Part 1: The story of the handless maiden -- Healing the handless maiden -- The miller and the mill -- The price -- The daughter's choice -- The need for a great love -- The king and the moonlit garden -- The thief in the night -- Silver hands -- The king's mother complex and the queen's father complex as partners in the marriage -- Getting the message -- Into the woods -- Here all dwell free -- The king's journey -- And they lived contentedly to their happy end. Part 2: The story of Briar Rose -- The awakening of Briar Rose -- The hopeful king and queen -- The forgotten goddess -- The divine incarnate -- Curses and blessings -- The emerging feminine -- Entering women's mysteries -- Grasping the spindle -- Drawing blood -- The tower -- The tower as coffin and nuptial bed -- The tower as religious formation -- When the time is ripe -- The awakening. Part 3 A New Creation : Telling our own story -- Forming a new creation. Part 4 Related Stories: A dream -- The unfortunate lovers -- The two royal children -- Sun and moon -- A recounting of the myth of Demeter and Persephone -- The armless maiden: a Russian fairy tale -- The one-handed girl: a Swahili tale.
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