Robert and Marion's book, "The Maiden King," adds new vitality to the quest for a soulful way of being. The book, along with the Applewood video resources available from this site, offer interpretations of ancient images and timeless metaphors that are sure guides for the inner journey.

These resources can help you look, with enhanced perception, at the inner side of being human. They can also help you see more clearly the stages of growth we go through on our human journey towards wholeness.

This ancient Russian fairy tale uses the image of sleep to describe the basic human condition. We are "asleep." We live in a culture that is in a deep sleep. Our relationships with people and with the planet suffer the dramatic consequences. To give attention to the imagery in this story prompts us to "wake up" and to see life and the world around us with new clarity.

A quote from the Introduction of "The Maiden King" provides a clue to the timeliness of this new book and the depths of the metaphorical world it inhabits:

"Our story is not about heroism, but about failure and repair; it is not so much about bravado as about learning courtesy; it is less about doing and more about listening; it is not as much about ascents as about descents. It is about the forging of a new relationship within both men and women."

The Maiden King: the reunion of masculine and feminine
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