BOOKS BY SUSANNE F. FINCHER
Coloring Mandalas 3: Circles of the Sacred Feminine
An introductory essay traces the stream of the sacred feminine from prehistoric sources through modern spiritual traditions and the work of contemporary scholars of psychology and religion. Mandalas for coloring include designs based on ancient European artifacts, traditional Hindu yantras, and contemporary art. Full-color illustrations provide inspiration, and instructions for drawing your own geometric mandalas add to the creative possibilities. Coloring Mandalas 3 will appeal particularly to individuals and groups who wish to explore spirituality as a pathway to deeper meaning and personal growth.
Coloring Mandalas 2 (2004)
Shambhala Publications, Inc. ISBN 1-59030-086-6 $16.95
Imagine
a fully opened rose in a sunny garden, releasing its fragrance as
it gently bobs in a summer breeze. This is the feeling evoked by
the archetypal stage of "Crystallization", the inspiration
for the 72 mandalas in this book. Crystallization is a time when
we are reaping rewards and enefits from completing a cycle of personal
growth;or realizing and appreciating our achievements; or resting
in the pleasure of having fulfilled a personal creative inspiration.
Crystallization is also a time of significant spiritual understanding,
when our spiritual nature comes together in harmony with our physical
nature. Enjoy these sacred circle designs created for balance, harmony,
and spiritual well-being.
Coloring Mandalas 1: For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression
Paperback (November 2000)
Shambhala Publications;
ISBN 1-57062-583-2
$18.95
The forty-eight drawings presented here for coloring include designs inspired by forms of nature, Native American and Tibetan sand paintings, Hindu Yantras, Turkish mosaics, the illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen, and the art of M.C. Escher. These mandalas are organized according to the Great Round of Mandala, a scheme of twelve archetypal stages that represents a complete cycle of personal growth. Thus, to do the coloring book from start to finish will carry the reader through a balanced experience of change, guided by the accompanying text.
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Menopause: The Inner Journey
Hardcover-- 155 pages (November 1995)
Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1-57062-152-7
$18.00
"Filled with truth, power, and beauty, this book is must reading for any woman who desires aconscious, empowered approach to the wisdom of the menopausal transition."
"Deeply informed by the Goddess, Susanne Fincher’s Menopause: The Inner Journey is honest and personal, a patient tour guide into the Crone age. Read it."
--Z. Budapest, author of Grandmother of Time and Grandmother Moon
Creating Mandalas: For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression
Paperback --192 pages (October 1991)
Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0-87773-646-4
$19.95
"Susanne Fincher’s book is warm, direct, easilycomprehended in its healing mission. She writes as an artist but makes awonderful synthesis of this art with fine scholarship. This book is a mandala in its own right, and it is healing simply to read it."
--Robert A. Johnson, author of He, She, Inner Work
"Susanne Fincher’s practical guide gathers European, African, Eastern, Native American, and other mythological perspectives and blends them with Jungian theory and her personal experience. This anatomy of the mandala will be useful to artists, therapists, and others who enter the magic circle."
--Shaun McNiff, author of Art As Medicine