Linda Greischel, MSW, LCSW, PhD, has worked as a psychotherapist and spiritual counselor with adults, children, couples, and families for over twenty years. Additionally, she has been a professional educator, public speaker, counselor in a cross-cultural, hospital-based spirituality program, and university professor. Meditation, art, and writing have been her lifelong passions. She is also author of Mythic Memory: Remembering the Feminine Soul & Spirit, which is a complementary, companion guide to Divine Eros. These books served as a foundation for her doctoral research and dissertation. Pathways of the Mystic: On Illumination, Surrender, Transformation, and Sacrifice is her third book in this series that follows these two books in the course of a lifelong developmental process.