From a magical childhood on the Cornish moors to overcoming adversity through a life-changing illness, Melanie uses the metaphor of a journey in seven stages, part autobiography, part study. Her story leads us to explore new ideas in a tapestry of language and imagery. Adapting to life in a wheelchair, this mother of three young children initially retrained as a teacher of dyslexic children and later as a counsellor. She went on to help establish therapeutic programs for adult groups, a training and therapy center.

Her study of the archetypal nature of the journey includes Rudolf Steiner's concepts of Seven Life, becoming Learning Processes. Confronted with her own existential challenges, she discovers that courage and faith can access a source of help and support far beyond what she had dared to believe possible. Her story culminates in an imaginative paraphrase of the seventeenth century spiritual diary, The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz and seven contemplations.

This book is for all those who embrace their vulnerability to find the inner courage to meet life's challenges.