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'There can be a perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.' Sharon Blackie For any woman over fifty who has ever asked 'What now? Who do I want to be?' comes a life-changing new book showing how your second half may be your most dynamic yet. Rich with the combination of myth, landscape and eco-feminism that took her earlier work If Women Rose Rooted to cult status, Hagitude reclaims the mid years as a liberating, alchemical moment - from which to shift into your chosen, authentic and fulfilling future. Drawing inspiration from mythic figures and archetypes ranging from the Wise Woman and the Creatrix to the Henwife and the Trickster, as well as modern mentors, Sharon Blackie radically rewrites the future for women in their mid and elder years.

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A new Sharon Blackie is always a cause for celebreation.' Melissa Harrison

Praise for Sharon Blackie's books: 'A book for all the wild women ... I love each and every placement of each word. Love the wildness, the shapeshifting, the fearsomeness of it.' - Jackie Morris, co-author of The Lost Words 'Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie's beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life.' - Clover Stroud, author of The Wild Other 'A beautiful, intelligent and unusual book ... I'm hoping this book will become the anthem of our generation.' - Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens 'Deeply evocative and haunting ... Part rally cry, part warning, part manifesto and all parts enchanting.' - Holly Ringland, author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart 'Sharon Blackie weaves a rich tableau of what a life full of wonder and authentic connection might look like, supplying practical ways to approach ancient wisdom.' - Lynn Thomson, author of Birding with Yeats 'A master of her craft, Blackie weaves beautiful threads of folklore, psychology, history, philosophy, and much more into this remarkable work, reminding the reader of the magic inherent in all of our lives.' - Emily Urquhart, author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of our Hidden Genes 'Women have long been told to know our place . This powerful and inspiring exploration of the female relationship with landscape turns the diktat around, showing us what may be gained from doing just that.' - Melissa Harrison, author of Among the Barley and The Stubborn Light of Things 'Mind-blowing in the most profound and exhilarating sense. This is an anthem for all we could be, an essential book for this, the most critical of recent times.' - Manda Scott, author of Boudica and A Treachery Of Spies

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Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and workshops are focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted and her latest, Hagitude, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets - among them the Guardian, the Irish Times and the Scotsman. Her books have been translated into several languages, and she has been interviewed by the BBC, US public radio and other broadcasters on her areas of expertise. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught and lectured at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.

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