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Karen Signell decided that, instead of speaking from the patriarchal theories in which she had been steeped as a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, she would ‘let women speak for themselves through the purest source I knew, their dreams’. For ten years she gathered dreams, choosing those which were both relevant to individual women and basic to feminine nature. Her book has a deep ring of truth and can be useful for women ‘who don't have the opportunity or inclination to have therapy or analysis, but who want to tap their inner resources'. Professionals in the field of psychology and related fields will find Wisdom of the Heart useful as a resource which spells out with clarity and compassion where women stand today; the dreams speak of woman's strength and of the challenges she faces in choosing to live her uniqueness in a world which is often unsupportive. Sources of insight, wisdom, and comfort are sought and found from within the dream.
Following Signell's method of letting the dreams speak for themselves, I would like to highlight the sections of the book which spoke most strongly to me and which seem to be landmark statements in Jungian psychology. (So often, it has seemed to me that Jungian theory speaks to an anima psychology, rather than a genuine expression of the feminine as actually experienced by a woman. Wisdom of the Heart is a step in the direction of women's real experience.)