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Old Age: Journey Into Simplicity
Contributor(s): Luke, Helen (Author)

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 ISBN: 1584200790     ISBN-13: 9781584200796
Publisher: Lindisfarne Books
OUR PRICE: $16.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Self-help | Aging
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Philosophy
Dewey: 809.933
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.39 lbs) 132 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged
Features: Illustrated, Table of Contents
 
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"Better to spend a day meditating on a single page of her writing than to read a stack of books on enlightenment." -Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and The Planets Within "Helen Luke is a unique voice that carries beautiful passion, feeling, and clarity. She is clearly one of our most precious national treasures." -Helen Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who Run with the Wolves In this classic text on aging wisely, the renowned Jungian analyst Helen M. Luke reflects on the final journeys described in Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's King Lear, and T.S. Eliot's "Little Gidding," as well as devoting attention to suffering. In examining some of the great masterpieces of literature produced by writers at the end of their lives, she elucidates the difference between growing old and disintegrating, encouraging the reader to grow emotionally and mentally during the culminating stage of life.

Contributor Bio(s): Luke, Helen: - Helen M. Luke (1904-1995) was born in England. In midlife, she studied at the Jung Institute in Zurich, then moved to the U.S. and established an analytical practice with Robert Johnson in Los Angeles. In 1962, she founded the Apple Farm Community in Three Rivers, Michigan, "a center for people seeking to discover and appropriate the transforming power of symbols in their lives." In her later years, Helen Luke was the model wise woman for many people. Her final book, Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made on, a memoir and excerpts from her fifty-four volumes of journals, was published posthumously. Her books include The Laughter at the Heart of Things, a collection of essays, and The Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine.
 
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