Uncursing the Dark: Treasures from the Underworld

Rendered in breathtaking poetry, Betty De Shong Meador begins her exploration with the myth of Inanna’s descent to the underworld. She presents this dark, psychological journey of feminine enlightenment as a positive and necessary gift of one’s full individuality and creative nature.

Her description of a Blessingway Sing reveals the balance of feminine and masculine achieved in the Navajo culture. A critique of Doris Lessing's novels captures the felt sense of descent and disco…