Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

For women of any age.:

I am not middle-aged - I'm just 30, and I picked this book up only because it was next to "Goddesses in Everywoman" on the library shelf. But all the way through, I found the book speaking to me and to the transitions I have experienced in my own life. I thought at first it might be too new-agey, but it actually helped broaden my spiritual perspective, which I appreciated. When I was finished, I wanted to call up Jean Shinoda Bolen and invite her over for a cup of tea and a long chat.

A healing book for women:

Jean Shinoda Bolen writes beautifully and creates vivid imagery. She describes the earth as a mother, a temple as a woman's body, and the sacred places of the earth as "acupuncture points". She draws the reader into her journey by weaving archetypes into her descriptions throughout the book. And she articulates this herself beautifully; "Artists and writers whose work touches us deeply instinctively access collective symbols. They "Dream" for us; they bring images and stories from their own depths that... more info

THE most horrible book I've ever read!!:

This is THE most horrible book I've ever read.
The Blood of Jesus is something you just don't touch.
That is truly "sacred."
The author really steps across "sacred" boundaries
when she desecrates the blood of Jesus,
somehow putting it in the realm of a woman's
menstrual blood.
When the author stands before The Great White Throne,
where will the Dali Lama be?
We'll find out one of these Days, won't we?

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