... Ju have developed an effective method of social healing based on the principle of n/um. N/um is believed to be a substance that lies in the pit of the stomach of men and women. The power of n"um is dormant in the body's normal condition so a special dance has been developed to awaken this power. This dance is not a symbolic ritual; it is ... . Consciously we can see full well the irrationality of some of our thought processes. Someone maybe scared of mice because their sub-conscious equates mice with some other deep- rooted fear. It may be rationally obvious that there is nothing to fear...

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... his Red Riding Hood gobbled up, followed by a verse informing us that "pretty girls, who're bred as pure as pearls, should question the words addressed to them by men". There she and her grandmother stay in the wolf's stomach, the old lady punished for foolishness in allowing him in, the little girl punished for flirting with strangers. The version given to ... tale, the girl tells her mother "We must always keep to the path and never stop. That way, we come to no harm!" Perrault and the Grimms both tell us to be good, don't stray from the path, beware of men, and especially, repress an...

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