I enjoyed many parts of this chapter. It inspired me to become more interested in teas and i think I want to create some sort of feather embellishment to wear in my hair on the daily as a visual remembrance of the order of Maat. I will post more about that in the Craft Circle soon. Do any of you order loose teas online? If so where do you purchase from? I am also looking for raspberry seeds, as I would like to grow a small patch of my own...any thoughts or resources of where you order herbal and food seeds off line? I wish I had a backyard, because I would go all out and create a womb garden...filled with herbs,plants, and flowers that are good for the womb..wouldn't that be neat, and have some womb art in the midst of it or womb affirmations painted on garden stones and stakes...one day...one day! But for now, I will create on the patio...LOL. Okay here are my highlights:

pg. 43: "And you've kept saying, No, thank you, Ive got to hold on to it. "I've got to hold on to it. I've got to hold on to it. I've got to keep holding on to it, even if it kills me. And then it begins to- with womb cancer or hysterectomies or radiation therapy, all caused by holding on to our hurts and pains. So many things have been done to our wombs without our conscious awareness, and some things were indeed conscious acts."

pg. 46: "If we don't relate to our wombs and resolve our inner womb conflicts, the spirit of the womb dries up, and we are numbed, or the womb releases a stench because we are bitter, or it's crowded out by a tumor and destroys our creativity. Worse, it can fester and drip and create even more serious diseases that causes our wombs to rot and then be lost through hysterectomy."

pg. 47: "If a womb is damaged in any way- if it has experienced heavy menstrual bleeding or PMS, if it has sustained numerous infections, fibroids, or tumorous growths, if the womb area has been cut or bruised, or chemically sprayed, if it has experienced invasion or abuse by a sexual partner, if it has been harmed by abortions or a hysterectomy-then a womans level of creativity and inspiration, stability, success in relationships, fertility levels, and joy are potentially impaired."

pg. 49: "You don't have to find an answer when you ask the question. Just go to sleep. When you wake up, it will come to you."

pg.52: I learned to pack mud over my pelvis. The healing properties of the mud seeped into my womb and pulled out my pain. I drank bush tea of red raspberry and dandelion. I placed my legs up against the wall at a forty-five-degree angle to send healing energy throughout my womb. By birth of my second child I had begun drinking green juices every day to strengthen my Body Temple."

pg.54: "Finally I heard a lecture that totally transformed my life. the speaker said that we absorb every man we've ever been with. that men want it all the time because they're cleansing themselves through us. we're the absorbers. So I'm walking around with everybody still in me."

pg. 55: "Don't make decisions just before your period because you can't sort things out. your hormones have you going all different ways. But right after your period, there's all that light."

pg.56: "Crying creates room for the healing to take place."

pg.61: Breathing Healing Light into the Womb: "Slowly breathe into your womb the color white for cleansing. Now breathe in red/orange for power and energy. next comes a deep shade of blue for peace. Breathe the color green into your womb for abundant wellness. Then breathe purple into your womb for spirituality, pink for divine love, violet for high womb consciousness, then gold for prosperity, and finally breathe a fine clear yellow into your womb for the higher mind."

pg.65: "Drink Sacred Women's Herbal Tonics in honor of the womb. Choose the tonic according to your need. For example, if you have tumors, use goldenrod; if you have heavy bleeding, use shepherd's purse; if your womb needs toning, use raspberry; if your womb needs strengthening, use dandelion."