Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women over Fifty

"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!

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

I am still reading this book but am connecting to the various Goddesses as I amtaking 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 tolearn about the complex nature of some of the Goddesses and see how they relate to me today. Very interesting book.

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!

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.

This a great gift for a diva turning 50. I took it with a group of ladies 50- 61 on a 50th birthday celebration trip to Mexico We all enjoyed reading it. I have had their other book,Goddesses in Every Woman for years and love that as well. Both are well researched and help women understand their motivations and passions. Good food for thought on the female myth.

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!

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.

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."

Beautiful book.

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

Absol9amazing book by and incredible author Jean Shinoda Bolen. Beautifully written and wonderful to work through. Combining historical myths and how these stories and archetypes play out in our life. Platform for personal growth and development. This book is very hard to get, unfortunately it is not available in e-verson so I had to purchase the paperback. Should it come out in e-version I would defi9regpirchase so I could have it quickly avail and access notes/highlights in the Kindle App... So if you make it avai9thta would be awesome. Highly recommend this book for all women. 👭

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.