At the height of her success as a foreign correspondent, but hungry for spiritual knowledge, Svetlana takes a leap of faith. She leaves the worldly life and her career behind, and with her spiritual mentor and partner Dwight Johnson plunges into a whirlwind of mystical adventure on a quest for her true identity and life mission. In this tale of travel, danger, doubt, even brushes with death - the symbolic underworld where she encounters her personal demons - Svetlana eventually emerges from the depths of her subconscious a humbler, wiser, and more complete human being. Meet Me in the Underworld weaves many threads: mythology and history, art and architecture, inner transformation and love story, and spiritual teachings of the Ageless Wisdom. It is a fascinating travelogue to Europe's sacred sites along the roads taken by saints and sages, pilgrims and kings, following the currents of Earth energies. The narrative takes the reader on a journey from ancient healing centers and oracles in Greece to remnants of Italy's mysterious Etruscan civilization; from worship sites of the ancient Druids and megalithic energy sites in Brittany to power centers of the Knights Templar in southern France. Sometimes profound and insightful, other times light and humorous, but always uncompromisingly honest, Svetlana paints the timeless story of a Soul-seeker, the destiny that awaits every one of us, because we are all ultimately headed home - to our own Soul. Book Endorsement: "Joseph Campbell showed us the inner wonders of the heroic quest, now Svetlana Merritt gives us an enchanting personal account of the initiatory mysteries. This illuminating book is at once global and intimate in revealing lessons learned in a sweeping journey through sacred places and personal discoveries. "Meet Me in the Underworld" is a mythic adventure that will remain in the imagination for a lifetime. Jonathan Young, PhD, psychologist and founding curator, Joseph Campbell Archives
At the height of her success as a foreign correspondent, but hungry for spiritual knowledge, Svetlana takes a leap of faith. She leaves the worldly life and her career behind, and with her spiritual mentor and partner Dwight Johnson plunges into a whirlwind of mystical adventure on a quest for her true identity and life mission. In this tale of travel, danger, doubt, even brushes with death - the symbolic underworld where she encounters her personal demons - Svetlana eventually emerges from the depths of her subconscious a humbler, wiser, and more complete human being. Meet Me in the Underworld weaves many threads: mythology and history, art and architecture, inner transformation and love story, and spiritual teachings of the Ageless Wisdom. It is a fascinating travelogue to Europe's sacred sites along the roads taken by saints and sages, pilgrims and kings, following the currents of Earth energies. The narrative takes the reader on a journey from ancient healing centers and oracles in Greece to remnants of Italy's mysterious Etruscan civilization; from worship sites of the ancient Druids and megalithic energy sites in Brittany to power centers of the Knights Templar in southern France. Sometimes profound and insightful, other times light and humorous, but always uncompromisingly honest, Svetlana paints the timeless story of a Soul-seeker, the destiny that awaits every one of us, because we are all ultimately headed home - to our own Soul. Book Endorsement: "Joseph Campbell showed us the inner wonders of the heroic quest, now Svetlana Merritt gives us an enchanting personal account of the initiatory mysteries. This illuminating book is at once global and intimate in revealing lessons learned in a sweeping journey through sacred places and personal discoveries. "Meet Me in the Underworld" is a mythic adventure that will remain in the imagination for a lifetime. Jonathan Young, PhD, psychologist and founding curator, Joseph Campbell Archives
