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Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation

Open Court Publishing Company, 1987

This interdisciplinary approach to rites of passage comprises 31 essays by outstanding contributors, including Marie-Louise yon Franz, Robert Bly, James Hall, Helen Luke, Victor Turner, and Marion Woodman. "A watershed book ... an interdisciplinary array of essays highlights both the need for, and importance of, rights of passage to mark important transitions in our lives". -- Thresholds

The Book of the Vision Quest

5 reviews
Steven Foster, Meredith Little

Bear Tribe Pub., 1992

Vision Alone, Wisdom Apart
There is a mountain we all must climb. Some of us never see the mountain. Some of those that do see cannot make the climb. This is a very personal collection of stories of individual journeys - journeys that attempt to solidify the bond between the body and the mind. It is also a universal pattern, as we begin to see in "Vision Quest", that we who call ourselves "human", must find and ...

The Four Shields: The Initiatory Seasons of Human Nature

2 reviews
Meredith Little

Lost Borders Press, 1999

A both poetical and scientific approach of human change
Foster and Little combine modern psychological insight with indigenous native wisdom. Their approach is inspiring and yet down-to-earth. Their image of the 4 seasons of nature is a metaphor for the seasons of human growth. Rites of passage are more important than focusing on the seasons themselves. A helpful paradigm for healing and growth.

The Roaring of the Sacred River: The Wilderness Quest for Vision and Self-Healing
Steven Foster, Meredith Little

Simon & Schuster (Paper), 1989

Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach: Expanded Edition

5 reviews
Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne

Indiana University Press, 2001

Bach and Baroque dance
This book is a must for all serious performers of Bach's music. It is the only book that details not only of most of the dances that appear in Bach's works, but provides a fundamental vocabulary for a discussion of rhythm. After that has been provided, dances are discussed with clarity and precision, with a wealth of original sources for the reader. There is nothing on the market like it.