“The Yin and Yang of Relationships”
Photograph by John Diamond, M.D.
“The social status of women in Egypt was quite powerful even before Cleopatra. A subtle sign of this power is the possessive, almost protective attitude of women in many Egyptian sculptures of couples, in which the wife holds the husband with both hands.”*
Consider her image on the same page of the Pharaoh and his Queen. He in aggressive stance with fists clenched – and she, at his side, holding him with open hands.
He needs her – and she knows it.
Yes, Suzie – that’s us.
And yes,
she needs him – and he knows it.
That’s the yin and yang
of relationships.
* Guido Majno, The Healing Hand (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975), p. 83.
