I return to a book by Jeanne Achterberg, Woman as Healer.  Civilizations decline when they devalue women. From prehistoric times to the present, there’s been peace, growth, and prosperity  when women were honored and revered for their role as healers and creators, as essential beings in this world we share.  When they were held down, dishonored, and demeaned, there was war.

And here we are, again.