Loomis uncovers the inner price daughters pay in over-relating to their fathers and, in their attempts to live up to masculine expectations and definitions of success. She shows women how to break such ties and take charge of their own destinies.

The thirteenth-century Chartres Cathedral labyrinth and its historic precedents have been making a comeback as metaphors for the spiritual journey due to the work of Lauren Artress and others. In this book, Jungian analyst Sylvia Senensky probes the inner depths of the labyrinth as a source of Archetypal Feminine energy-the womb, the cave, the domain of the Goddess, the core of the earth, the encounter with planned chaos, and the consequences of ignored shadow. She draws on powerful personal experiences, the stories of women she has worked with as clients and workshop participants, and the rich literature of myth and fairy tale as found in Theseus and the Minotaur, Demeter and Persephone, Inanna, and Vassilisa the Beautiful. Poems and quotations also serve as examples. 20 illustrations.

Chiron 2003 208 pp.     ISBN: 978-1-888602-26-5 pb with illustrations $24.95

Rendered in breathtaking poetry, Meador begins her exploration with the myth of Inanna's descent to the underworld. She presents this dark, psychological journey of feminine enlightenment as a positive and necessary gift of one's full individuality and creative nature.