Goddesses in Everywoman

11. The Alchemical Goddess APHRODITE Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty, I place in a category all her own as the alchemical ...

As the alchemical goddess, Aphrodite shares some similarities with the other two categories, yet is intrinsically different from ...

QUALITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: LIKE “LIMELIGHT” The quality of consciousness associated with Aphrodite is unique. The virgin goddesse ...

natural way of relating and gathering information for many women (and men) who like people and focus their total attention on th ...

bearing. Sometimes an image comes up, or a metaphor suggests itself. Or I may have an emotional response of my own, either to th ...

Moreover, while the painter focuses on the detail in front of her, she also holds an awareness of the whole canvas in her consci ...

tion of a “special woman” in the transition phase of a young man’s entry into the adult world. Levinson claims that such a woman ...

THE PYGMALION EFFECT I think that the vision carrier—therapist, mentor, teacher, or parent with “a green thumb”—under whom other ...

when we feel drawn toward another person and fall in love; we feel it when we are touched by her power of transformation and cre ...

12. Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Beauty, Creative Woman and Lover APHRODITE THE GODDESS Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty, ...

GENEALOGY AND MYTHOLOGY There are two versions of the mythological birth and origin of Aphrodite. Hesiod and Homer tell two cont ...

guided souls to the underworld and who was the patron god of travelers, athletes, thieves, and businessmen, as well as god of co ...

As noted earlier, Aphrodite also figured in the legend of Pyg- malion, king of Cyprus. Pygmalion carved a statue of his ideal wo ...

Daughter of a priest of Aphrodite, Myrrha fell passionately in love with her own father. According to various versions of this s ...

reverence and awe that were due the goddess, which offended Aphrodite. In this myth, Psyche sought out the goddess whose wrath s ...

as in Judeo-Christian, Moslem, and other patriarchal cultures, the woman who embodies Aphrodite the lover is considered a temptr ...

feels like an instinctual response, having little to do with loving or even liking the man who arouses her, it is sexuality “cut ...

drive and the power of passion, Aphrodite can turn a woman into a vessel of procreation—if she does not practice birth control. ...

pressions may interact to create the result. Just as Aphrodite the lover may proceed serially through many affairs of the heart, ...

vide time and opportunity for Aphrodite to develop. A couple may need to take vacations away from their children, in a relaxed s ...