Old Age: Journey into Simplicity

Helen M. Luke examines some of the great masterpieces of literature produced by writers at the end of their lives, encouraging us to grow emotionally and mentally in the culminating stage of our own lives.  Available only in Senior Lifestyles 4.

Helen M. Luke

Self-Help

Thorndike Press

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 The Tempest, and T. S. Eliot’s Little Gidding, and also on suffering. In examining some of the great masterpieces of literature produced by writers at the ends of their lives, she elucidates the difference between growing old and disintegrating and encourages us to grow emotionally and mentally in this culminating stage of our own lives.

Old Age Journey Into Simplicity

Literature & Fiction

Morning Light Press

In this provocative study, Helen M. Luke takes the reader on an intense spiritual and symbolic journey. Beginning with the "dark wood," which the pilgrim must go through to find his path, Luke explores each of Dante's poetic images, down to the "white rose," the final emblem of joy and regeneration. This new edition is richly illustrated with reproductions in black and white of medieval manuscript paintings inspired by Dante's masterpiece.

Dark Wood to White Rose: Journey and Transformation in Dante's Divine Comedy

History & Criticism

Parabola Books

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