Crossing to Avalon Author:Jean Shinoda Bolen This spiritual autobiography by bestselling author Jean Shinoda Bolen (Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, The Tao of Psychology, and Ring of Power) adds a rich new dimension to the literature on women at midlife. Inspired by The Mists of Avalon, her chronicle of a pilgrimage to sacred sites in Europe - Chartres, Findhorn, Glastonbury, Io... more »na - becomes a retelling of the quest for the mysterious last Grail.
Interweaving reflections on the mystical experience that brought her into medicine, her awakening to the archetypal feminine through the experience of childbirth, the personal transformations that occurred after her divorce, the sources and significance of midlife depression, and the importance of female friendship, this multi-layered account journeys through and beyond the personal to reveal the mythological significance of the midlife search for meaning and renewal.« less