The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom & Power
by Barbara G. Walker
A probing account of the honored place of older women in ancient matriarchal societies restores to contemporary women an energizing symbol of self-value, power, and respect.
($18.99 + GST)
A probing account of the honored place of older women in ancient matriarchal societies restores to contemporary women an energizing symbol of self-value, power, and respect.
($18.99 + GST)
C$
19.94
Feminist Fairy Tales
by Barbara G. Walker
Walker has re-spun classic fairy tales, reinterpret folklore staples and written a few original stories of her own in a manner that reflects a serious?and sometimes funny?feminist mind. Wordplay groaners and contemporary mores, terms and conveniences in ancient settings may amuse some. The stories elevate women to the heroic roles. Walker introduces each of the 28 stories with a brief commentary on its origins and meaning.
($20.95 + GST)
Walker has re-spun classic fairy tales, reinterpret folklore staples and written a few original stories of her own in a manner that reflects a serious?and sometimes funny?feminist mind. Wordplay groaners and contemporary mores, terms and conveniences in ancient settings may amuse some. The stories elevate women to the heroic roles. Walker introduces each of the 28 stories with a brief commentary on its origins and meaning.
($20.95 + GST)
C$
22.00
Goddesses in Everywoman
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Identify your own inner goddesses and using these archetypes, guide yourself to greater self–esteem, creativity, and happiness. Just as women were unconscious of the effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them.
($19.95 + GST)
Identify your own inner goddesses and using these archetypes, guide yourself to greater self–esteem, creativity, and happiness. Just as women were unconscious of the effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them.
($19.95 + GST)
C$
20.95
Goddesses in Older Women
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Having shared her own midlife journey in Crossing to Avalon (1994), Bolen here looks to mythology for empowering archetypes for the older woman. Bolen sees the aging woman as not only a font of wisdom but also a vibrant creative force, whose energies are free to move beyond the personal into the interpersonal and the transpersonal. Whether laughing like the mirthful Uzume or meditating with Hestia at the hearth, this "juicy crone" models power and passion in these pages. ($17.99 + GST)
Having shared her own midlife journey in Crossing to Avalon (1994), Bolen here looks to mythology for empowering archetypes for the older woman. Bolen sees the aging woman as not only a font of wisdom but also a vibrant creative force, whose energies are free to move beyond the personal into the interpersonal and the transpersonal. Whether laughing like the mirthful Uzume or meditating with Hestia at the hearth, this "juicy crone" models power and passion in these pages. ($17.99 + GST)
C$
18.89
Mythic Journey
by Liz Greene and Juliet Sharman-Burke
Since the beginning of time, human beings have relied on myths, fairy tales, and fables to explain life's mysteries. This book reveals how your own life journey can find comfort and support in the legends and lore of the past. More than fifty myths are beautifully retold, and each is followed by a psychological overview explaining the application the story can have in our own lives.
($18.50 + GST)
Since the beginning of time, human beings have relied on myths, fairy tales, and fables to explain life's mysteries. This book reveals how your own life journey can find comfort and support in the legends and lore of the past. More than fifty myths are beautifully retold, and each is followed by a psychological overview explaining the application the story can have in our own lives.
($18.50 + GST)
C$
19.45
Myths of the Sacred Tree
by Moyra Caldecott
Essential to life on earth since the beginning of time, trees hold a special place in our collective consciousness: rooted in the earth, reaching skyward, nourished by the elements, and enlivened by the sap running through their veins, they provide a metaphor for what it means to be human. Moyra Caldecott has gathered here a collection of myths celebrating the rich symbolism of trees, all bringing to life a time when the natural world was deeply respected and trees and forests were thought to be inhabited by spirits and divine beings.
($21.95 + GST)
Essential to life on earth since the beginning of time, trees hold a special place in our collective consciousness: rooted in the earth, reaching skyward, nourished by the elements, and enlivened by the sap running through their veins, they provide a metaphor for what it means to be human. Moyra Caldecott has gathered here a collection of myths celebrating the rich symbolism of trees, all bringing to life a time when the natural world was deeply respected and trees and forests were thought to be inhabited by spirits and divine beings.
($21.95 + GST)
C$
23.05
Myths to Live By
by Joseph Campbell
This book explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from past to present, returning always to the source from which all mythology springs; the creative imagination. Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere. ($23.00 + GST)
This book explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from past to present, returning always to the source from which all mythology springs; the creative imagination. Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere. ($23.00 + GST)
C$
24.15
Narrative Medicine
by Madrona Lewis Mehl
A professor of family medicine and psychiatry, Mehl-Madrona avoids a "problem-based" vantage point, addressing root causes where conventional medicine addresses symptoms, using the body's natural tendency toward harmony and balance where others use drugs. Mehl-Medrona invites readers into powerful tribal talking circles, as well as the sweatlodge, where patients conceptualize illness as an entity to battle.
($25.00 + GST)
A professor of family medicine and psychiatry, Mehl-Madrona avoids a "problem-based" vantage point, addressing root causes where conventional medicine addresses symptoms, using the body's natural tendency toward harmony and balance where others use drugs. Mehl-Medrona invites readers into powerful tribal talking circles, as well as the sweatlodge, where patients conceptualize illness as an entity to battle.
($25.00 + GST)
C$
26.25
Tapping the Power Within
by Iyanla Vanzant
This book offers a powerful path to self-empowerment through the revitalization of one's spiritual and ancestral roots. Written with Iyanla's signature healing stories, this classic guide to uniting the will with the spirit teaches that only you have the power to make a change for the better. You no longer need to settle for the way things are!!
($20.95 + GST)
This book offers a powerful path to self-empowerment through the revitalization of one's spiritual and ancestral roots. Written with Iyanla's signature healing stories, this classic guide to uniting the will with the spirit teaches that only you have the power to make a change for the better. You no longer need to settle for the way things are!!
($20.95 + GST)
C$
22.00
Teachings around the Sacred Wheel
by Lynn V. Andrews
Andrews provides helpful explanations and easy-to-follow visualization exercises for traveling the inner paths to the four points of the sacred wheel. Readers will discover their own special Power Animal, energize within a circle of crystals, seek self-knowledge through mirroring, and make a visionary mountain ascent and more.
($20.00 + GST)
Andrews provides helpful explanations and easy-to-follow visualization exercises for traveling the inner paths to the four points of the sacred wheel. Readers will discover their own special Power Animal, energize within a circle of crystals, seek self-knowledge through mirroring, and make a visionary mountain ascent and more.
($20.00 + GST)
C$
21.00
Women Who Run with the Wolves
by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Dr. Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul. ($22.00 + GST)
Dr. Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul. ($22.00 + GST)
C$
23.10
