Hestia Come Home

Hestia Come Home by Cain, Jerrilee. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781582441511.

The renovation of a charming but ramshackle house in Massachusetts was the unexpected catalyst for a Jungian analystis own remarkable journey of self-discovery.In a story that will resonate with all women, Jerrilee Cain describes how, while turning that 18th century farmhouse into a home, she awakened to her identification with Hestia, the goddess of the hearth.Here she presents an insightful analysis of the Hestian archetype that delves beneath the dowdy Victorian image of placid domesticity to reveal the original Greek concept of this ancient deity as the keeper of the burning creative force.Containing the perpetual flame that nurtures, the hearth is the symbol of the home. But that same fire also inspires, representing the ecstatic way of life. In explaining how the universal yearning for home is inextricably intertwined with a fundamental desire to realize oneis passion, Hestia Come Home illuminates for all of us a path to finding that perfect place where our body will be nurtured while our soul finds its life-affirming purpose.This lyrical and compelling narrative opens our own awareness to the goddess within who has the power to guide us home.