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"[Bolen] charts a path that will lead many readers to the heart of their own emotional and spiritual pilgrimages."--San Francisco Chronicle
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Bolen's magnificent autobiographical tale, set against the backdrop of the sacred sites of Europe, tells the story of her quest at mid-life to discover the legacy of women's spirituality."A fascinating, original, and significant contribution to psychology."--Rollo MayA
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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One of the main themes of Jean Shinoda Bolen's work is her distinction between masculine and feminine spirituality. She maintains that the former is felt in the mind, the latter in the body. In "Crossing to Avalon" she takes us with her on a journey around the energy power points of Europe to find the source of that sacred feminine and to experience it first hand.
It is on this pilgrimage that she moves out her usual role of guide and analyst and becomes the seeker and the guided; and in doing so she reveals to us Jean Shinoda Bolen the woman. She graphically explains the internal and external processes taking place, providing throughout an historical and mythological background, which serves to set both the scene and the task.
This is a highly personal account but that adds to its readability and usefulness rather than detracts from it. Unlike many other books on finding personal meaning Jean Shinoda Bolen demonstrates to us that although the journey to find the Grail can be easily documented the actual travelling and arrival at the search departure point is as painful and enlightening for those who have gone before as it is for those who follow.
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78 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Why am I not surprised?
23 Mar 2003
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Womens' wisdom & ways of knowing are almost always discounted by the male-dominated world. The Kirkus Review says, "... quickly degenerates into pop psychology and pseudo-profundities." Why do supposedly intelligent people bother to negate what's profound for someone else? A simple statement that the profundity was lost on you would suffice.
That said, I found this to be a glorious book about a woman's pilgrimage in midlife that changed her deeply and will affect the rest of her life. Women need to hear womens' stories. It's what we've always done & hopefully will continue to do and benefit from.
That said, I found this to be a glorious book about a woman's pilgrimage in midlife that changed her deeply and will affect the rest of her life. Women need to hear womens' stories. It's what we've always done & hopefully will continue to do and benefit from.
I found her descriptions of the places she visited absolutely lovely and enriching. Without her extremely intimate perspective, this book would only be an interesting travelogue - not something that inspired me to listen to myself and my body!
To know that my perspective may help someone else clarify theirs is reason enough for me to say all women everywhere should read this one, and share it with the people in their lives.
If you choose not to believe that women all over the world are reawakening to Goddess, that's fine. No one who reveres Goddess will try to change your mind. We simply understand there also was a time when most people thought Earth was flat.
41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
A healing book for women
31 Oct 2002
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I am not anywhere near midlife (I'm in my early 20's), but I still enjoyed this book. Jean Shinoda Bolen writes beautifully and creates vivid imagery. She describes the earth as a mother, a temple as a woman's body, and the sacred places of the earth as "acupuncture points". She draws the reader into her journey by weaving archetypes into her descriptions throughout the book. And she articulates this herself beautifully; "Artists and writers whose work touches us deeply instinctively access collective symbols. They "Dream" for us; they bring images and stories from their own depths that could be our own. If we are conscious we recognize ourselves in them. Otherwise we only know that we are moved. Seen from this perspective, artists or authors are our contemporary versions of shaman who have visions for their tribes. They tap into a deeper stratum and express it. And that stratum-the collective unconscious-draws upon more than the culture of the time or the experience of that particular individual..."(p.36). She says that everyone who works towards raising awareness or acting with compassion is linked to everyone else who does also.
Crossing to Avalon is a very healing book for women of all ages. I especially enjoyed reading about her experiences of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. I also loved hearing her thoughts on women falling in love with women, or falling in love with the goddess within a woman. She talks about how a woman can have a male archetype within her and that the goddess energy can be inside of a man as well.
A beautiful and healing journey, a celebration of life and womanhood.
Crossing to Avalon is a very healing book for women of all ages. I especially enjoyed reading about her experiences of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. I also loved hearing her thoughts on women falling in love with women, or falling in love with the goddess within a woman. She talks about how a woman can have a male archetype within her and that the goddess energy can be inside of a man as well.
A beautiful and healing journey, a celebration of life and womanhood.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
For women of any age.
7 Aug 1998
Format:Paperback
I am not middle-aged - I'm just 30, and I picked this book up only because it was next to "Goddesses in Everywoman" on the library shelf. But all the way through, I found the book speaking to me and to the transitions I have experienced in my own life. I thought at first it might be too new-agey, but it actually helped broaden my spiritual perspective, which I appreciated. When I was finished, I wanted to call up Jean Shinoda Bolen and invite her over for a cup of tea and a long chat.
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