Avalon Within: A Sacred Journey of Myth, Mystery, and Inner Wisdom

by Jhenah Telyndru

Overview

Journey to the legendary Isle of Avalon and experience the magic, mysteries, and mysticism that have inspired women throughout the ages.

Jhenah Telyndru, founder of the Avalonian Tradition, invites you on a unique spiritual path of healing and personal revelation built upon the beloved Avalon mythology. Connect with the Goddesses of Avalon through guided journeys and powerful rituals. Explore Glastonbury’s Sacred Landscape with eight pages of gorgeous color photographs. Develop legendary Avalonian skills—such as the Sight and the art of Glamour—to heal wounds of the soul and unlock the sacred wisdom at the core of your being.

Drawing on Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend, and Druidic lore and exploring the way of the priestess as alluded to in Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, the Avalonian path empowers women everywhere to transform their lives by seeking the Goddess and the Sovereign self within. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738727073
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	09/08/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	617,701
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jhenah Telyndru (New York) holds an MA in Celtic Studies from the University of Wales, Trinity St. David, and has a bachelor's degree in archaeology. She is the founder of the Sisterhood of Avalon, an international Celtic women's mysteries organization. Jhenah teaches four-day residential training retreats around North America and the UK, and facilitates pilgrimages to sacred sites in the British Isles and Ireland through Mythic Seeker Tours. She is a frequent presenter and guest speaker at academic conferences, religious symposia, Women's Spirituality gatherings, and Pagan festivals. A priestess in the Avalonian Tradition for over 25 years, Jhenah has been following a Pagan path since 1986. Visit her at www.ynysafallon.com and www.sisterhoodofavalon.org.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

 

Acknowledgements                                                                                        3

To Part the Mists…                                                                                          4

Introduction – Seeking the Holy Isle                                                                5

Chapter One – The Fruit of Wisdom                                                                10

Chapter Two – Entering the Cauldron                                                 22       

Chapter Three – The Otherworldly Journey                                                   37

Chapter Four – The Power of Cycle                                                               66

Chapter Five – The Station of Descent                                                           82

Chapter Six – The Station of Confrontation                                                    100

Chapter Seven – The Station of Emergence                                                   118

Chapter Eight – The Station of Resolution                                                       135

Chapter Nine – The Station of Integration                                                       156

Chapter Ten – Awakening the Inner Landscape                                            178

Chapter Eleven – Pilgrimage of the Spirit                                                        189

Chapter Twelve – The Mirror of the Self                                                        206

Chapter Thirteen – The Goddesses of Avalon                                               220     

Chapter Fourteen – Connecting with the Lady of the Land                            239

Conclusion – Avalon Within                                                                            257

Appendix 1 – Avalonian Resources                                                               259

Bibliography                                                                                                    269

Index                                                                                                               272

Editorial Reviews

Jhenah Telyndru has structured a richly imagined path to self actualization by combining the archetypal myths of Avalon and the Mabinogi (a 12th to 14-century Welsh story cycle) with modern psychological techniques. The guided journeys within the book are powerful, lovely and effective; suitable for individual or group work. While the book is primarily designed for women to face and heal their inner wounds and grow into their own Sovreignty, by changing a few pronouns here and there men will be able to tread the ancient pathways as well. Within these pages Glastonbury rises from the Somerset plain like a holy mountain and the landscape around the Tor becomes the Cauldron of Regeneration that heals all wounds and brings the seeker back to life.—Ellen Evert Hopman, Druid Priestess and author of Priestess of the Forest, The Druid Isle, and other volumes.

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