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The Heroine's Journey describes contemporary woman's search for wholeness in a society where she has been defined according to masculine values. Drawing on cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for--and the reality of--feminine values in Western culture. This special anniversary edition, with a new foreword by Christine Downing and preface by the author, illuminates that this need is just as relevant today as it was when the book was originally published thirty years ago.
""Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love" makes a powerful statement
about the realities of gay and lesbian psyche. A gay and lesbian
psychic perspective may at first be startling, but once examined,
it proves to be unforgettable."
These essays are clearly not about play as unseriousness, not about
fun and games, a point that should be abundantly demonstrated by
the reference to the death camps of the Holocaust. They are about
the space, the "Spielraum," necessary for the wheel of life to turn
soulfully. Christine Downing's essays may be felt to function as a
possible prelude to the play of a truly ludic imagination, which,
like Buber's "slow medicine," quietly enters the soul, working into
the heart, awakening a secret melody to be noticed only later.
"Preludes," indeed!David L. Miller
The story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women.
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