Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, 6)

This study looks at why modern women so often feel the pull of an inner female authority in a culture that values masculine ways of thinking. Its central story is the myth of Inanna, queen of heaven and earth, who travels down into the underworld to meet her dark sister Ereshkigal. The author reads that descent as a map for women today, who may need to go down into the depths of their own psyches before they can come back whole. Written from a Jungian analyst's perspective, the book offers many insights into this inner journey.