DISCUSSION
In this study I explored spirituality as a lived experience for women in advancedage. I investigated this phenomenon through a textural (what) and structural (how) analysis of their narratives, which allowed me to arrive at a composite structure of their lived experience of spirituality, or what I interpret as the essence. This hermeneutic phenomenological analysis allowed me to arrive at an under-standing of what is most essential about the spirituality for woman in this study. During multiple interviews the women articulated a deep connection with the Transcendent or God. For the majority of occurrences that connection was expressed in relation to God. Their narratives reveal that for four of the six woman, a relationship with God is paramount in their lives