Descent to the Goddess

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Summary: An essential personal and academic referrence source.
Review: "Descent to the Goddess" gives both men and women a new perspective on the meaning of duality in gender and psychology. An excellent text for those who have been in therapy or have used "self-help" books, but feel the need to "go further." As an academic source, this book and its author equal the works of such authors as Foucault, Bakhtin, Durkheim and Victor Turner. "Descent to the Goddess" is a vital resource for psychologists, regardless of theoretical background or technique

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Summary: Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, no.6
Review: A pioneer study of the need for an inner female authority in a masculine-oriented society. Interprets the journey into the underworld of Inanna-Ishtar, Goddess of Heaven and Earth, to see Ereshkigal, her dark sister. So must modern women descend into the depths of themselves. Rich in insights from the author's analytic practice. Index. Over 90,000 sold.

"The originality and inspiration of this book is incalculably precious." - Resurgence.

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Summary: Essential Reading for Therapists Treating Depression
Review: As a therapist (12 yrs), I have been using the material in this book for reframing the experience of depression for my clients. The clients I have introduced this book to are now reframing their illness as an intiation into a greater understanding of their relation to self/soul. While at times dry for most laypeople, It has become a reference book for my practice.

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Summary: Essential Reading for Therapists Treating Depression
Review: As a therapist (12 yrs), I have been using the material in this book for reframing the experience of depression for my clients. The clients I have introduced this book to are now reframing their illness as an intiation into a greater understanding of their relation to self/soul. While at times dry for most laypeople, It has become a reference book for my practice.

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Summary: The Deep and True Feminine
Review: As an astrologer, Jungian and VisionCoach, I often recommend this book to my clients as a healing journey. It is probably necessary to have a little Jungian and mythological background to enjoy this particular approach to the universal truth of the female. The style is elevated and uses language familiar to Jungian analysts.

You cannot imagine what you will find in this book, though -- it is so different from Women's Lib and and the generalized Greek and Roman myths, for example.

Perera discusses the bi-polar nature of women and mythically describes their arrival to Power and The Deep Feminine.

If you are serious about your path of development on the female side, I can't think of a more worthwhile book.

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Summary: The Deep and True Feminine
Review: As an astrologer, Jungian and VisionCoach, I often recommend this book to my clients as a healing journey. It is probably necessary to have a little Jungian and mythological background to enjoy this particular approach to the universal truth of the female. The style is elevated and uses language familiar to Jungian analysts.

You cannot imagine what you will find in this book, though -- it is so different from Women's Lib and and the generalized Greek and Roman myths, for example.

Perera discusses the bi-polar nature of women and mythically describes their arrival to Power and The Deep Feminine.

If you are serious about your path of development on the female side, I can't think of a more worthwhile book.

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Summary: Yes, for men, too!!!
Review: It is always a relief to men like myself (Soulseekers) when an authoress acknowledges a male's need for an Inner Feminine Authority to guide him and perhaps, if he is lucky, lead him to the Treasure hard to attain, for truth be told, no physical woman on earth can do that for him.

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Summary: A Classic
Review: The following is an author bio "Sylvia Brinton Perera is a Jungian analyst who lives, practices, teaches, and writes in New York and Vermont. She was trained as an art historian and worked as a museum curator. Her work in the Civil Rights movement in America and with disadvantaged children led her to study psychology at the New School in New York City, where she received an M.A. She also is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York, where she has taught analysts in training for twenty years. She lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe, and annually leads groups to Ireland to study the relevance of Celtic mythology to clinical practice."

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Summary: A Classic
Review: The following is an author bio "Sylvia Brinton Perera is a Jungian analyst who lives, practices, teaches, and writes in New York and Vermont. She was trained as an art historian and worked as a museum curator. Her work in the Civil Rights movement in America and with disadvantaged children led her to study psychology at the New School in New York City, where she received an M.A. She also is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York, where she has taught analysts in training for twenty years. She lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe, and annually leads groups to Ireland to study the relevance of Celtic mythology to clinical practice."