Persephone Rising

Awakening the Heroine Within

By: Carol S. Pearson

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Our era of professional and familial pressures, constant connection, and a renewed debate on "having it all" presents unprecedented challenges to contemporary women. In Persephone Rising, celebrated scholar of depth psychology and archetypes Carol S. Pearson brings a fresh vision for meeting those challenges and rising above them, as only she can.

Drawing on her profound understanding of myth's enduring power to catalyze transformations, Pearson guides listeners on a journey of self-discovery, teaching us how to activate and apply the archetypes of Demeter and Persephone, as well as Zeus and Dionysus, in our own lives. Illuminating ancient wisdom for a modern audience, Persephone Rising offers meaningful and effective strategies to answer the call to heroism in our own lives. Just as Demeter and Persephone discovered, in the midst of great difficulty, their own powers, gifts, and abilities for creating a better path not only for themselves but the world, Persephone Rising teaches that each one of us has more options than choosing whether to lean in or out; we have the power to change ourselves and thus our world.

©2015 Carol S. Pearson (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Carol Pearson's rich revisioning focuses on Persephone's rising, on her return to the upper world as emblematic of the power inherent in all of us to move beyond failure and conflict to lives filled with joy, fearlessness and abundance." (Christine Downing, author of The Long Journey Home)

Required reading for life!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Nature speaks to us profoundly if we had the art to listen. When we were closer to nature and matriarchy had more power to speak, the forces we must contend with for life were revealed in wonderful story. That is mythology, and not the simplistic interpretation and short shrift it typically gets. Thank you Carol Pearson for your incredible research and even greater gift of understanding in beautifully revealing our human nature.

Absolute must!!!

Poignant. informative, practical and inspiring! Tools to move forward in life's creativity! A must read!!

Good content, hard to listen to

I previewed some of the other books this narrator has done, it's really bizarre how she chose to be robotic and serious for every. single. word. of. this. The book itself is great, it has a lot of good analogies, metaphors, real life examples, etc. Might be better to buy the actual book and read it yourself. I could only listen to an hour at a time before taking a break for a week cause the narration was so grating on my nerves. Too bad

Wonderful book/Robotic narrator

I loved this book and the in-depth exploration of the four archetypes in the myth of Persephone and Demeter -- the content is 5 starts!! Unfortunately, the narrator is one of the worst I've ever experienced on Audible: her narration is terribly robotic and includes many mispronunciations of words. Argh!! It is a testament to the quality of the content that I was able to listen to all of the book. My heart actually goes out to the author in that it is a travesty to have her brilliant work represented this way. Maybe read the hard copy instead??

Should you read this? The answer is Y-E-S!

I am nowhere near as articulate as Carol as she weaves myth and moderday seamlessly to bring us all smack dab in the middle of ancient rites that may assist us in navigating this roller coaster of a world we find ourselves in today.