The Crown Of Age

by Marion Woodman

On The Crown of Age, Jungian analyst Marion Woodman examines what it means to pass through life's many "crossroads and thresholds," emerging as an elder, the embodiment of wisdom, wholeness, and truth. Mining the riches of her own life, including her battle with cancer, Woodman illustrates the paradox of growing that while our physical strength wanes, our spiritual strength "blossoms, petal by petal." With poetic insight she describes the archetypal passage in a woman's life from mother to virgin to crone, and the preparation of our souls for the great crown we receive only at the end of life. The Crown of Age is a profound offering of wisdom that refl ects Marion Woodman's long and celebrated career as a writer, teacher, analyst, and now, trusted elder.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Audiobook

Audio CD

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Marion Woodman was a Canadian mythopoetic author and women's movement figure. She was a Jungian analyst trained at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. She was one of the most widely read authors on feminine psychology, focusing on psyche and soma. She was also an international lecturer and poet. Her collection of audio and visual lectures, correspondence, and manuscripts are housed at OPUS Archives and Research Center, in Santa Barbara, California. Among her collaborations with other authors she wrote with Thomas Moore, Jill Mellick and Robert Bly. Her brothers were the late Canadian actor Bruce Boa and Jungian analyst Fraser Boa.

Reviews

[Parla · Rating 5 out of 5]

“..and that’s how I came to recognize that wonderful statement of Jung’s: what is not brought to consciousness comes to us as faith. And that’s where I realized I did not want to follow an unconscious faith, I wanted a conscious destiny.” I can’t get enough of Marion Woodman.

[Jaci · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marion Woodman reads this which adds a great deal to this short offering. The Jungian viewpoint on conscious living as we age is fascinating and I found myself wanting to take notes. I will be buying a copy to read so that I can indulge my highlighter.

[Rain Jewelle Martin]

Compulsory for society - men AND women!