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In 1986, in the midst of a midlife crisis, Bolen (Ring of Power, HarperSanFrancisco, 1992) received an invitation to a pilgrimage to sacred sites in Europe. With three other women, she traveled to places such as Chartres Cathedral, Iona, and Glastonbury-where traditionally "one crossed the mists to Avalon, the realm of the Goddess." Bolen interweaves her personal spiritual journey and midlife passage with a discussion of the psychological significance of mythic quests and a reinterpretation of the Grail Legend that illuminates its feminine aspects. While lacking the storytelling immediacy of Clarissa Pinkola Estes's Women Who Run with the Wolves, Bolen's narrative has a sweetness that lingers with the reader. Many will respond to the author's hopes that her story will remind others of the importance of their own "soul journey." An essential purchase for public libraries; important also for academic libraries with popular psychology, women's, and religious studies collections.
Carolynne Myall, Eastern Washington Univ. Libs., Cheney
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Carolynne Myall, Eastern Washington Univ. Libs., Cheney
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This compilation of experiences, thoughts, scholarly research, and, above all, the feelings of a woman at midlife amounts to a revelation. On pilgrimage to sacred sites including Chartres, Glastonbury, and Iona, Bolen, a physician, Jungian analyst, and professor of clinical psychiatry, traces their histories and significance. She relates these places' earliest uses by societies with earth-based belief systems to the concept of key energy centers all about the globe, and she links her inner journey of the spirit to her physical travels and the primal knowledge of the sacred that women have experienced for thousands of years without naming it. This quest for the holy grail involves more than a personal transformation; it is, she says, everywoman's secret, potential pathway to the roots of her strength and wisdom. An essential addition for collections concerned with women's spirituality and goddess worship. Whitney Scott
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opened the bulky enve that had come in the day's mail and found an invita that would change my life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sister pilgrims, greening power, goddess consciousness, goddess sites, vesica piscis, morphic field, blood mysteries, feminine divinity, abbey grounds, feminine wisdom, mother archetype Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fisher King, Chartres Cathedral, Dalai Lama, Grail Castle, Great Mother, Mother Earth, Chalice Well, Glastonbury Tor, Stone Mother, Cluny Hill, The Mists of Avalon, Clava Cairns, High Altar, Saint Michael, Glastonbury Abbey, Great Goddess, Mother Nature, San Francisco, Dorothy Maclean, Grail Quest, Holy Ghost, Virgin Mary, Elinore Detiger, Holy Spirit, Mount Analogue New!
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opened the bulky enve that had come in the day's mail and found an invita that would change my life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sister pilgrims, greening power, goddess consciousness, goddess sites, vesica piscis, morphic field, blood mysteries, feminine divinity, abbey grounds, feminine wisdom, mother archetype Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fisher King, Chartres Cathedral, Dalai Lama, Grail Castle, Great Mother, Mother Earth, Chalice Well, Glastonbury Tor, Stone Mother, Cluny Hill, The Mists of Avalon, Clava Cairns, High Altar, Saint Michael, Glastonbury Abbey, Great Goddess, Mother Nature, San Francisco, Dorothy Maclean, Grail Quest, Holy Ghost, Virgin Mary, Elinore Detiger, Holy Spirit, Mount Analogue New!
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- The Grail Legend by Emma Jung on 6 pages
- Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot on 6 pages
- Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner on page 103, page 114, and page 270
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17) by Joseph Campbell on page 6, page 17, and Back Matter
- Crow and Weasel by Barry Lopez on page 273, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Woman's World: True Life Stories of World Travel by Marybeth Bond on 5 pages
- Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth: Healing for Mothers and Babies by Benig Mauger on page 48, page 134, and Back Matter
- Graceful Exits: Catholic Women and the Art of Departure by Debra Campbell on page 21, page 23, and Back Matter
- A Woman's World by Marybeth Bond on page 131, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Spiritual RX: Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life by Mary Ann Brussat on page 211, and Back Matter
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