» The Collected Works Of Helen M. Luke «


  


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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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» Published Books «


»Dark Wood to White Rose: Journey and Transformation in Dante's Divide Comedy (November, 1989), Originally Parabola Books now Morning Light Press, ISBN: 0-930407-28-8

»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, 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  (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 and http://www.resurgence.org

»Woman Earth And Spirit The Feminine in symbol and Myth, Crossroad/Continuum 


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

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

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

»Wholeness, Vol. X #1, “Letting Go” (interview)

»The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 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, “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 #1, “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”


Additional Writings  by Helen Luke in:

»Anima: The Journal of Human Experience, Vol. 19, #2, Spring 1993, “A Visit with Helen Luke at Apple Farm” (interview reprinted in The Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine)

»At the Table of the Grail: No One Who Sets Forth on the Grail Quest Remains Unchanged, ed. John Matthews, Routledge and Kegan Paul, Boston, MA, 1984, “The Return of Dindrane,” 

»Betwixt and Between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation, ed. Louise Mahdi, Open Court, Lasalle IL, 1987, “An African Tale”

»Leaning on the Moment. Interviews from Parabola., Parabola Books, New York, 1986, “Letting Go,” ISBN: 0-930407-02-4

»Reclaiming the Inner Child, ed. Jeremiah Abrams, Jeremy Tarcher, Inc, Los Angeles, CA, 1990, “The Little Prince,” ISBN: 0-87477-551-5

»Stories Of The Spirit, Stories Of The Heart - Parables Of The Spiritual Path From Around The World, ed. Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield, Harper & Row, New York, 1991, excerpt from Old Age, “Odysseus’ Last Journey,” ISBN: 0-06-250321-9


audio and video cassettes

 

»Old Age, Journey into Simplicity (double cassette)

»The Way of Story, Myths and Stories for the Inner Life (double cassette)

»The Way of Woman and Other Essays (double cassette)

»A Sense of the Sacred: A Portrait of Helen M. Luke, Introduced by Thomas Moore  (75 min. VHS) 1999


» Apple Farm Community Publications «


The following pamphlets are available from the Apple Farm Community

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»Barefoot at the Gate, Relational Aspects of Contemplation, by Don L.Troyer, M.D., $20

»Ego and Shadow in The Lord of the Rings, by Don Raiche, $10

»Extracts from Helen Luke's Letters: Selected and read in the Round House, Apple Farm on 28 November, 2004 by Alison Day, $10

»Myth and Might in The Lord of the Rings, by Don Raiche, $10

»A Small Flame in Our Hands: Illness, Symptoms and Individuation, by Don Raiche, $10


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