Fate, love, and ecstasy: wisdom from the lesser-known goddesses of the Greeks
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TextWilmette, IL Chiron c1995Description: ix, 125p. Includes bibliographic references and indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-933029-96-9
- BL795.G63S26
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Analytical Psychology and Mythology : John Sanford 'has pieced together information from various Greek stories, plays, and poems' of lesser-known goddesses from the ancient matriarchal era of Greek culture.. Aphrodite (Greek Deity) : Chapt. 1: The retinue of Aphrodite, p7-19.. Ananke (Greek Deity) : Ananke and the daimones (Goddess of necessity who brings the realization of what must be done), p21-34.. Themis (Greek Deity) : Themis and her daughters (Goddess of right order who shows the rule of lines, limits, and boundaries), p35-48.. Ate (Greek Deity) : Folly, ruin, and sin : the goddess Ate (Goddess of folly, ruin, and sin who disregards all morals and consequences), p49-67.. Good and Evil : In Chapt. 4 - Folly, ruin, and sin : the goddess Ate, p51-67.. Fate and Fatalism : Chapt. 5: Fate and destiny (The three Fates, goddesses of the unchangeable and fateful events whose irrationalities shape each person's life), p69-85.. Furies (Greek Deities) : Chapt. 6: The avenging mother (Defenders of the feminine and its perogatives; The three Erinyes, goddesses of fury who unleash the unceasing, relentless, and envious anger of feminine justice), p87-94.. Dionysus (Greek Deity) : Chapt. 7: Dionysus : The strangest god of them all (God and goddess of ecstacy who vitalizes life through divine energy and creative inspiration), p95-114.. Peitho (Greek Deity) : From Chapt. 1: The retinue of Aphrodite (Goddess of gentle persuasion who wins love by consent rather than force), p9-11.. Charites (Greek Deities) : From Chapt. 1: The retinue of Aphrodite (The three Charites - goddesses of beauty, good cheer, and abundance who inspire both charm and grace), p10-13.. Aidos (Greek Deity) : From Chapt. 1: The retinue of Aphrodite (Goddess of modesty, self-respect, and shame, whose sensitivities brighten the joy of love, p13-19.
Peitho; the trinities of Charity, Fate and Fury; Aidos; Ananke; Themis; Ate; and Dionysus as they personify nature and spiritual reality.
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