This author bridges cultural anthropology, psychology, and comparative religions to explore the human experience. Her work is valued across diverse fields, including medical, academic, and corporate environments. Through lectures and workshops worldwide, she shares her insights, fostering deeper cross-cultural understanding. Her influence extends far beyond academia, shaping the thinking of organizations and individuals alike.
Focusing on personal growth, this book offers strategies to combat destructive feelings like envy and comparison, which often stem from narcissistic tendencies. It provides practical exercises and insights to help readers cultivate self-awareness and empathy, ultimately fostering healthier relationships and a more fulfilling life. By addressing these common emotional pitfalls, the author guides individuals toward a more authentic and contented existence.
Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom (16pt Large Print Edition)
284 pages
10 hours of reading
Focusing on personal transformation at midlife, the book guides readers through the Eight Gates of Initiation, encouraging them to embrace change and deepen their character. By utilizing images, poetry, and metaphors from various cultures, Dr. Arrien helps individuals reconnect with their core values and create a meaningful legacy. This journey emphasizes nurturing relationships, reclaiming creativity, and shifting from ambition to a sense of purpose, ultimately leading to spiritual maturity and the realization of one's potential as an exceptional elder.
Exploring the psychological and mythological significance of shapes, Angeles Arrien reveals how our preferences for certain forms can reflect our inner selves. Drawing on her expertise as a cultural anthropologist, she provides tools for individuals, parents, teachers, and therapists to connect their attraction to shapes with personal growth and emotional states. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, the book encourages readers to perceive life as an art form, unveiling the universal patterns and symbols that influence our experiences.
In this updated edition of The Tarot Handbook, now with a new introduction by the author, Angeles Arrien takes tarot beyond the limits of the fortune-telling realm and shows us how this time-honored application is both a visual and symbolic map of consciousness, and a source of ancient wisdom. An exciting handbook for either a beginning or an ardent student of the tarot, it contains a multitude of charts, spreads, illustrations of the Thoth Deck, and other methodology tools for anyone looking for insights into personal and spiritual development.An anthropologist who specializes in cross-cultural myths, Arrien demonstrates how the seventy-eight figures of the tarot are portraitures and archetypes that are prevalent in the collective human experience. The author teaches us to use this realization to look beyond our cultural viewpoint or bias when we approach the tarot, and to rely instead on these more important universal principles, thereby deepening the quality and accuracy of our interpretations and expanding our awareness of the human psyche. A significant and classic piece of tarot literature, The Tarot Handbook is both a required manual for teachers and students of the subject, and an accessible and fascinating exploration of cultural anthropology.
A leading expert on native spirituality and shamanism reveals the four archetypal principles of the Native American medicine wheel and how they can lead us to a higher spirituality and a better world.
