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At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory -- one that is generally uncelebrated in popular culture -- she can choose to mourn what has gone before, or she can embrace the juicy crone years. In this celebration of Act 3, Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen names the powerful new energies and potentials, or archetypes, that come into the psyche at this momentous time, suggesting that women getting older have profound and exciting reasons for welcoming the other side of fifty.

As Bolen has explained in her remarkable body of work, there are goddesses in every woman, deep archetypal sources of wisdom, authenticity and spirituality that, once tapped, energize us and give us a sense of meaning and self- acceptance. The knowledge of which archetypes are active within us at each phase of life-maiden, mother (or matron), and cronesupports us in making choices that are true to who we are instead of conforming to others' ideas of who we should be.

In Bolen's bestselling Goddesses in Everywoman, the classic work of the women's spirituality movement, the Greek goddesses personified these archetypes as they affected the first two phases of a woman's adult life. Now she explains that in the third stage, marked physiologically by menopause, there emerges a whole new cast of inner archetypes that a woman can draw on for guidance, creativity, personal integration, and joy. Once we learn to recognize these forces, we can feel empowered and wise, introspective and spiritual, sexually bold and full of mirth. For it is in the "wisewoman" years, when a woman has lived long enough to resolve the tasks of younger and middle adulthood, that she can fully and authentically become who she deeply is.

The generation of women who are approaching or who have reached the crone years is historically unique. Influenced by the women's movement, they have benefited from educational opportunities, women's support networks, and economic resources as excellent preparation for decades of active postmenopausal life. By recognizing the goddess archetypes that emerge in this phase, women of this special generation will be enabled to transform the crone years into the best years of their lives.

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Recycling a format she successfully employed in Goddesses in Everywoman (1984), Bolen, the author of seven works of Jungian psychology, addresses an older audience, urging women over 50 to search out positive archetypes or patterns of behavior that lie dormant in their inner selves that will help them realize their full potential. A Jungian analyst and professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, Bolen relies heavily on her earlier work, in which Greek goddesses personified aspects of the feminine psyche. For "crones" (women in the postmenopausal stage of their lives), Bolen posits four principal goddesses--Metis, Sophia, Hecate and Hestia--each of whom embodies practical intellectual, mystical, spiritual, intuitive or meditative aspects of wisdom. She recounts the goddesses' mythic origins and shows how their attributes can help women forge a more meaningful life. Bolen also highlights the empowering attributes of outrage, mirth and kindness incarnated in certain Asian myths. In the second part of this work, Bolen revisits seven goddesses described in her original work, this time relating them to older women. Finally, Bolen urges older women to congregate in groups patterned on the consciousness-raising circles of the 1960s, to become a force for change spiritually and politically. Readers skeptical of Jungian philosophy may find the concepts here too abstract and convoluted to serve as a practical guide to aging. But for those who celebrate their maturity, Bolen's thoughtful mytho-psychology will be an inspiration. (Mar.)Forecast: Though this invitation to embrace their inner "crone" probably won't appeal to the wide female readership that made Goddesses in Everywoman a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and backlist staple, Bolen is closely connected to her core readers. With 32 workshops, bookstore appearances and lectures planned in 25 cities, she can look forward to solid sales.

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Bolen is one of the most popular writers on goddesses, and with millions of baby boomers embarking upon their sixth decade, her new book should encounter a welcoming audience. Having shared her own midlife journey in Crossing to Avalon (1994), Bolen here looks to mythology for empowering archetypes for the older woman. For the first time in her work, she stretches her purview beyond the Greek pantheon to include goddesses from Egypt and Asia, and still she focuses primarily on the goddesses she has explored in such earlier works as Goddesses in Everywoman (1984). 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. Patricia Monaghan
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; First Edition (March 6, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006019152X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060191528
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don't Whine, Urgent Message from Mother, Like a Tree, Moving Toward the Millionth Circle, and Artemis, with over a hundred foreign editions. All of her books are in Spanish. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women and the International Transpersonal Association. She was a recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing's "Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award", and the Asssociation for the Study of Women and Mythology's Demeter Award for her lifetime achievement in women's spirituality. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was in two acclaimed documentaries, the Academy-Award winning anti-nuclear proliferation film Women--For America, For the World, and the Canadian Film Board's Goddess Remembered. The Millionth Circle Initiative (www.millonthcircle.org)was inspired by her book and led to her involvement at the UN. She is an advocate for a 5th World Conference on Women (www.5wcw.org). The Secretary General and the President of the General Assembly on March 8, 2012, jointly asked for a resolution from the General Assembly which did not happen. Instead, momentum is growing for 5WCW India 2022. Jean's website is www.jeanbolen.com.

Event schedule: http://www.jeanshinodabolen.com/schedule.html

Most current and past newsletters: http://www.jeanshinodabolen.com/newsletters/index.html

2014 New Publications: 30th Anniversary Edition of Goddesses in Everywoman, 25th Anniversary Edition of Gods in Everyman (both from HarperCollins, July 2014), and Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman (Conari Press, an imprint of Red Wheel Weiser, September 2014).

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Jeanne Frost
5.0 out of 5 stars Goddesses in Older Women
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"Goddesses in Older Women" is giving me a fleshed out experience of something I had heard about but never studied. These archetypes are beginning to become recognisable in people I know as well as in myself. Her writing and way of teaching is very easy to understand and apply in life. A very enjoyable book indeed. I plan to buy more of her work.

This book is helpful, especially now, in my efforts to write a good, insightful novel. It is such a useful way of understanding my characters I am getting acquainted with in my book.

Since writing a novel is often a reflection of the author's inner reality, Jean Shinoda Bolen's book is assisting me in evaluating where I fit into these archetypes. A bit of do it yourself therapy and counselling is going on for this writer!
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Ford
5.0 out of 5 stars Calling all women!
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2006
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In a culture that worships youthful beauty, this book reminds us all that our esoteric standards are stifled, immature and limited. The wonderful Bolen leads women (and real men) on a revealing and empowering exploration of the many rich, strong, wise, diverse and beautiful identities that both shape and define the gifts of "older" women.

I have shared this book with my daughters, my friends and as a springboard to discussion in nursing homes with goddesses over 90 years rich.

There are truths here that we must affirm (as they affirm us!) in order to claim our true places in this world!
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lovetodream
4.0 out of 5 stars The Goddess In Me
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2011
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I am still reading this book but am connecting to the various Goddesses as I am
taking notes and using this to see my many sides as described in length by the author. I have never been in touch with this area in my life but am now ready to
learn about the complex nature of some of the Goddesses and see how they relate to me today. Very interesting book.
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Jayne Gorup
5.0 out of 5 stars Goddess
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I checked out this book at the library. It was so good that I wanted to add it to my personal library. The seller said it was in very good condition. It was actually in better condition than the library book. Happy it's perstine and unmarked as per description. Very happy
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Scout
5.0 out of 5 stars Claiming My Crone
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2013
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I have enjoyed this book and benefited by it in terms of empowerment and self-esteem. I have a Master of Divinity from a well respected (though infamously liberal) theological school. I found Bolen's take on ancient religions and current modern traditions spot on. This was an easy read, and entertaining. I recommend it to any woman facing entrance into her crone phase... and to any man who cares about such a woman.
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Jung At Heart
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful - a must read for every women 50 and up
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The introduction alone is worth buying the book for! Especially if you're about to transition into menopause. A beautiful take and much needed advice on a women's passage into the 3rd phase of her life.
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Kit-Ten
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016
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I really enjoyed this book. I can clearly remember how the archetypes Dr. Bolen describes have manifested at different times in my life and it's easy to recognize some of them in friends and family. I like knowing I have a wealth of goddesses to draw upon as my life seasons change. I can stop looking outside myself for validation and just ask the goddesses!
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Jody J. Savage
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Little about Romantic Love / Eroticissm and Older Goddesses
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2018
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I was looking for information on goddesses and the eroticism of older women, and found very little about that in this book. People with other, less specific, interests may find the book to be of greater interest. However, while older men may find archetypes that support their continued sexual development in books on mythology, it is interesting that in a book focused on goddesses in older women, this important aspect of human experience is nearly absent.
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Wendy
5.0 out of 5 stars Timely insight
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2022
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I love everything she writes! This book too...It's like she's inside my brain, living my life as I'm living it. Our patterned experiences really shouldn't surprise me as much as they do...but they always do. Each stage never seems to disappoint.

"I needed to live longer, to become postmenopausal, to mature--in much the same way as a full-bodied red wine needs time to age, acquire clarity, and soften its bite. Only when I came to know Hecate as an archetype in myself, and became part of a crone-aged women who were reinventing what this stage of life could be, was I able to give Hecate her due. With that shift, the Goddesses in Older Women was born."
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Dinajara Freire
5.0 out of 5 stars Molto bello
Reviewed in Italy on October 22, 2023
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grecian
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read
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A great book, which appreciates the diversity of every woman. Interesting perspective. Recommend. Book came in good time and was in very Good condition. Thank you
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Mimi
5.0 out of 5 stars Very valuable now that I start to feel the weight of my age
Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2015
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Just as I liked "Goddeses in every woman" from the same author (which was once recommended to me by my psychotherapist, and back then, it really helped me in appreciating myself as I am), I also adored this book. It gave me a very much appreciated (because positive) point of view into getting older as a woman. I recognised myself in bits and pieces of all goddesses described. Having been a bit scared of menopause (I'm not there just yet), I now see the good sides of it and am actually looking forward to it.
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Pat Rocko
5.0 out of 5 stars The right time.
Reviewed in Canada on February 5, 2022
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Was waiting for this enlightenment.
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