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The Living Spirit of the Crone: Turning Aging Inside Out (Theology and the Sciences) (Theology & the Sciences)

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This is a fascinating and exciting book - part history, part anthropology, some science, some medicine, part phychology and philosophy and theology - but principally it is a call to optimism, a call for us to realize that we are never finished but perpetually created, and for us to live fully, to fully live. A must read for the over 60 set!

Nice to read a good, well written, informative and inspiring book on women and aging.
Pamela D. Blair, Author, The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Midlife and Beyond

Author Sally Palmer Thomason suggests that aging is an opportunity for writing a new script for your life.

She uses the long interview format to provide examples of how other older women have done exactly that.

I support Thomason's position that aging is not a disease that needs to be treated.

The reason that I have given this four stars, instead of five, is that I do a lot of reading about women and aging, achieving wholeness, and Jungian theory. Much of this book was well-known to me, but it is a good starting place if you are beginning to delve into this material.

I have longer comments about this book at a http://ordinaryordinary.blogspot.com/2011/06/wise-crone-archetype-is-depicted-in.html

Sally Thomason's research and commentary have inspired my dissetation idea. She writes beautifully with insight and intelligence!