The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression - Paperback

by Vanya Leilani (Author)

In these pages you will encounter the archetypal Eve-not the literalized Eve that has for so long served as justification for horrific environmental and social injustices, but the mythic Eve who liberates. Weaving in her own lived experience of stepping beyond the boundaries of fundamentalist religion into deeper spiritual sovereignty, Dr. Leilani shows us the power of disobedience to set us free.

Part mythological exploration, part cultural commentary, and part personal memoir, The Flesh and the Fruit shows us the power of creative transgression as we move toward new ways of being and living. Dr. Leilani empowers us to find our own knowing, permission, and blessing as we walk out of the "shoulds" and into our own nature and wildness.

The Flesh and the Fruit is an invitation for us to step into the center of our own circles, to believe in our beauty and inherent worth rather than in the ancient poisonous tale of our fallenness and depravity. Dr. Leilani encourages readers to challenge the hierarchical systems of power that sever us from ourselves, from each other, and from the Earth and to live from our wild knowing.

Author Biography

Vanya Leilani is a depth psychologist, writer, teacher, and storyteller. She holds a PhD in depth psychology with emphasis in Jungian and archetypal studies, has completed a certificate training intensive with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and served as adjunct professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, teaching on the creative power of archetypes. She has spent decades exploring the threshold where the external "should" in our lives encounter our own wild knowing and un-knowing.