One of the books read by women attending "Breakfast with the Divine Feminine" was Sue Monk Kidd's The Dissident Daugther. She tells of her personal journey of going from embracing traditional patriarchal religion to developing her own feminine spirituality. Kidd feels hopeful that American culture is slowly accepting the divine feminine. If, as they say, art reflects life, three recent movies support Kidd's view with themes of rebirth of the feminine spirit. Lady in the Water, Bridge to Tarabithia, and Pan's Labyrinth all have a young female novitiate as their main character. While each of these movies carries a similar theme (young girl with independent spirit introduces male(s) to a mythological conundrum) there are distinct differences. Bridge to Tarabithia is a family movie that explores the destiny of a myth-creating pubescent girl. While Pan's Labyrinth is also about a pubescent girl, its story is an intense tragic adult-level struggle with severe abuse and oppression. Lady in the Water is a myth about a mysterious water nymph and provides a great allegory of releasing the feminine spirit through collaboration and love. Although the writer and director, M. Night Shyamalan conceived this story as a bedtime fable for his children, it is a great example of archetypal expressions and individual and collective transformation.
The wounded hero character is a manager of an apartment complex and inperforming his duties he suspects that "something" is in the pool. He discovers that it is a young woman and takes her into his apartment so she can get dry and have rest. Eventually he realizes with the help of an older woman resident that this young woman is a water nymph and must be assisted by specific helpers to face the monsters and soar on an Eagle's back which will affirm the magical land of the nymphs and preserve human living. There is a great deal of confusion about who is to offer what gift so the nymph can succeed. But a profound collaboration takes place and ordinary humans become part of the transformation.
The music supports the themes particularly at the credits through tow Bob Dylan classics: The Times They are a Changin' performed at an extremely slow tempo by Whisper in the Noise represents unconventionality and change while Every Grain of Sand performed by Amanda Ghost affirms hope for release from the old 'reality of man.'
It is moving and hopeful that a message of the feminine rebirth is present in our popular media. Our Western culture is slowly recognizing the tremendous gifts of affirming the feminine spirit in all of us. | 
