The Dark Goddess lives at a woman's core. She guards the self. She is the friend of the soul, whose purpose in your life is to fiercely protect and further the whole process of your learning to live authentically from your core. She never trades in deceit, she never lies, nor does she veil her power. She refuses to uphold any relationship that doesn't work, and she tears away at anything within us that is greedy or grasping or infantile...

~ Leslie Kenton, Passage to Power

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