Goddesses in Older Women
Archetypes in Women Over Fifty
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 1, 2014
From the bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman comes a celebration of life past fifty.
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- Who it’s for
- A Jungian lens reframes life after fifty as a time of emerging energies, wisdom, and possibility.
- Themes
- Life after fifty, Goddess archetypes, Wisdom and self-acceptance
- Genres
- Aging Gracefully, Goddess Spirituality, Aging & Gerontology
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From the bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman comes a celebration of life past fifty. At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory she can choose to mourn what has gone before, or she can embrace the juicy-crone years.
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In this celebration of Act Three, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Goddesses in Everywoman, names the powerful new energies and goddess archetypes of compassion, outrage, healing laughter, and new layers of wisdom that come into the psyche at this momentous time. Bolen thus suggests that women have profound and exciting reasons for welcoming the other side of fifty.
The Third Act
A Jungian lens reframes life after fifty as a time of emerging energies, wisdom, and possibility.
Come here for
- Goddess archetypes tied to compassion, outrage, healing laughter, and wisdom
- A spirited view of the years beyond fifty
Expect
- A celebration of women’s later-life transition
- Psychological reflection grounded in archetypes
Where it sits
| Aging Gracefully | 59% |
|---|---|
| Goddess Spirituality | 46% |
| Aging & Gerontology | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- New Thought
- Goddess Spirituality
- Spirituality
- Psychology of Religion
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- Faith
- Wicca
- Aging Gracefully
- Spiritual Growth
- Authors
- Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 1, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Life after fifty · Goddess archetypes · Wisdom and self-acceptance
- Reading lane
- New Thought