This intensely personal account of the little written-about sacred dimension of menopause combines religious studies with psychology to "understand menopause as soul-eventÂ…regarding its symptoms as symbols" and provides insight into what this transition can be like for those women who choose to embrace it as a meaningful part of their lives.
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In a personal account of her own journey through menopause, Downing, past president of the American Academy of Religion, combines religious studies with psychology to "understand menopause as soul-event . . . regarding its symptoms as symbols." Her "hunger for a more symbolic connection to these mysteries of feminine life" led her initially to explore her dreams. Finally, at the end of a low-budget journey around the world that served as a metaphor for her own rite of passage, she rediscovered Hestia, goddess of hearth and home, whom she describes as "a soul-guide." Downing's experiences and reflections may illuminate the experience of menopause for other women, but the religious framework of the book will limit its appeal. For feminist collections. Cynthia Widmer, Williamstown, Mass.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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CHRISTINE DOWNING, Ph.D., currently teaches in the Mythological Studies Doctoral Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, after serving for almost twenty years as chair of the Religious Studies Department at San Diego State University. Her thirteen books include The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine, and, mostly recently, The Luxury of Afterwards and Preludes.
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- Wise Women : Reflections of Teachers at Mid-Life by Phyllis Freeman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Transformation Through Menopause by Marian Van Eyk McCain in Back Matter
- Getting over Getting Older by Letty Cottin Pogrebin in Back Matter
- PMS, Perimenopause, and You : A Guide to the Physical, Mental, and Emotional Patterns of a Woman's Life by Lori A. Futterman in Back Matter
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