In this collection, Leila Castle has gathered together women writing about spiritual initiation, identity, and transformation. Their pilgrimages are inspired by places sacred to many traditions worldwide—among them Old European Goddess, geomancy, Tibetan Buddhism, Native American, Peruvian shamanism, and Mayan. Their stories explore interdependence and autonomy, connection to the earth, and developing a new spiritual voice. They relate journeys to far-off Australia, Hawaii, and Africa, as well as to rural England and New Mexico. Sometimes they write and about becoming a person vastly different from the wife, mother, artist student, or academic individual who started the journey. Inspiring and illuminating, these are adventures stories into the unknown and deeply felt. Honoring the sacred feminine energy of the earth, these women are also working towards rebalancing male and female energies in culture and relationships.
Betty J. Kovacs received her Ph.D. from UC Irvine, in Comparative Literature and Theory of Symbolic Language. She studied and taught in Europe and the U.S. She studied the spiritual traditions of prehistory and indigenous cultures and worked with shamans from the Amazon and the Andes in Peru. She served on the Board of Directors of the Jung Society of Claremont in California. She presented Experiencing the Mystery of Death--and Life at the 8th Scientific & Medical Network "Beyond the Brain" Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, England (2009). Other seminars: Deeper Orders of Reality: Creating Our Future and The Feminine Dimension of the Divine. More on Dr. Kovacs is available at www.kamlak.com.
New Videos with Dr. Kovacs: The Dream of the Cosmos, an Interview with Anne Baring by Dr. Betty J. Kovacs. Visit Kimberly Saavedra's (The Kamlak Center) YouTube Channel to watch the videos.
