Busy Thursday…
Yesterday (the self-same Thursday) was indeed busy. The Cambridge Center for Adult Education beckoned, as did some very dear friends from the Blue Hills Writing groups who swelled the audience in the most supportive way imaginable, and we spent some time talking about the Six Archetypes before I had to canter away and be interviewed by Pat Baccilli on her splendid radio program.
As I emerged from the Center one woman in her thirties said, “These archetypes are just great. I don’t feel so alone anymore..” And that’s exactly what I hoped people would feel.
But back to radio: Pat’s a fascinating person and I was delighted that she seized upon the six archetypes and saw how they could work in people’s lives. I do encourage you to listen in to her program - she streams over the web - and if you google her on KKNW Alternative Talk Radio, or go to her website, you’ll see just what an impressive thinker and doer she is. One of her ideas is that we all have ‘crusts’ of living that we have to break through before we can become more fully ourselves - and crust-busting is a task one may have to undertake several times in one’s life….
Pat and I chatted happily for an all-too-brief half hour and at the end of it I couldn’t help feeling deeply contented that there are people like Pat doing good work and getting the word out into the world. That, you see, is what Magicians do. They get the word out, and they inspire. Hats off to you, Pat.
on February 22nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I’m so happy that the thirty-something woman said that to you. I can see that that is exactly what your book does - it allows us to see our lives through new eyes and with the understanding that we are all, in some ways, on this journey together.
After your presentation, we BHWI women were talking about how important reading has been to us all our lives. How we came of age reading the classics ( and of course other books) and absorbing life lessons from them, sometimes totally unawares. How wonderful to be able to look back and realize what we have learned about living an authentic life, from all those lovely books.
That thirty-something woman was telling you that your book is a blessing
And indeed it is.
Jean
on February 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Dear Jean,
You say the kindest things! Perhaps i’ll just alter what you said a tiny bit. It’s the notion of the Six Archetypes that’s great, not my book; just as the Himalayas were wondrous mountains long before anyone came along and drew a map of them, so these ideas have been with us for a while. We just forgot to look for them.
I’m so excited they feel so true, so often, for so many people.
As ever, Allan
on February 24th, 2008 at 3:03 am
I thank you both and I thank the thirty-something woman as well for her observation.
MLou
on February 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
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