The Second Half Of Life: The Blossoming Of Your Creative Self

The Second Half of Life: The Blossoming of Your Creative Self

Arrien Angeles retrieves the world's vital wisdom teachings that have opened people at mid-life to the deeper mysteries of who we really are and why we are truly here. Book Description Anthropologist and author Angeles Arrien brings listeners--in 12 challenging lectures--the golden keys to all midlife work, including rare indigenous rituals, fascinating myths, biblical wisdom, teachings on creativity and generativity, and much more. About the Author Angeles Arrien is a teacher, author, and cultural anthropologist. Dr. Arriens teachings bridge the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and comparative religions, while focusing on universal beliefs shared by humanity. She is the author of The Tarot Handbook, The Four-Fold Way, and Signs of Life. From AudioFile Subtitled THE BLOSSOMING OF YOUR CREATIVE SELF, this lovely and complex program is about opening to the deeper mysteries of who we are at midlife and recovering the great dream we have for our lives. Angeles Arrien, author, cultural anthropologist, and eloquent storyteller, describes the three principles that should inform the second half of life: generativity, intimacy and creativity. One way to follow these principles is to perform daily the three cross-cultural tasks referred to by Arrien as "the Blessing Way"--say a prayer or set a sacred intention, express gratitude and perform at least one life-affirming action. Many stories are interwoven throughout the program: Solomon's Wisdom, Pandora's Box, The 12 Labors of Hercules, and The Nine Muses. Eloquent and provocative, Arrien provides not only stories and myths, but also many practical instructions to encourage us to change at mid-life. To paraphrase the poet Rumi, Arrien inspires her listeners to drop "the shrouds of insufficiency" and to return to our souls' highest nature. A well-crafted, superbly recorded, and rewarding audio work. C.S. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine