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Odyssey with the goddess : a spiritual quest in Crete / Carol P. Christ
Bib ID 2174650
Format BookBook
Author
Christ, Carol P
 
Description New York : Continuum, 1995 
173 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0826407935 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
Summary

Odyssey with the Goddess depicts a spiritual journey from death and despair to healing and rebirth. At its deepest level, it is a story with universal resonance. But it is also a woman's story and a spiritual quest from a particular point of view. It begins with a very simple experience of despair - abandonment in a love relationship. What follows is a journey not willingly or consciously chosen. The author is present as her mother dies and glimpses the mystery of love. She is taken to Crete, a land where the Goddess once reigned in peace and harmony. There she descends into the darkness of a cave, finds the tree of life in the center of a garden, and dances to the strange rhythms of mountain goat songs. Eventually she comes to understand that life is not a goal to be achieved by effort and will. It is a dance along a serpentine path offering many gifts at every turn.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173).

Subjects Christ, Carol P.  |  Spiritual biography - United States.  |  Goddess religion.  |  Crete (Greece) - Description and travel.  |  Crete (Greece) - Religion.

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