Goddesses in Everywoman

tant. Demeter does not usually have a strong sexual drive. She is often a warm, affectionate, feminine person who would just as ...

she may have contributed to her children’s difficulties. She is con- scious only of her positive intentions, not of the negative ...

been generous, trusting, and somewhat casual in her mothering style. Afterward, she felt guilty and responsible, unsure of herse ...

fices to get it or will feel guilty. Moreover, she fails to set limits on behavior. From toddlerhood on, she gives in to her chi ...

through its early years. The loss will plunge her into being an angry, grieving Demeter. Even if there are no power struggles or ...

IDENTIFYING WITH DEMETER A woman who identifies with Demeter acts like a bountiful, ma- ternal goddess with an unlimited capacit ...

right time in her life, she must resist Demeter by being vigilant about birth control. Fatigue, headaches, menstrual cramps, ulc ...

Whether a Demeter woman fosters dependency or, on the contrary, creates a sense of security in which the other person can grow a ...

shop for the item her next-door neighbor asked her to pick up; she misses the deadline or is late for an important meeting. In t ...

to have them move away. Demeter women in love relationships that end may also react thus, as well as a Demeter woman who has “mo ...

be changed, a Demeter woman’s growth is thwarted until she can see the whole picture. Demeter women have good intentions—which, ...

husband without the children? Will she put time aside for a solitary activity and take the time to jog, meditate, paint, or play ...

type of youth returns. How it happens often seems mysterious. It follows weeping and rage. Time passes. Then a budding feeling s ...

10. Persephone: The Maiden and Queen of the Underworld, Receptive Woman and Mother’s Daughter PERSEPHONE THE GODDESS The goddess ...

In the beginning of the Demeter-Persephone myth (told in detail in the previous chapter), Persephone was a carefree girl who gat ...

sion to borrow Cerberus, the ferocious three-headed guard dog, which he subdued and put on a leash. Persephone contended against ...

graduate school. Whatever they are doing, it doesn’t seem “for real.” Their attitude is that of the eternal adolescent, indecisi ...

“ANIMA WOMAN” M. Esther Harding, a distinguished Jungian analyst, began her book The Way of All Women by describing the type of ...

virginity was sold to the highest bidder. This image was continued in her next films, Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, and in her a ...

based reality of the “real” world and the unconscious or archetypal reality of the psyche. When the Persephone archetype is acti ...