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A dear friend and colleague wrote to me in response to ‘Stories’ and said it reminded her of the theory of seven stages as reflected in Judaic tradition. These seven stages are, it seems, Creational Male; Phallic Male; Warrior; Wounded Male; Leader; Mature Male; and Sage. I’m interested to know more, yet she was pressed for time and this is all I have so far.

One thing that jumps out at me, which I’m not sure I find acceptable, is that these ’stages’ are all placed in a sequence that is male, and no mention seems to occur of linking with the feminine part of the self (and of the Universe) - so the whole leaves me more than a little puzzled.

Does anyone have any wisdom to shed on this?