The Old Woman’s Daughter: Transformative Wisdom for Men and Women (Volume 11) (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology)

Also available in an open-access, full-text edition at (http://txspace.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/86078/Douglas_585444790_Txt.pdf?sequence=1) http://txspace.tamu.edu/bitstream/han... The Old Womans Daughter offers men and women alike a way to make sense of their lives and find more healing alternatives than offered by our present culture. In gentle, evocative imagery, Jungian analyst Claire Douglas invites readers to reconnect with the ancient tradition of the feminine, the Old Woman, symbolized by her own Celtic grandmother. After considering the dangers to individuals and the society of the masculine-focused dualities of our own culture, Douglas describes an alternative that incorporates the feminine self within each of us, man or woman. Douglas draws on myth and story, her own experiences, poetry, the dreams of some of her patients, and images available from Tibetan Buddhism to find archetypes that help us recognize our inheritance from the Old Woman. She describes a form of therapy that emphasizes cherishment or bonding for the purpose of recovering our ties to the ancient feminine, and she deftly incorporates her search for her own voice in shaping the book into an organic whole. Rising from Douglass lifelong interest in the psychology of the feminine, this book shows how healing is related naturally to a Motherline of attunement, connection, and cherishment.

The Old Woman's Daughter offers men and women alike a way to make sense of their lives and find more healing alternatives than offered by our present culture.

In gentle, evocative imagery, Jungian analyst Claire Douglas invites readers to reconnect with the ancient tradition of the feminine, the Old Woman, symbolized by her own Celtic grandmother. After considering the dangers to individuals and the society of the masculine-focused dualities of our own culture, Douglas describes an alternative that incorporates the feminine self within each of us, man or woman.

Douglas draws on myth and story, her own experiences, poetry, the dreams of some of her patients, and images available from Tibetan Buddhism to find archetypes that help us recognize our inheritance from the Old Woman. She describes a form of therapy that emphasizes cherishment, or bonding for the purpose of recovering our ties to the ancient feminine, and she deftly incorporates her search for her own voice in shaping the book into an organic whole.

Author Biography: CLAIRE DOUGLAS, a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, is in private practice in Malibu, California. She trained at the C. G. Jung Institute of New York and was a Bunting Fellow at Harvard University, where she carried out research on Jung. She has had a number of books published, along with many articles, essays, and book reviews.

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Douglas poignantly describes the difficulty of ego consciousness as it makes its return to a felt connection with Source and Ground of Being. The journey is life affirming and life renewing.

"The Old Woman's Daughter offers men and women alike a way to make sense of their lives and find more healing alternatives than offered by our present culture. In gentle, evocative imagery, Jungian analyst Claire Douglas invites readers to reconnect with the ancient tradition of the feminine, the "Old Woman," symbolized by her own Celtic grandmother. After considering the dangers to individuals and the society of the masculine-focused dualities of our own culture, Douglas describes an alternative that incorporates the feminine self within each of us, man or woman." "Douglas draws on myth and story, her own experiences, poetry, the dreams of some of her patients, and images available from Tibetan Buddhism to find the images and archetypes that help us recognize our inheritance from the Old Woman. She describes a form of therapy that emphasizes "cherishment," or bonding for the purpose of recovering our ties to the ancient feminine, and she deftly incorporates her search for her own voice in shaping the book into an organic whole." "Rising from Douglas's lifelong interest in the psychology of the feminine, this book shows how healing is related naturally to a Motherline of attunement, connection, and cherishment."--Jacket Cover......Page 1 Series-Title ......Page 2 Half-Title ......Page 4 Title Page ......Page 6 Copyright ......Page 7 Dedication ......Page 8 Epigraph ......Page 9 Table of Contents ......Page 10 List of Illustrations ......Page 11 Series Editor's Foreward ......Page 12 Acknowledgements ......Page 16 Introduction ......Page 20 1. The Black Serpent and the Beautiful Young Girl ......Page 34 2. The Snake and the Girl Transfigured ......Page 68 3. Cherishment: A Different Way of Doing Therapy and Being in the World ......Page 105 4. The Old Woman, Her Daughter, and Her Daughter's Children: Weaving Together ......Page 135 Afterword ......Page 162 Notes: Introduction ......Page 168 Notes: Chapter 1 ......Page 169 Notes: Chapter 2 ......Page 171 Notes: Chapter 3 ......Page 172 Notes: Chapter 4 ......Page 173 Notes: Afterword ......Page 174 Bibliography ......Page 176 Index ......Page 184 The black serpent and the beautiful young girl : inherited views of the feminine The snake and the girl transfigured : a feminine birthright reclaimed Cherishment : a different way of doing therapy and being in the world The old woman, her daughter, and her daughter's children : weaving together.