of the Modern Woman Warrior 241 11 Using the Woman Warrior Types 281 Appendix/The Warrior Types Questionnaire 301 Bibliography and Further Reading 307
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