Open this book and enter the world of eros and, curiously, emptiness-two vital qualities of the Wise Old Woman spirit that can help us survive ... possibly even thrive. Through the human imagination and dreams, the Wise Old Woman spirit offers a kind of collaboration and partnership involving a very real intimacy and immediacy while preserving our conscious gains. Although the Wise Old Woman spirit has appeared with many names and in multiple forms, this discovery is specifically born of Jung's work on the archetype of the Wise Old Man. The Wise Old Woman spirit has emerged as a wisdom figure of her own in the ground-breaking research Dr. Faron has conducted. Not a goddess, nor worshipped, the feminine wisdom figure is nevertheless divine, born out of each individual psyche-man or woman-and functions as a psychological and individual reality. Featuring Emma Jung as the quintessential example of the Wise Old Woman spirit and enriched by dreams of the Wise Old Woman from around the world, this book provides scholarly, experiential and life-affirming inspiration!
Susan K Faron, PhD,
is a psychologist and Jungian analyst and graduate of the Jung and von Franz Centre, Switzerland. She received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, Magna Cum Laude, with high honors in psychology, Phi Beta Kappa. She completed her PhD at the California School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Faron has numerous academic honors and is a member of the California Psychological Association. Currently focused on the feminine wisdom archetype, she began her research in 1983 exploring adult development. She has lectured at the San Francisco Analytical Psychology Club and presented internationally in other forums.
The heart of Dr. Faron's work is through private practice, in which she specializes in dreams and their spiritual direction. Susan, mother of six, grandmother to nine, is convinced the real-life experience of the Wise Old Woman spirit serves as foundation for the loving
eros
and vital
emptiness
needed in the world today.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Wisdom of the Old Woman's Spirit
Chapter 2: Manifestations of the Feminine Divine
Chapter 3: Circumambulating
Eros
Chapter 4: The Great Feminine Secret-
Emptiness
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Chapter 5: Colorful Images of the Wise Old Woman Spirit from the Life of Emma Jung
Chapter 6: Astonishing Visits in Dreams Worldwide-More Images of the Wise Old Woman Spirit
Chapter 7: Epilogue
References