The Hero and the Goddess: The Odyssey as Pathway to Personal Transformation Jean Houston Foreword by Marianne Williamson 425 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 $16.95 paper 978-0-8356-0878-7

Internationally acclaimed for her groundbreaking United Nations and UNICEF leadership training, and for her founding role in the Human Potentials Movement, bestselling author Dr. Jean Houston has guided thousands of people from across the globe on a transformative journey in search of their ‘essential selves’. Now, in her latest release, The Hero and the Goddess, Houston invites you to embark with her on her most important journey yet, a provocative exploration of antiquity’s greatest epic, Homer’s The Odyssey.

The Hero and the Goddess reveals the timeless power of myth to liberate the psyche. In this engaging journey with the Odyssey’s immortal archetypes the reader truly becomes the hero of old and the goddess divine. With provocative exercises accompanying each chapter, Houston brings Odysseus’s mythic quest to life. Tailored for the individual as well as for group study, The Hero and the Goddess connects the seeker to the ageless wisdom embodied in archetypal figures, those venerable beings dwelling in us all.

By becoming the cunning warrior, the goddess protector, a faithful mother, and endearing son, we meet with the honest reflections of our deepest yearnings and betrayals, our subconscious feelings of loss and grief. Awaiting the champion who stays true is that of the newly ‘awakened self’. And although the mythic journey begins in you, these great archetypes most reveal the transcendent revelation of ‘oneness’, the impetus for a higher global consciousness. This transformative journey brings resurrection and healing to those who dare to embark on the path of The Hero and the Goddess. Set sail and be discovered as the Athena and Odysseus within, welcomed home to join again the “Divine Beloved of the Soul”.

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She is author of over fifteen books, including The Possible Human, Life Force:The Psycho-Historical Recovery of the Self, and A Mythic Life.

For more information, please visit the author's website www.jeanhouston.org


Other titles by the author:

• Godseed:
  The Journey of Christ
• Godseed (CD)
• Greening of American Psyche: Pts 1 & 2 (DVD)
• Greening of the American Psyche: Pts 1-2 (CD)
• In Search of the Possible Human (DVD)
• Life Force (3 CDs)
• Life Force: The Psycho-Historical Recovery of the Self
• Manual for the Peacemaker:
  An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self and Society
• Mind Games:
  The Guide to Inner Space
• A Mythic Life (CD)
• Public Like a Frog: Entering the Lives of Three Great Americans
• Social Action as Spiritual Practice:
  Social Artistry and the Making of a New World (CD)
• Social Action as Spiritual Practice:
  Social Artistry and the Making of a New World (DVD)

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