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The Children of Macha:

The main theme of this section is a discussion of myths. Kolbenschlag talks about how as people age, myths become more signifcant for what people can learn in common with each other than what the individual can learn about themselves. The example she gives about Macha is one that she uses to illustrate what she feels is the mistreatment of maternity and its relationship to the bad things that happen in the world.

The Abandoned Self:

The main theme being explored here by Kolbenschlag is that of how impersonal the world is today. WIth the advent of technology and globalization, there is much less communal activity and more concern about the individual, by the individual. What we think we want or need is subject to the whims of society, and by being so subjected, we are essentially orphaned to those whims. As orphans, we cling to security (however flimsy it may be) and only feel worthy through the attention of others. And yet,......

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