“Every aspect of the sea holds profound metaphorical
power. The outer seascape provides so many corollaries for human
psychology in general, and women’s psychology in particular. This
is the reason it has haunted the myths and legends – the psychology
before psychology – of so many cultures. And it is why water is present in most spiritual rituals. The sea speaks to the soul. Our ancestors
knew that beneath the depths lay much wisdom. They knew that the
way to our own depths was through the depths of the ocean.”