Washington National Cathedral

 

In the Company of Legends and Friends


Isabel Allende
with Jean Shinoda Bolen

Tuesday, November 14
7:30 pm Program

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Isabel Allende Jean Shinoda Bolen

Best known for her riveting novels profuse with vivid characters—proud men and willful, fiery women—Isabel Allende is an accomplished storyteller, ardent feminist and spiritual wisewoman. Writing at the intersections of memory and revelation, myth and historic truth, she takes her readers into emotional depths of love and violence, and cues us to the spiritual realm permeating existence.

In her new work, Inés of My Soul, Allende weaves a tale of conquest and desire in 16th century Chile—and gives voice to a heroine overlooked by history. Brave and passionate Inés defies convention to chart a leadership path alongside her lover, one of the power-hungry warriors who wrested territory from the Incas in the name of the Church and the Spanish Crown.

On this special night, Allende will be joined by her longtime friend the Jungian analyst and author Jean Shinoda Bolen. Together they will explore the ageless archetypes that populate Allende’s work and our lives: intellectual, physical, spiritual and intuitive embodiments of hero, warrior, mother and prophet.

Come drink from the insights of these two women and hear more about how women who answer the inner call to leadership can influence the world with feminine values, and empower others to do the same.

 

Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, and raised in Chile, Bolivia, Europe and the Middle East. She worked as a journalist in Chile until the military coup in 1973. Exiled to Venezuela, she wrote her first novel The House of the Spirits. Bestsellers on four continents, her 15 books have been translated into 27 languages and adapted for movies, theater and ballet.

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst and professor of psychiatry at the University of California. Among her numerous books are Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women and The Millionth Circle.

 



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All Lectures will be ASL Interpreted
The Cathedral College is pleased to announce that all of our lectures this season will be interpreted in American Sign Language for the Deaf Community. Reserved seating will be available for those requiring this service. If you have any questions, please call (202) 537-2221.

For Visitors with Impaired Hearing
Sound amplification is available for this program. Please ask an usher as you enter for the appropriate device.


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