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New Chiron release looks at end of life through dreams, visions Chiron Publications is pleased to announce the release of Transformations: Nearing the End of Life: Dreams and Visions by Phyllis Stowell.
Transformations: Nearing the End of Life: Dreams and Visions is a story of five years of analysis told from the point of view of the woman dreaming. There are many voices. She is in dialogue with an analyst, an imaged analyst, an unknown other, and herself. The dreams and visions are also voices. This is not an autobiography, although it is a life focused, confused and clarified.
Not ill but knowing her years are numbered and death is nearby, she experiences an urgency both unexpected and unavoidable. Part of the pressure involves dealing with what has been left behind. She has to live through much that is unwelcome but the trade off is compelling, extraordinary illuminations that go far beyond personal issues. One dream named this work: Hello, Sacred Way.
“Transformations gives a virtual check list of what those of us in the process of aging secretly worry through. Phyllis Stowell documents the phenomena of aging by way of her personal process, including relevant details of her childhood and life. It comes alive like fiction—characters, voice, falling apart, the losses, frustrations, symptoms and pain, expressed also in poetic moments and poetry. That's why we understand and gain so much from this book. It is her gift to us.”
-Patricia Berry, author of Echo's Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology
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Phyllis Stowell received a BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, an MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State (University) and a PhD in Poetry and Depth Psychology from Union Institute and University. She is Professor Emerita from Saint Mary’s College and Founding Member of the SMC Master of Fine Arts. She is the former Chair of the Friends Of the Institute (C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco). She has attended six artists' residencies, published eight books of poetry and APPETITE, Food as Metaphor, An Anthology of Women's Poetry (BOA Editions). Currently she emails a Poetry Post of her recent poetry to friends and acquaintances, and includes new poetry by others on her website. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Table of Contents
-IMMERSE YOURSELF
-Blue Pearls 13
-The Serpent 14
-Scraps of This and That 15
-A Box of Pins 16
-Molting 17
-Coming to the High Sierras 19
-Before You Die 21
-Unpacking 23
-The Feminine 24
-Immerse Yourself 25
-FATAL DISEASE
-Neptune’s Daughter 31
-Yearning 32
-Soulfulness 33
-Compelled 34
-Stick of Fire 35
-Black and White 37
-Azul and the Derelict 38
-Dipped in Acid 40
-Borders 41
-The Orange Suitcase 44
-The Edifice 45
-At Risk 48
-Once Upon a Time 49
-DIES 50
-Black Onyx 51
-Blood Everywhere 52
-Apples 53
-Large Red Signs 54
-Candlesticks 56
-Psyche Is Timeless 57
-The Performer 58
-Fatal Disease 59
-FLOATING CHILD
-Derivation 63
-What the Body Knows 64
-The Red Cloak 65
-Paper Bag 67
-Tears 69
-Floating Child 70
-Suicidal Woman 71
-Loss of Soul 72
-The Wand 73
-White Horse 74
-Behind the Façade 75
-The Blind Seer 77
-Demeter 78
-Body and Psyche, Underground 79
-On Sin 81
-Sun Glasses 82
-What the Snake Knew 83
-Dark Place 84
-The Fisherman 85
-Stuck 86
-All You Need 87
-The Bolero Suit 88
-The Hose 89
-Icon 90
-Coming Down 91
-The Waterfall 92
-The Office 93
-The Obsidian Mirror 94
-The Heart 95
-GNOSIS
-Oneiric Vision 99
-Intruders 100
-Grand Old Chestnut Grove 101
-Somber Offering 102
-Conundrum 103
-Numinous Head 105
-Silver Lions 106
-Special Wine 107
-Turtle 108
-Three 109
-The Vase and the Rose 110
-Poison Drifting Down 111
-Plumbing 112
-Above / Below 113
-The Musician 114
-The Sacred Way 115
-ORGAN SYMPHONY
-The Charm 119
-If You Do Not Heed the Dream 120
-ALPHA 121
-Victor 122
-Transforming Fire 123
-Cooking Together 124
-Twelve 125
-Mud Flood 126
-Orange Zinnias 127
-Pink Tree 128
-Yellow Tents 129
-Panic 130
-Tantric Red 131
-The Woman from the Sea 133
-The Tree of Life 134
-The Question 135
-Cancer 137
-Empyrean 138
-The Silk Gown 139
-One Drama in Three Acts 140
-Two-Sided Mirror 142
-Power Washed 143
-High Fidelity 144
-The Ambiguity of Dreams 145
-Isadora’s Scarf 146
-Milk Glass Compote 147
-Ship Rock 148
-Gold Medallions 149
-Heading East 150
-Tsunami 151
-Urgency 152
-The Dark Powers 153
-Through the Window 154
-Four Kings 155
-Organ Symphony 156
-A Black Blacker Than Black 157
-The Cat and the Lily 158
-The Gift 159
-AS I HAVE DONE
-Now That I Am Done 163
-This Is a Grassland 164
-The Home I Sought 165
-Even Wine Can’t Heal This Dizziness 166
-Rushing Back Frantic 167
-It’s Easy to Fall 168
-One Day You Slept Till Noon 169
-This Is How I’m Answered 170
-Too Soon What’s Done 171
-Why No Tears? 172
-Her Dream 173
-When the Finch Trapped Inside 174
-About Some Compensating 175
-This Is That Time You Are Told to Relax 176
-This Is That Time of Barely-There Fog 177
-This Is That Seldom Found Time 178
-The Warp White Wool Carded 179
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