Regenerating the Feminine

Mythologists work as cultural animateurs tracking patterns and trends identifying archetypal and symbolic wounds and remedies. Reading cultural and environmental events via texts and patterns from such a perspective enables dynamic dialogue and action. <i>Regenerating the Feminine: Psyche Culture and Nature</i> examines the history of the lost and degraded archetypal feminine of Western cultures whose resurgence via scholarship the arts and social justice practices is now on the rise. Drawing on various methodologies to deepen our understanding of this regenerative phenomenon author April C. Heaslip charts the significance of interconnected expressions dramatically impacting our sense of self community history health culture and creativity. <p/>This study examines the feminine's resurgence via emerging imaginal archetypal paradigms in literary fiction memoir and cinematic expression. Utilizing literary and film studies depth psychology archaeomythology history and religious studies to examine the cultural and personal phenomenon of feminine renewal this book explores how remythologizing regeneration--as well as remapping complex and neglected personal and collective wasteland landscapes--revitalizes the relationship between psyche culture and nature. <p/> Tending to the return of the feminine and the complex cultural and eco wastelands this post-Jungian inquiry remythologizes notions of wholeness amplifies feminist revisions of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey and provides transdisciplinary best practices in support of personal individuation cultural revitalization and ecological healing.