Goddesses in Everywoman
mance, or, for that matter, any number of men she did not know very well. When a woman is under the influence of Hera, she is li ...
limits her, and at worst is destructive to her. This consciousness is the first step that makes it possible for her to resist He ...
Hephaestus—known as Vulcan to the Romans—had his forge inside a volcano. Symbolically, he represents the possibility that volcan ...
Zeus. She also let go of her hopes that he would change, and let go of the role of victimized, vindictive Hera. Zeus, in turn, d ...
9. Demeter: Goddess of Grain, Nurturer and Mother DEMETER THE GODDESS Demeter, Goddess of Grain, presided over bountiful harvest ...
Demeter’s response to the abduction of Persephone by Demeter’s brother Hades, God of the Underworld. This myth became the basis ...
Olympus, disguised herself as an old woman, and wandered unre- cognized through the cities and countryside. One day she reached ...
world, stopping in front of the temple where Demeter waited. When she saw them, Demeter came running, her arms outstretched to e ...
tion in her life. The image of mother and child—most often repres- ented in Western art as the Madonna and child—corresponds to ...
true—she goes through cycles of pregnancy, turmoil, abortion, and depression, because the drive to become pregnant, once thwarte ...
involved. Many special education classes for handicapped children exist because a Demeter mother fought to get what her child ne ...
to have a child may be barren, or a child may die or leave home. Or her job as surrogate mother may end, and she may miss her cl ...
Similarly, the destructive aspect of Demeter is expressed by with- holding what another person needs (in contrast to Hera and Ar ...
particular child. The child pulls for (or constellates) the archetype in the woman. Motivated by her feelings for the child, she ...
is most famous for being the mother of the first-generation Olympians. As goddess of Grain, Demeter continues the lineage of fem ...
mones. Then some Demeter girls start yearning to become pregnant. If other aspects of her life are empty and she is herself litt ...
Some Demeter women become key figures in organizations, which receive their maternal energy. Typically, the Demeter woman in suc ...
Usually Demeter women have solid friendships with other De- meter women. Many such friendships date back to when they were new m ...
man’s attentions, the Demeter woman feels as if the myth itself has been reenacted. Unexpectedly, her Persephone has been “abduc ...
and there is some overlap—but the son-lover has the ability to love, be loyal, or be remorseful. The sociopath lacks these capac ...
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