I was really shocked at this book (and not in a good way) after being impressed with his first three excellent books. The whole idea of this book is that a "true female" is willing to be and needs to be "led". I was really stunned when he stated that females can't create - only men can. Yeah, right. Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan beg to differ. While Mr. Mares does make some good points in the book - which is why I give it 2 stars instead of one - it reeks of the social conditioning that Carlos Castaneda, Don Juan, Taisha Abelar, and Florinda Donner-Grau denounced in their teachings. It also speaks volumes that Mr. Mares wrote this book instead of his nagual woman, Marianne. Evidently she cannot create. If you want to read about true females, read Castaneda's works and those of his cohorts, Abelar and Donner-Grau.