Publisher's Synopsis
" Remarkable, potent, potentiating, practical, profound and a much needed archetype." -Jean Houston, Author and Human Potential Leader Awaken a New Myth, The Goddess Warrior on the Hero's Journey, is an inspirational overview of a mythic journey to awaken, manifest, and transform. It gives a step-by-step self-help course. Through simple stories and pictures, the reader learns to separate from the past and embark on the spiritual adventure of greater meaning and purpose. Based on the best of the collective unconsciousness, this archetypal model gives the keys and a map to evolve and grow into a greater integrated human being that is capable of effecting positive change both personally and globally. Written with easily digestible processes, questions, tips, and affirmations, the reader feels as if a wise friend is guiding him/her. Practical, uplifting, and nourishing both visually and mentally, this life-enhancing guidebook, is the first of series, called A Toolkit for Awakening, using Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey as the foundation and outline. Readers will see how life is transcendent or how the outer world reflects one's inner dynamics. Right Livelihood is encouraged as is appreciating the positive and enhancing happiness. Going into silence or a meditative practice as well as creating a functional plan are supported. Written with large print and over 200 photos, it lightens the mind and communicates directly to the heart and right brain. This picture book can be opened randomly for a message in the moment, be used with a journal to become your own therapist, or as a handbook for groups. Empowering to live the greater life of the soul, this potentiating work steers readers to be great and noble. Described as a treasure chest of support, the symbolism of these archetypal giants gives motivational process. The Goddess tells us to love, allow, and accept whatever is happening without resistance. The Warrior illustrates how to be present, willing, and accountable. It encompasses Magnetic Creation, which is creating through intention and the Law of Attraction. The Hero's Journey portrays the stepping-stones or ways through three parts: the Departure/Separation, the Initiations and the Return. Part I, the Separating stage, has five steps: "Call to Adventure": Search for meaning, purpose, and identity and quest for Unity. "Refuse the Call": Consciously choose to awaken from your ego fixations, beliefs, and judgments. "Supernatural Aids": Be open to help from anywhere. "Crossing the Threshold": Intentionally generate change through the Law of Attraction. "Belly of the Whale": Identify, heal, or transcend your conditional wounding. Part II, the six Initiations, is our Cosmic Curriculum or spiritual codes, for their directives are ways to awaken and transform. "The Road of Trails": Be proactive and focus on what you want to become. "Meeting the Goddess": Love, allow, and accept what Is. "Woman as Temptress": Avoid the temptation to control, struggle, and create drama. "Atonement with the Father": Be present, forgiving, and take responsibility for your time, attention, and intention. "Apotheosis": Make life sacred. "The Ultimate Boon": Be the change you want to be. Part III, the Return, has six steps, for a true Hero serves the greater good. "Refusal to Return": Restore to your community and the world what you have learned and gained. "Magical Flight": Believe in the flow of the process by moving beyond the obstacles to celebrate what Is. "Rescue From Without": Trust the world will assist you. "Crossing the Return Threshold": Integrate and teach your changed values. "Master of Both Worlds": Be spiritual beings with practical feet. "Freedom to Be": Liberation is the true gain. This book is a healing journey to enlighten life. Readers are taught to become mythmakers who can accelerate our capacity to make the most of our life by instigating positive, personal, and planetary transformation.
