This book shatters the existing patriarchal view of menopause as a time of loss and disempowerment. In contrast, through employing an alchemical lens or framework, menopause becomes an opportunity for a woman's pilgrimage into the mundus imaginalis— where she finds her authentic, powerful self. Menopause is seen as a developmental stage welcoming a woman to the time of her ultimate creative expression. Through eight meditations and exploration of Western culture's mythological context, "A ...