The Hero and the Goddess is a blueprint for personal change inspired by Homer’s classic. The book shares empowering exercises that reflect every key stage of the story, a process that invites readers to work through loss and suffering, search for the divine Beloved, and share in the joy of arriving home. After the Trojan War, it takes the hero Odysseus ten years to get home, guided by the goddess Athena. Jean Houston’s experiential retelling leads us to enter Homer’s great epic as if it were our own. With Odysseus, we search for the Beloved, endure setbacks, and finally know the joy of homecoming. We also learn to link our mortal selves with immortal realities, creating an opening through which grace can enter. This is a book to be done, not just read. It leads us on a powerful journey of the soul in which we awaken to a larger, nobler life.