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Living within a culture that devalues feminine divinity can have far-reaching effects for both genders, in that it impedes psychic balance, but its loss has deeper reaching threads of disharmony for females who face the transition into womanhood in a culture that denigrates the value, wisdom, and essence of the feminine principle. This is an exploration into a girl´s transformation into womanhood, and how that transition can be supported in the context of relationships both with herself and with others. The Red Tent manifests itself as a real and grounding structure, while simultaneously becoming a liminal and alchemically transformative space.

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Mary McCrystal, M.A., is a native of California. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Humboldt Sate University, and her Masters degree in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Mary is a psychotherapist with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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