Geworteld in een rijke erfenis van Keltische mythen en vertellingen, is het werk van deze auteur diepgaand beïnvloed door haar opvoeding en haar latere onderdompeling in de landschappen van Schotland en Ierland. Haar achtergrond in psychologie en neurowetenschappen biedt een unieke lens waardoor ze thema's als transformatie, plaats en verbondenheid onderzoekt. Door middel van narratieve psychologie en haar diepe verbondenheid met het land creëert ze boeiende verhalen die resoneren met een primair gevoel voor mythe. Haar schrijven nodigt lezers uit op een reis van persoonlijke ontdekking, waarbij het oude en het hedendaagse met elkaar worden verbonden.
'If women remember that once upon a time we sang with the tongues of seals and flew with the wings of swans, that we forged our own paths through the dark forest while creating a community of its many inhabitants, then we will rise up rooted, like trees. And if we rise up rooted, like trees... well then, women might indeed save not only ourselves, but the world.' With lyrical, visceral writing, this rallying cry for the re-wilding of womanhood has gathered followers and fans across the world.
The author of If Women Rose Rooted and The Enchanted Life returns to her first
love, fiction, in this literary collection of fairy-tale retellings of
transforming women.
Charged with drama and beauty, this memorable collection by a master
storyteller weaves a magical world of possibility and power from female myths
of physical renewal, creation and change. It is an extraordinary immersion
into the bodies and voices, mindscapes and landscapes, of the shapeshifting
women of our native folklore.
Taking the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales
and folk culture, The Enchanted Life offers a set of practical and grounded
tools for reclaiming enchantment in our lives, giving us a greater sense of
meaning and of belonging to the world. An inspiring, beautifully written call
to re-engage with the natural world.
Drawing inspiration from mythic figures and archetypes, Dr Sharon Blackie
reclaims the mid-years as a liberating, alchemical moment rich with
possibility and the elder years as a path to dynamic influence.
RADICALLY REIMAGINE THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE “There can be a certain perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.” — from the book For any woman over fifty who has ever asked “What now? Who do I want to be?” comes a life-changing book showing how your next phase of life may be your most dynamic yet. As mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie describes it, midlife is the threshold to decades of opportunity and profound transformation, a time to learn, flourish, and claim the desires and identities that are often limited during earlier life stages. This is a time for gaining new perspectives, challenging and evolving belief systems, exploring callings, uncovering meaning, and ultimately finding healing for accumulated wounds. Western folklore and mythology are rife with brilliantly creative, fulfilled, feisty, and furious role models for aging women, despite our culture’s focus on youthfulness. Blackie explores these archetypes in Hagitude, presenting them in a way sure to appeal to contemporary women. Drawing inspiration from these examples as well as modern mentors, you can reclaim midlife as a liberating, alchemical moment rich with possibility and your elder years as a path to feminine power.
