The Crown of Age [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Marion K. Woodman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2005

On The Crown of Age, Jungian analyst Marion Woodman examines what it means to pass through life's many "crossroads and thresholds," emerging as an elder, the embodiment of wisdom, wholeness, and truth. Mining the riches of her own life, including her battle with cancer, Woodman illustrates the paradox of growing old: that while our physical strength wanes, our spiritual strength "blossoms, petal by petal." With poetic insight she describes the archetypal passage in a woman's life from mother to virgin to crone, and the preparation of our souls for the great crown we receive only at the end of life. The Crown of Age is a profound offering of wisdom that refl ects Marion Woodman's long and celebrated career as a writer, teacher, analyst, and now, trusted elder.

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About the Author

Marion woodman is a writer, international teacher and workshop leader, and Jungian analyst. With over half a million books in print, she is one of the most widely read authors on analytical and feminine psychology of our time. Marion Woodman is a graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich. She is the author of Addiction to Perfection, The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter, The Pregnant Virgin, The Ravaged Bridegroom, coauthor of Coming Home to Myself (with Jill Mellick) and, most recently, Bone.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (May 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159179269X
• ISBN-13: 978-1591792697
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOADED WITH FEMININE WISDOM!, October 14, 2008

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Elaine Campbell "Desert Dweller" (Rancho Mirage, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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And this is why this CD is much deserving of five stars. Although Jungian analyst Marion Woodman has been enriching and awakening women in her books through the years, this CD speaks to the woman entering, or already in, old age; the woman who has to find new bearings; the woman who is even mystified as to how to cope with and confront her new state. It is a very important CD because it serves as a guide rail and comforter. It offers perspectives that are original and valid.

Now if you have already steeped yourself in Jungian literature, you will find some of this recording redundant. Sure, you've heard it and learned it before. But Marion Woodman, besides relating interesting personal anecdotes, is also an original thinker, and I find that in new "discoveries," she offers the most healing insight.

She questions, for instance, for those of us who have not had enriching maternal care in our early lives: "Without a positive mother, how can we recognize ourselves?" and she goes on to give some extremely useful advice to those of us who find ourselves in this lifelong situation. She also exposits on women who have had positive fathers and mothers, and explains what complexes are more simply and clearly than I have ever encountered.

This CD is at heart about the feminine transformative experience and the sacrifice at the heart of it which must be undertaken if women choose to live all stages of life (as cosmetic surgeons can tell us, many women choose to attempt to dodge this final chapter in various ways).

And she aptly quotes Dr. Jung: "Where your fear is, so is your task."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best is yet to be., August 2, 2008

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Jackie M. Sthilaire "Memere Jackie" (Manchester, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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Marion Woodman gives us permission to grow old and earn the
wisdom that comes with the spiritual process.

Facing our ego and letting go, facing death of self and letting go and finally facing our physical death and letting go to our "essence".

Once we are able to confront our fears, only then will we have reached our spiritual bliss and live in peace and harmony with ourselves and one another.

Other books for your consideration:

Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride: A Psychological Study (Studies in Jungian Psychology, 12.)by Marion Woodman
Memories, Dreams, Reflectionsby C.G. Jung
Dreams and Healing by John A. Sanford

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars should be required listening for all women on their personal development journey, September 18, 2010

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Avril (Denny) Reed (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This set of CD's is inspiring and encouraging to continue self exploration. It is worth the time to listen to this over and over. Marion Woodman is absolutely brilliant! And absolutely human! I have listened to this several times so far. I have had many realizations and many feelings come up. If you are in midlife and confronting aging I highly recommend these CD's. Woodman walks her talk and provides so much understanding of the emotional and spiritual journey. I especially like how much she shares from her own experience.