The Wise Wound; Menstruation and Everywoman; Shuttle; Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle [+–]

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove [+–]

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

This is a book of many questions and some answers. What is this menstruation that half the world undergoes? Has it any use, or any purpose? Which is it, blessing or curse?

This groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies, and taboos surrounding menstruation has helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes toward a natural phenomenon that has been reviled and denigrated over the centuries. Thoroughly researched yet highly readable, combining psychology, anthropology, and poetry, Shuttle and Redgrove illustrate their theories using examples ranging from the Bible to such modern-day pop horrors as vampire movies and the cult film The Exorcist.

Prelims

Foreword

Margaret Drabble

Prologue

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 1

The Science of Bleeding

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 2

The Menstrual Epidemic

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 3

Animus, Animal, Anima

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 4

Does the Moon Menstruate?

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 5

Did the Ancients Have Wisdom?

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 6

Witchcraft: Nine Million Menstrual Murders

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Chapter 7

The Mirror of Dracula

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

End Matter

Epilogue

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Afterword – The Menstrual Mandala

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Appendix

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Notes

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Works Cited

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Index

Penelope Shuttle,Peter Redgrove

Penelope Shuttle is a feminist poet and novelist. She is the author of The Mirror of the Giant.

Peter Redgrove received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1996. His manifesto on the Gaia hypothesis, The Black Goddess and the Sixth Sense appeared in 1987. He died in 2003.

Reviews

The first accessible book about menstruation as a human reality . . . entirely praiseworthy.
The Sunday Times

Answers many of the questions that one had never thought or dared to ask.
Margaret Drabble, from the Foreword

It could bring about a major change in our understanding of the sexes.
Psychology Today

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