{"product_id":"year-of-the-dark-goddess-a-journey-of-ritual-renewal-rebirth-9781578638277","title":"Year of the Dark Goddess: A Journey of Ritual, Renewal \u0026 Rebirth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA guided journey of empowerment and healing through life's difficult passages, with practical tools, including embodied rituals, writing prompts, seasonal self-care practices, and community creation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The journey of the Dark Goddess is a natural part of any difficult rite of passage. These transitions are often thought of as negative--death of a loved one, job loss, home loss, chronic illness, divorce--but even so-called \"happy\" transitions, such as marriage, the birth of a child, or retirement, can come with unexpected instability, grief, and a need for integration. In our culture, we may often feel like we should \"move on\" or \"get back to normal.\" In studying myth, however, we come to understand that the purpose of challenging life transformations is not positive or negative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYear of the Dark Goddess \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an anchor and a roadmap for navigating the disorientation of life transformations and offers resources for embracing changes as initiations that strengthen us and make clear our purpose and power. The book is modeled on ancient rite-of-passage ceremonies and journeys to the underworld and is structured as a four-phase rite-of-passage process: Preparation, Separation from the Known, Transition-Initiation, and Return-Integration. The book provides readers with practical tools--embodied rituals, writing practice, seasonal self-care and community creation--to ground and empower positive transformations in times of challenging change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers may use the book as both a linear guide through the initiation year, or a nonlinear tool for structuring their own unique rite-of-passage journey. Readers are invited to create personal challenges, reframe their rite-of-passage through myth work and sacred art, and create a potent and effective rite of passage ceremony to integrate their change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The self-initiation process in \u003ci\u003eYear of the Dark Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e follows a ceremonial year, each quarter section is structured with the following: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn interactive brief of themes and objectives for the quarter, such as making an altar, writing with the ancestors, creating herbal infusions, and storytelling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA seasonal ceremony template appropriate to the rite-of-passage phase.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA unique retelling of an ancient myth or fairy tale and instructions for deep myth work. These tales contain the formula for how to successfully navigate rites of passage, consciously and unconsciously.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJournaling prompts for reflection and projection, making visible the initiation journey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weiser Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578638277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232","brand":"Lara Vesta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733063401653,"sku":"9781578638277","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8248d1f0-ab7d-4dff-99fe-91fe67a3a5d1.jpg?v=1710257968","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/year-of-the-dark-goddess-a-journey-of-ritual-renewal-rebirth-9781578638277","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}