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1 Why I Hope to Die at 75. The Atlantic. https://www.law.wvu.edu/files/d/1f55427f-0bfc-4159-837f-9d9ca2971c69/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75-the-atlantic.pdf

2 Ed. Joseph Campbell. The Portable Jung. Penguin Group. 1976. p. 17.

3 A Snapshot of the Age Distribution of Psychological Well-Being in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(22) 9985-9990. Stone, A.A., Schwartz, J.E., Broderick, J.E., and Deaton, A. 2010.

4 Allan B. Chinen. Beyond the Hero. Xlibris. 1993. p. 218. 

5 Shrek – Shrek script | Genius. https://genius.com/Shrek-shrek-script-annotated

6 What Is the Medicine Wheel – History and Meaning – Symbol Sage. https://symbolsage.com/medicine-wheel-symbol-explained/

7 David Whyte. The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self, and Relationship. Riverhead Books; 1st edition (January 20, 2009). Kindle Edition. p.36.

8 “The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife” by …. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47849.The_Middle_Passage

9 Hollis, James. Why Good People Do Bad Things. Penguin Publishing Group. 2008. Kindle Edition. p. 198.

10 Robert Bly. Iron John. Hachette Books. 1990. p. 221.

11 Understanding Gender. https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Accessed 28 February 2022. 

12 Gender. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender. Accessed 31 January 2022.

13 Gender. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gender

14 Understanding Gender. https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Accessed 28 February 2022. 

15 Understanding Gender. https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Accessed 28 February 2022. 

16 Understanding Gender. https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Accessed 28 February 2022. 

17 Gender. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gender. Accessed 26 January 2022. 

18 Ibid.

19 Allan B. Chinen. Beyond the Hero. Xlibris. 1993. p. 60. 

20 Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Ballantine Books; Reissue edition. 1996. pp. 312-318.

21 Understanding Gender. https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Accessed 28 February 2022. 

22 Myth. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myth. Accessed 19 January 2021.

23Allan B. Chinen. Beyond the Hero. Xlibris. 1993. p. 278.

24 Robert Bly. Iron John . Hachette Books. 1990. p. 113.

25 Peter Fiennes. A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece. Oneworld Publications. 2021.Kindle Edition. Location 196-206.

26 Robert Bly. Iron John. Hachette Books. 1990. p. 27.

27 Joseph Campbell. Encyclopædia-Britannica.com. Encyclopedia-Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Campbell-American-author. Accessed 19 January 2021. 

28 “Asclepius.” Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Asclepius. Accessed 19 January 2021.

29 Michael Brown, as cited by Roger Walsh, 2007. The World of Shamanism. Kindle Edition. p. 17. 

30 Don Jose Ruiz, The Wisdom of the Shamans. Heirophant Publishing. 2018. pp. vii and viii.

31 Roger Walsh. The World of Shamanism. Llewellyn Publications. 2007. p. 271.

32 Myths and Symbols. R.C. Zaehner. Ed. Kitagawa and Long. Chicago University Press. 1969. pp. 209-215.

33 A Brief Cultural History Of Sex. Independent Online Newspaper. Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/culture-of-love/brief-cultural-history-sex-938527.html. Accessed 3 January, 2021.

34 A Brief Cultural History of Sex. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/culture-of-love/a-brief-cultural-history-of-sex-938527.html

35 Nancy Qualls-Corbett. Sacred Prostitute. Inner City Books. 1998. p. 12.

36 http://melammu-project.eu/database. Accessed 21 January 2021.

37 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/medieval-fertility-ritual-leaves-czech-women-s-rights-in-the-dark-ages-659005.html Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

38 Robert J. Stoller. Porn: Myths for the Twentieth Century. Yale University Press. 1991. p. 215.

39 Man and His Symbols. Carl Gustav Jung, Marie-Luise von Franz, Joseph Lewis Henderson, Aniela Jaffé, Jolande Jacobi. Doubleday. 1961. p. 291. 

40 Charles Foster. Being A Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness. Metropolitan Books. 2021. p. 64. 

41 https://www.arts.gov Accessed 11 September 2019. 

42 Charles Van Doren. The Joy of Reading. Sourcebooks. 2008. p. 335.

43 Shrek – Shrek script | Genius. https://genius.com/Shrek-shrek-script-annotated

44 Gore Vidal. Palimpsest: A Memoir. 1996. 

45 Complementary Colors – Designbar. https://www.designbaronline.com/complementary_colors Accessed 19 March. 2021.

46 Before I Die – You Must Know This About The Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsWnynNMCzk

47 The 3 Steps Of Essentialism: How To Achieve More By Doing. https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2018/11/29/the-3-steps-of-essentialism-achieving-more-by-doing-less-according-to-greg-mckeown Accessed 19 March 2021.

48 The Four Aspects of Self. Dimensions of Light. https://balancingmindbodysoul.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/the-four-aspects-of-self/

49 The Four Aspects of “Self” – Balancing Mind, Body & Soul.  http://www.balancingmindbodysoul.co.uk/spiritual-development/the-four-aspects-of-self Accessed May 21, 2021.

50 The Four Aspects of “Self” – Balancing Mind, Body & Soul.  http://www.balancingmindbodysoul.co.uk/spiritual-development/the-four-aspects-of-self Accessed May 20, 2021.

51 Centenarians are the Fastest Growing Demographic. http://www.annuitydigest.com/news/centenarians-are-fastest-growing-demographic. Annuity Digest. Accessed 2 Feb. 2021.

52 Robert Bly. Iron John. Hachette Books. 1990. p. 172.

53 Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love. TarcherPerigee Publishing. 2010. Kindle Edition. Loc. 293.

54 https://www.attachmentproject.com/blog/10-attachment-style-tests-used-in-research

55 C.G. Jung. Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Vintage Books.1961. pp.173-175.

56 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. pp. 159-160.

57 New Statistics Reveal the Shape of Plastic Surgery. https://www.plasticsurgery.org/news/press-releases/new-statistics-reveal-the-shape-of-plastic-surgery Accessed 5 August 2019.

58 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 179.

59 Debate: A Biblical Debate: Total Depravity (CALVINISM). https://www.debate.org/debates/A-Biblical-Debate-Total-Depravity-CALVINISM/1/

60 27 Greatest Sir Ken Robinson Quotes – BrandonGaille.com. https://brandongaille.com/27-greatest-sir-ken-robinson-quotes/

61 Randy Elrod. A Renaissance Redneck In A Mega-Church Pulpit. cre:ate 2.0 Publishing. 2014. pp. 47-48.

62 Social Influence. https://www.psychologistworld.com/influence/social-influence#references. Psychologist World. Accessed 4 Feburary 2021.

63 Stanley Milgram. Behavioral Study of Obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4). pp. 371-378.

64 4 Unique Working Styles: What’s Yours?. https://www.inc.com/shelley-prevost/4-unique-working-styles-whats-yours.html. Inc. com. Accessed 5 Feburary 2021.

65 David Brooks: The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake – The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/

66 The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536. The Atlantic. Accessed 5 Feburary 2021.

67 https://www.census.gov/hhes/migration/about/cal-mig-exp.html

68 Wells, William D. “Psychographics: A Critical Review”. Journal of Marketing Research. 1975. 12: 196—213.  

69 http://www.teachthesoul.com/about-the-author Accessed 2 March 2022. 

70 Religious Trauma Syndrome. Marlene Winell. https://journeyfree.org/rts/ Accessed 19 April 2021. 

71 Carl G Jung. Collected Works, 7, paragraph 112. 

72 Deathing: An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life. Anya Foos-Graber. Nicolas-Hays, Inc. 1989. 

73 The Healing Journey. https://heroinejourneys.com/healing-journey/ Accessed 4 January 2022.

74 Tomkins Institute » Vernon Kelly: A Primer of Affect …. https://www.tomkins.org/what-tomkins-said/what-others-said-about-tomkins/vernon-kelly-a-primer-of-affect-psychology/

75 Tomkins Institute » Biography and Timeline. https://www.tomkins.org/what-tomkins-said/bio-quotes-excerpts/bio/

76 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 45.

 77 Ibid. p.74.

78 Ibid. p. 59. 

79 Ibid. p. 79.

80 Ibid. p.73.

81 Ibid. p. 94.

82 Ibid. p.124.

83 Justin Cronin. City of Mirrors. Ballantine Books. 2016. Kindle Ed. Loc. 2011. 

84 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 128.

85 Ibid. p. 133.

86 Ibid. p. 251. 

87 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 144.

88 Tomkins, Ed. Virginia Demos. Exploring Affect. Cambridge University Press. 199. 

89Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 315.

90 Services – Counselling and Psychotherapy Sevices. https://cbitpeel.ca/Services

91 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p. 55.

92 Ibid. p.131.

93 Matthew 18:1-6 – MSG – At about the same time, the d…. https://www.christianity.com/bible/msg/matthew/18-1-6

94 Alison Gopnik. The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Kindle edition. 

95 How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of …. https://silo.pub/how-to-change-your-mind-what-the-new-science-of-psychedelics-teaches-us-about-consciousness-dying-addiction-depression-and-transcendence.html

96 Sense and Sensitivity. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201107/sense-and-sensitivity Accessed 3 March 2018.

97 Suffered Trauma? 7 Keys to Unlocking Post-traumatic Growth. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/relationship-and-trauma-insights/202104/suffered-trauma-7-keys-unlocking-post-traumatic-growth Accessed 12 January. 2021.

98 Walden: Important Quotes Explained, page 3 | SparkNotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/walden/quotes/page/3/

99 Ken Gire. Reflections on Your Life Journal. Chariot Victor Publishing. 1998. p. 84.

100 Mary Oliver. “Sometimes.”  Red Bird. Beacon Press. 2008.

101 Zweig, Connie. The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul. Kindle Edition. Loc. 1,139

102 “Mantra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mantra. Accessed 8 Feburary 2022.

103 Transcendental Meditation for Anxiety. https://www.tm.org/Anxiety

104 Eric Weiner. Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine. Twelve: Hachette Book Group. 2012. p. 328. 

105 wakingup.com Sam Harris. “How Is Waking Up Different?” Accessed. 13 October 2021.

106 How To Practice Mindfulness Meditation – Mindful. https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-how-to-do-it/

107 Metta Meditation: 5 Benefits and Tips for Beginners. https://www.healthline.com/health/metta-meditation

108 Tom Hodgkinson. How To Be Idle: A Loafer’s Manifesto. Harper Perennial. 2005. p. 278. 

109 Charles Foster. Being A Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness. Metropolitan Books.2021. p. 71.

110 Jung’s Imagination Technique | Ancient Templar Knowledge. https://commanderysaintmichael.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/jungs-methode/

111 The Inner Work Of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul …. https://idoc.pub/documents/the-inner-work-of-age-shifting-from-role-to-soul-546j12d9j8n8

112 Roger Walsh. The World of Shamanism. Llewellyn Publications. 2007. p. 238.

113 Sarah Bakewell. At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails. Other Press. 2016. p. 3. 

114 No Man Is an Island by John Donne – Famous … – All Poetry. https://allpoetry.com/No-man-is-an-island

115 Martin Seligman. Authentic Happiness. Simon & Schuster.Kindle Edition. p. 90.

116 https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/gratitude-quotes Accessed 24 January 2022.

117 What is the Meaning of Being Gentle?. https://psichologyanswers.com/library/lecture/read/519336-what-is-the-meaning-of-being-gentle

118 The Fruit of the Spirit Is … Gentleness – A Clarion Issues …. https://candytroutman.com/2011/07/07/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-is-gentleness/

119 99 Interesting Facts That Are As Random As They Are Fun. https://allthatsinteresting.com/interesting-facts

120 Carey Elwes. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. Atria Books. 2014.

121 Leo Buscaglia – Only the Weak are Cruel. Gentleness can…. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/leo_buscaglia_131976

122 Proverbs 16:18-19 KJV

123 Francis J. Broucek. Shame and the Self. The Guilford Press; 1st edition. 1991.

124 Compassion. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compassion. Accessed 7 Feburary 2022.

125Louise Aronson. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (June 11, 2019).Kindle Edition. 

126 The Golden Age of Neuroscience Has Arrived. https://www.wsj.com/articles/michio-kaku-the-golden-age-of-neuroscience-has-arrived-1408577023 Accessed 26 October 2017. 

127 Donald L. Nathanson. Shame and Pride: Affect, Sex, and the Birth of Self. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. p.32.

128 Greg Epstein. Good Without God. Harper Collins Ebook. 2009. Kindle Edition. p. 20. 

129 Unexplainable. Vox. https://www.vox.com/unexplainable/22348461/ocean-twilight-zone-mysteries-unexplainable-podcast. Accessed 12 December 2021.

130 Gulf of Mexico — Houston Wilderness. https://houstonwilderness.org/gulf-of-mexico

131 James Hollis. Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding our Darker Selves. Gotham Books. 2008. p.28.

132 Joseph Campbell. Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation. Stillpoint Digital Press. 2004. p.28. 

133 The World’s First Images of the Brain on LSD. https://www.beckleyfoundation.org/the-brain-on-lsd-revealed-first-scans-show-how-the-drug-affects-the-brain/ Accessed 18 January 2022.

134 https://www.beckleyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Scientific-Programme__27-05-DIGITAL-1.pdf

135 Michael Pollan. How To Change Your Mind. Penguin Books. 2019. Kindle Edition. Location: 5,637.

136 https://brucecockburn.com/discography

137 Attachment-Based Therapy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/attachment-based-therapy Accessed 14 January 2021.

138 Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT). https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/attachment-based-family-therapy Accessed 14 January 2021.

139 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/45102-dreams-are-illustrations-from-the-book-your-soul-is-writing Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.

140 Carl Jung Quotations 7 – Carl Jung Depth Psychology. https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2020/03/02/carl-jung-quotations-7/

141 Carl Jung. Man and His Symbols. Doubleday & Company. 1964. p. 49.

142 Ibid. p. 50. 

143 What is the Emotional Catharsis? – Psychology Spot. https://psychology-spot.com/what-is-the-emotional-catharsis/

144 Thomas J. Scheff. Catharsis in Healing, Ritual, and Drama. An Author’s Guild BackInPrint Edition. 1979, 2001. p.12.

145 Zweig, Connie. The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul. Park Street Press. p. 150.

146 Zweig, Connie. The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul. Park Street Press. Kindle Edition. Loc. 4624. 

147Ibid. Loc. 3993. 

148 Martin Seligman. Authentic Happiness. Simon & Schuster.Kindle Edition. Loc: 1,806.

149 Savoring : A New Model of Positive Experience. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6749204 Accessed 17 January 2017. 

150 Focus on What Is Strong, Not What … – Acknowledge Alliance. https://www.acknowledgealliance.org/news/strengths

151 https://www.viacharacter.org

152 Martin Seligman. Authentic Happiness. Simon & Schuster.Kindle Edition. p. 246.

153 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. Harper Collins. Author’s Synopsis. 

154 A Survey of the Old Testament Instructor’s Manual. https://zondervanacademic-cdn.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/resources/9780310280958_A_Survey_of_the_Old_Testament_Instructor_Manual_updated.docx

155 Louise Aronson. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (June 11, 2019).Kindle Edition. Location: 2,627.

156 Stone, A.A., Schwartz, J.E., Broderick, J.E., and Deaton, A. “A snapshot of the age distribution of psychological well-being in the United States.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2010. 107(22) 9985-9990. 

157 https://livingto100.com/calculator

158 Sharon Kaufman. The Ageless Self. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1986. p. 28.

159 Louise Aronson. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (June 11, 2019).Kindle Edition.

160 Zweig, Connie. The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul. Park Street Press. p. 15. 

161 Ranier Marie Rilke. Letters To A Young Poet. 1903. 

162 Equanimity. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equanimity. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.

163 David Whyte. The Three Marriages: Reimagining work, self, and Relationship. Riverhead Books; 1st edition (January 20, 2009). Kindle Edition. p. 5. 

164 Cosmology. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmology. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.

165 Transcendent. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transcendent. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.

166Schachter-Shalomi and Miller. From Age-ing to Sageing. Grand Central Publishing. 2008. 

loc. 239. 

167Ibid. p.14.

168 Ibid. p.15.

169 Ibid. p. 244.

170 Ibid. p. 12. 

171 Sharon Kaufman. The Ageless Self. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1986. p. 14. 

172 Zweig, Connie. The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role To Soul. Park Street Press. p. 14. 

173Schachter-Shalomi and Miller. From Age-ing to Sageing. Grand Central Publishing. 2008. 

p.2.

174 J. Hillman. The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire. p. 286.

175 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/terminal-cancer-neuroscientist-prepares-death/621114/ Accessed 1 March 2022.

176 Ram Dass. Death Quotes. https://www.ramdass.org/ram-dass-quotes Accessed 12 December 2021. 

177 Stanley Keleman. Living Your Dying. Random House. 1974. 

178 https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/parties-dont-last-forever-ricky-25543590 Accessed 23 December 2021. 

179 Anya Foos-Graber. Deathing. Nicolas-Hays. 1989. Kindle Edition. Loc: 9. 

180 https://deathdoulas.com/whatdeathdoulasdo Accessed 3 January 2022.

181 Schachter-Shalomi and Miller. From Age-ing to Sage-ing. Grand Central Publishing. 2008. p.113. 

182 Abraham H. Maslow. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. Esalen. 1971. 

183 Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D. The World of Shamanism. Llewellyn Publications. 2007. Page 109.