The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom - Softcover

Arrien, Angeles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1458770729 ISBN 13: 9781458770721

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

When you find the courage to change at midlife, Angeles Arrien teaches, ''a miracle happens.'' Your character is opened, deepened, strengthened, softened. You return to your souls highest values. You are now prepared to create your legacy: an imprint of your dream for our world - a dream that can fully come true in The Second Half of Life. Working with images, poetry, metaphors, and other forms of symbolic language from diverse world cultures, Dr. Arrien introduces us to the Eight Gates of Initiation. By mastering their lessons and gifts, you harvest the meaning and purpose of your life and come into spiritual maturity. With The Second Half of Life, she takes you step-by-step through each gate to deepen your most valuable relationships, reclaim your untended creative talents, and shift your focus from ambition to meaning to grow into the exceptional elder youve always imagined you would one day become.

About this title

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, Ph.D., is an anthropologist, author, educator, and corporate consultant. She lectures and conducts workshops worldwide, showing the bridge between cultural anthropology, psychology, and comparative religions. Her work reveals how indigenous wisdoms are relevant to our families, professional lives, and our relationship to the Earth.

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1458770729
• ISBN 13: 9781458770721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232