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The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by [Maureen Murdock]

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This book describes contemporary woman's search for wholeness in a society in which she has been defined according to masculine values. Drawing upon cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for—and the reality of—feminine values in Western culture today.

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Shambhala
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June 23 1990
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Murdock traces her journey from rejection of the feminine in order to "succeed" in a masculine world; through discovery of the inadequacy of "success"; through a dark night of the soul and a killing of masculine divine images; to a discovery of the Goddess and of the feminine (including her own feminine embodiment); to a healing of the separated feminine and of the wounded masculine within herself. She ends with the hope for true conjunction, true union beyond duality. This personal book by a family therapist is especially recommended for public and seminary libraries.
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"Though the book is rich with examples drawn from myths and Jungian psychology, it is surprisingly easy to read. The journey requires serious, often frightening, wandering before one's true identity and power are known. Like the journey Murdock describes, there are no cheap, easy lessons. There are many rich, rewarding lessons, but these are gained only through integrity, courage, and the willingness to meet challenge with all the resources one can muster."—Creation

"Murdock's personal journey will surely speak to many women, but I hope also to those men willing to hear these newly awakened female voices—and of the feminine in their own souls."—Utne Reader

"Combining personal experience and painstaking erudition, Maureen Murdock's The Heroine's Journey shares with us the essence of the female journey. A fine, warm, and insightful book."—Carol Pearson, author of The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By

"The Heroine's Journey offers a map of the feminine healing process. Murdock writes in a clear and compassionate voice which draws inspiration from her experiences as a mother, artist, and therapist and from the collective wisdom of the community of women on the path of the goddess. This book speaks to each woman who longs for a spiritually alive feminine self, one who is actively engaged in the world, and who embraces the masculine principle as a mirror of herself. The Heroine's Journey guides the reader in reweaving the threads of her life story into a mantle of empowerment for herself, for other women, and for Gaia, the Planet Herself."—Patrice Wynne, author of The Womanspirit Sourcebook and co-founder of the Gaia Bookstore and Catalogue Company

"Maureen Murdock's important book on the heroine's journey contains a wealth of insight that is of great value to contemporary Western women. It explores a rich territory of the feminine psyche and opens an understanding of female development that relates not only to personal transformation but cultural transformation as well."—Joan Halifax, President of the Ojai Foundation

"A great roadmap for the changing landscapes of women's lives. It's assuring, rich in personal stories, and leads us securely to the Goddess."—Z. Budapest, author of The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries and The Grandmother of Time --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DMC5H88
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shambhala (June 23 1990)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1863 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 229 pages

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Maureen Murdock is the author of The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, which explores the rich territory of the feminine psyche and delineates the psycho-spiritual journey for women. It was her response to Joseph Campbell’s A Hero with a Thousand Faces when he said to her, “Women don’t need to make the journey. In the whole mythological tradition the woman is there.” The publication of The Heroine’s Journey touched a nerve in women’s consciousness around the world. It was quickly translated into French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Yugoslavian, Italian and Korean and has recently been published in Farsi. It has been used by screenwriters and novelists alike as a model of the woman’s journey. Jill Soloway recently mentioned its cyclical structure in “Paging Joseph Campbell” in the October 2014 issue of Los Angeles Magazine.

Murdock’s subsequent book, The Hero’s Daughter, emerged out of the response to The Heroine’s Journey by women who wrote to her about their own experiences as “father’s daughters.” It was first published by Ballantine and later issued in paperback as Fathers’ Daughters: Breaking the Ties that Bind. It has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Hebrew, and Chinese. Murdock is also the author of Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory; Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children; The Heroine’s Journey Workbook and a short Kindle, The Emergence of Bipolar Disorder. She writes a blog on the criminal justice system and addiction at her website: www.maureenmurdock.com.

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Sean O'Reilly

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Ruth Henriquez Lyon

an enlightening guide

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 29, 2000

Back in the 80's one of my favorite books on the inner journey was Joseph Campbell's Hero With a Thousand Faces. The problem with it, though, was that it was written from a male perspective. With The Heroine's Journey I am now at the end of my search for a book on the hero archetype from a feminine perspective. Although this book is not exactly Jungian in its approach, the author clearly seems to have been influenced by Jung's legacy of searching for mythic themes in our individual psyches. Thus, she writes of the archetype of the Journey, and all its symbolism, as it applies to the feminine psyche. But she goes beyond that and explores some of the modern social issues that have been quite troubling for many women. For instance, in the chapter "The Illusory Boon of Success," she touches upon how many of us, in striving to fulfill our dream of making an impact on the world, often end up buying into aspects of the male-dominated business culture that don't really benefit us as women. She then describes the process of building into our work and personal lives values that do benefit us, as well as others. Her chapter on "Initiation and Descent to the Goddess" is very helpful in showing how we can use loss and grief to become more strong and whole. There are so many issues and themes explored in this book that it really demands at least a couple of readings. This book has given me so much to think about, and has helped me clarify my thoughts on many different issues pertaining to myself as a woman and as a spiritual being--I am very grateful to Maureen Murdock for writing it.

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Rich Maloof

Essential Reading for All Women

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 11, 2000

The Heroine's Journey is an absolutely essential book that should be required reading for every woman! Maureen Murdock has blessed us with a way to look at our lives that helps us begin to make sense of them. In a time when so many of the boundaries of our souls have been blurred by the myriad contradictory images of what it is to be a woman, she gives us a map that illuminates many of the darker aspects of our collective and personal journeys. We always hear about the Hero's Journey, especially after the success of the PBS special done on Joseph Campbell, and the author has done the heroic work of reconsidering this classical mythological tale through a feminine lens. It will help you understand that baffling relationship with your mother and that distant relationship with your father and in the end will fill you with a renewed sense of compassion for your parents, and most importantly for yourself. ~ Juana Olga Barrios

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Victoria Register

At last a model of the journey that makes sense

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 11, 2000

I have just finished The Heroine's Journey. I have read Jung,Joseph Campbell, Carol Pearson, Vogler etc. All of them are fascinating but a little off, just a tiny bit away from my core experience as a woman. Murdock captures the truth of my 50 years on this planet better than anyone. Her book is a must read for anyone who is trying to make sense of the feminine experience. Thank you, Maureen.

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Angie Wilkins

A deep dive into what it means to be a woman

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 18, 2021

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So much is wrote about the heros journey that as woman we a bought up to believe that the only path available to us is up and out into the world. Not only do we have to be prove our mantle in wold of career opportunities created for men to excel in.The pressure is on us to find motherhood both fulfilling and an ultimate success. Anything less is a complete failure on our part. and our daughters look to us break a cycle that has ingrained itself into our society and belief system for thousands of years. A tall order I know! Yet hear we are in the 21st century, struggling to be all things to all people and being constantly made awear of a shortcomings. The Heroines journey has been a game changer in the way I express and value my femininity instead of treating it like an enemy that holds me back from living. I now understand that it has a wisdom of it's own that brings the human condition into a compassion embrace.It doesn't devide and conquer, it incorporates our masculine aspects and enriches our lives. We are the healers, poets, nurtures, intuitives, and the conduits that bring spirit into being through our womb...that kind of strength and magic should never be underestimated. It is time we journeyed to the underworld to face our fears so we may resurface with a greater respect for our inner Goddess. Maureen Murdock uses fairly tails and folk stories in order to give us back our voices so that we can create our own narrative that respects and honours the fierce serenity of our femininity.

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David Dunbar

Insightful Jungian take on the archetypal Feminine

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 3, 2017

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A fascinating Jungian analysis of what it means to be a woman. The Heroine's Journey is a counterweight to the patriarchal bias of Western society which privileges male experience. Murdock has to reach back to pre-Christian mythology and beyond the confines of Western society to illustrate the archetypal nature of women's experiences and to lay bare the dysfunctional 'to hell in a handcart' direction of a society that not only ignores but disdains the Feminine as a valid and balancing social and psychological force. This book should not be read necessarily as a gender-focused tract. We all contain a mixture of the Masculine and the Feminine. As a man, I was easily able to identify with the sometimes toxic effects our patriarchal society has on the individual. I have suffered too. I enjoyed this book immensely and appreciated the insights it provided. If we are to heal the world, we need urgently to adopt Feminine values more widely and more deeply.

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emma marshall

Best book I’ve ever read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 10, 2021

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Genuinely one of the most pivotal books as a woman on her journey back to self that I’ve ever read. I’m very familiar with The Hero’s Journey, but the way that that concept has been turned into one for the feminine to make sense of, to find new teachings, to even find validation for all of the moments that appear in this journey, especially when things are tough - it’s been the life jacket I’ve been searching for at this very moment in time. Thank you for writing this. It will stay with me forever and I’ll come back to it no doubt time and time again.

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lottie f.

Quite a dense read but a good one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 18, 2019

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Very dense, I had to stop and start this book many times BUT its message and its content is invaluable and I found it impacted my work as a writer in a profound way.

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