In her latest book, Crones Don't Whine, Jean Shinoda Bolen's playful sense of humour and keen insight combine to offer women thirteen qualities to cultivate. Engage in these small practises and you're bound to be a happier person, who's doing her bit to make the world just a little better. Here are thirteen brief essays to turn to again and again ...
The author made a pilgrimage in the middle of her life to the European sacred sites connected with female energy. This is the story of the dramatic effect this journey had on her as she uncovers the historical, spiritual and personal significance of the sacred sites.
Jean Bolen's mytho-psychological text follows the form of her previously published GODDESSES IN EVERYWOMAN. Where this earlier book spoke about the first two stages of a woman's adult life, this one revels in the final, third stage--the juicy crone stage. Bolen, a Jungian psychoanalyst, introduces a new cast of feminine archetypes, allowing post ...
Using a typology based on the goddesses of Greek mythology, this exploration of the aspects of the female personality examines psychological patterns, character traits, and symptoms that need to be recognized before changes can take place. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
"A glorious book. Jean Shinoda Bolen's weaving of myth, science and keen observation (her own) make this an outstanding contribution to the humanities."--Rita Mae Brown
A unique combination of visionary thinking and practical how-to, "Urgent Message From Mother" is the most activist work to date from Jean Shinoda Bolen, a writer, analyst, teacher, and leader in the women's empowerment movement. This book seeks to galvanize the still-untapped power of women of all ages acting together to change our world. Bolen ...
Shows how synchronicity (the phenomenon of meaningful coincidences) occurs in and enriches ordinary life; provides the key for each individual to interpret the synchronistic events in his or her life; and gives fresh insight into those relationships, dreams, and flashes of perception that touch and transform our lives.
Jean Bolen asserts that life-threatening illness can be a soul-transforming experience that strips away neurosis, illuminates the essential truths of life, and forces sufferers to ask the most vital questions: What did we come here to do? What did we come here to learn? What and who did we come here to love?
The bestselling author of "Goddesses in Every Woman" sheds light on the experiences of the seriously ill, and shows how facing mortality can be a life-transforming process.
Acclaimed author and Jungian analyst Bolen reveals the archetypal truths and liberating insights in Wagner's ever-popular Ring Cycle operas. Bolen's interpretations evoke the reader's associations, memories, and emotions to prompt insight and healing for both the psyche and society caught in the "Ring Cycle" of destruction and dysfunction.
The long-awaited companion volume to Goddess in Everywoman, which sold more than 150,000 copies. Drawing upon the theories of Jung, Dr. Bolen explores the powerful inner patterns, or archetypes, that shape men's personalities. She introduces these inner patterns in the guise of eight gods or personality types, maintaining that understanding these ...
In this guide to women's circles, psychologist Bolen shows how to form spiritually based support groups aimed at raising consciousness and empowering women to change the world.
Drawing upon the theories of C.G. Jung, Bolen explores the inner world of archetypes and the outer world of stereotypes and shows how men and women can gain a sense of wholeness and integration when what they do is consistent with who they are. The companion volume to Goddesses in Everywoman. Photos.
Shows how synchronicity (the phenomenon of meaningful coincidences) occurs in and enriches ordinary life; provides the key for each individual to interpret the synchronistic events in his or her life; and gives fresh insight into those relationships, dreams, and flashes of perception that touch and transform our lives.
A woman dreams about an event which then happens. A man thinks about being out of contact with an old friend; the phone rings and the caller is that friend. Someone experiences sympathetic pains while a relative undergoes surgery....
Goddess imagery from the Ice Age to the present -- in full-color and black and white -- with text that conveys the cultural and mythical context, as well as the inspirational style and power, of each image. "A delightful book of life-affirming legends, rituals and images that helps us envision a more balanced and creative world" -- Riane Eisler, ...
Revealing how pain, anger, and sorrow gave birth to their writing, Walker, Allende, and Bolen illustrate how creativity can kindle the feminine spirit. Highly recommended for listeners who are struggling to express their creativity. Recorded live.
In this work, the author reflects on her girlhood as a Japanese-American in California, her struggle to become a medical doctor, her awakening to an archetypal feminine through the experience of giving birth, the personal transformations that occurred after her divorce, and her enduring friendships with other women. Set against the backdrop of an ...
The author gives new meaning to the concept of "doll." The life-size figures she makes are creative expressions of her dreams and fears, and the making of them is an exercise in personal growth. This book chronicles the history of her California school, called the Way of the Doll, with 110 color photographs and comments in her students' own words.
Dismantling powerful cultural stereotypes, this seminal feminist text reveals the powerful forces that influence women. The Jungian psychological perspective of this book, whose English publication has been referred to in mythological, psychological, literary, dramatic, and women's studies contexts, offers alternatives to the restrictive ...
In the face of the cultural myth that women fade away as they age, this book offers an historical look at women's potential to transform the third phase of their lives into one of wholeness and personal integration. This Jungian perspective on the mature woman looks to Greek, Egyptian, and Asian mythology for powerful archetypes of women in the ...
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