» The Collected Works Of Helen M. Luke «

NOW BACK IN PRINT! Dark Wood to White Rose: Journey and Transformation in Dante's Divine Comedy,  Limited Edition, (October, 2009), Apple Farm Community, Michigan

   

» Online Articles «

The California Meditations

In her book, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On, Helen Luke mentions entering into a nine-month retreat in 1959. During that time, she compiled a small collection of reflections. This little book includes some of Helen's first writing and was distributed to only a few friends. It contains many penetrating insights and we share some of them here. 

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» 1. The Cross PDF    » 2.The Assumption PDF    » 3. Separation PDF    » 4. Judge Not PDF    »5. The Will-Love PDF

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» Published Books «

»Dark Wood to White Rose: Journey and Transformation in Dante's Divine Comedy,  Limited Edition, (October, 2009), Apple Farm Community, Michigan

»The Inner Story: Myth and Symbol in the Bible and Literature (1982), Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, ISBN: 0-8245-0443-7

»Kaleidoscope: The Way of Woman and Other Essays, (June 1992) Originally Parabola Books now Morning Light Press  

»The Laughter at the Heart of Things (June 2001), Originally Parabola Books now Morning Light Press

»Old Age: Journey into Simplicity  (1987), Originally Parabola Books now Morning Light Press, ISBN: 0-93007-05-9 

»Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On : The Autobiography and Journals of Helen M. Luke  (January 2000), Originally Parabola Books now Morning Light Press, ISBN: 0-930407-47-4, Excerpt: How a dream provided a slight shift in perspective and brought a life's meaning into focus. Beliefnet.com  

»The Voice Within: Love and Virtue in the Age of the Spirit (1988), Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, ISBN: 0-8245-0659-6

»The Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine  (1995), Doubleday, New York, ISBN: 0385-47850-X, Book Review at http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com

»Woman Earth And Spirit: The Feminine in Symbol and Myth, (1989), Crossroad, New York, ISBN: 0-8245-0633-2

The following available back issues of Parabola: The  Magazine of Myth and Tradition  contain articles by or interviews with Helen Luke: 

»Woman, Volume X, # 4, “The Perennial Feminine: - An affirmation of woman's fundamental tasks and values”

»Guilt,  Volume VIII, # 1 , “Suffering: - The consequences of evasion”

»Wholeness, Volume X # 1,The Tenth Anniversary Issue “Letting Go” (interview)

»The Seven Deadly Sins, Volume X,  # 4 “The Lion and the Unicorn: - Purging the ego”

»Mirrors,  Vol.  XI # 2   “The Only Freedom” (interview)

»The Sense of Humor Vol. XII, # 4, November 1987 “The Laughter at the Heart of Things: - Finding the royal road to freedom and joy”

»The  Mountain, Vol. XIII, #4, “The Threshold of the Mountain in Dante’s Divine Comedy: - Moving through Purgatory towards Peter's Gate”

»Triad Vol. XIV #4, “Peter’s Gate: - An alchemical rite of passage in Dante's Divine Comedy”

»Hospitality, Vol. XV #4, “The Stranger Within: - The journey to self-acknowledgment and wholeness”

»The Golden Mean, Vol. XVI, # 4,  “Humility: - The human point linking active sun and passive earth”

»Crossroads, Vol. XVIII #3, “A Woman’s Dream: - Traveling to the crossroads”

»Twins, Vol. XIX #2,“Jacob and Esau: - What we must learn from the Biblical story of rivalry and reconciliation”

"When Helen Luke's voice gives body to Helen Luke's words, we touch the substance of her life experience and the eternal source that gives it meaning. These tapes revive the truest of oral traditions." - Peter Brook

»Old Age, Journey into Simplicity (double cassette)$5.00, plus $4.oo shipping. Read by the author Helen M. Luke, two ninety-minute cassettes. TAPE 1: The Odyssey; The Tempest  TAPE 2: The Tempest (Part II); King Lear; Little Gidding. Send check or money order to: Apple Farm Community, 12291 Hoffman Road, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093, U.S.A.

»The Way of Story: Myths and Stories for the Inner Life (Parabola Audio Library/Cassettes)  

The Way of Woman and Other Essays (double cassette), $5.00, plus $4.00 shipping and handling. Read by the author Helen M. Luke, 190 minutes on two cassettes. TAPE 1: The Perennial Feminine; The Bridge of Humility; Levels; The Cat Archetype; Demeter and Kore TAPE 2: An African Tale; Eowyn; The Marriage Vow; Inner Relationship and Community