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Crossing to Avalon: A Woman’s Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine
By Jean Shinoda Bolen — 2004
A midlife quest for the grail and the goddess. Dr Jean Shinoda Bolen's extraordinary memoir celebrates the pilgrimage that heralded her spiritual awakening and leads readers down the path of self-discovery. See more...
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A midlife quest for the grail and the goddess. Dr Jean Shinoda Bolen's extraordinary memoir celebrates the pilgrimage that heralded her spiritual awakening and leads readers down the path of self-discovery. In this account of her journey to Europe, the San Francisco Chronicle writes, [Bolen] charts a path that will lead many readers to the heart of their own emotional and spiritual pilgrimages."
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