Lemurian City of Ladies

Reason, Recitude and Justice

Posted in Christine de Pizan by Heather Blakey on August 12th, 2006

Recitude, Reason and Justice
City of Ladies
by Heather Blakey August 2006

“Since I serve to demonstrate clearly and to show both in thought and deed to each man and woman his or her own special qualities and faults, you see me holding this shining mirror which I carry in my right hand in place of a scepter. I would thus have you know truly that no one can look into this mirror, no matter what kind of creature, without achieving clear self-knowledge.”
from The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan

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  1. Heather Blakey said, on August 12th, 2006 at 1:38 am

    Long before I read The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine Pizan I provided mirror exercises here at Soul Food. So I was a little spooked when I found this section so early in the book. To find Soul Food’s mirror exercises check the House of the Serpents Blogger at
    http://houseserpents.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_houseserpents_archive.html
    and the Ceremony of the Mirror
    http://www.dailywriting.net/MirrorCeremony.htm

    Heather

  2. cronelogical said, on August 12th, 2006 at 1:47 am

    I’ve just been visiting your flicker pages, so many and so many clever concepts I marvel at your ability to tell a story through facial expression. Thank you, my dear, Fran

  3. imogen88 said, on August 12th, 2006 at 7:09 am

    Yes, beautiful stuff. Well, nothing ever dies, does it? It goes around and around, eh?

  4. lorigloyd said, on August 12th, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    Heather, perhaps you really are channeling Christine de Pisan?

    o:

  5. soulsister said, on August 12th, 2006 at 4:46 pm

    Gee Heather and Lori are you trying to frighten us all out of our wits??? :) Not quite sure that I am brave enough to want to look into that mirror….

  6. Heather Blakey said, on August 12th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

    :-) I provide a channel to have the voices of people heard again but I am not channeling darling. It is fascinating how there is no such thing as a new idea. Drat that Pizan woman :-) stealing my ideas like that.

  7. imogen88 said, on August 13th, 2006 at 2:31 pm

    Hee Hee ;-)

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