Motherself

Motherself, a concept represented in the book Motherself: A Mythic Analysis of Motherhood by Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi, a member of the English department at Syracuse University. Motherself is a spiritual and psychological concept that offers a method for women to achieve self-fulfillment through a gynocentric recovery of matrilineal spiritual heritages where mothers-as-women are celebrated, rather than through traditional patriarchal means. The concept of motherself involves a return to women as central figures in society through the ways they were perceived in the world of goddess worship, where a woman's ability to produce and reproduce life was valued as the ultimate form of [Page 859]power. Women who believe in and quest for one's motherself attempt to achieve individuation (a distinct sense of self) as well as ...