From War to Wonder: Recovering Your Personal Myth Through Homer’s Odyssey

by Dennis Patrick Slattery, Edward Tick, Norman Austin (Foreword)

From War to Wonder, Dennis Slattery’s new book, not only explicates the beauty and power of the Odyssey, Homer’s twenty-seven-hundred-year-old marvel-filled epic, it also offers a marvelous way to interact with it on a daily basis. Those who do so will be amply rewarded by finding access to the poem's myriad meanings, as well as their capacity for forging their own personal myths.

~Phil Cousineau, author of Once and Future Myths, and editor of The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

What a beautiful invitation this book proffers: to spend a year slowly savoring one of the great masterpieces of world literature and day-by-day discovering how it illumines and deepens your understanding of your own life.

~Christine Downing, author of The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine and Mythopoetic Musings: 2007-2018

427 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 26, 2019

About the author

Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D., is a core faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute who helped shape the development of the Mythological Studies program.

He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 17 books, including four volumes of poetry.

He likes motorcycles and currently resides in Texas with his wife Sandy.