Index
Abortion, 172
Achilles, 71, 76, 77, 94, 103, 270, 279; genealogy, 297
Actaeon, 48, 50, 70
“Acting out,” 273–274
Activation of goddesses, 25–34; by “doing,” 31–32; effect of culture, 28–29;
effect of hormones, 29–30; family environment, 27; by invoking, 32–33;
by people and events, 30–31; predisposition, 26–27; in stages of life, 33–34
“Active imagination,” 277
Adams, Richard, 280
Adolescence and early adulthood: Aphrodite woman, 245—247; Artemis
woman, 57–58; Athena woman, 87–88; Demeter woman 178–179; Hera
woman, 149–150; Hestia woman, 120; Persephone woman, 208
Adonis, 199, 221, 236; cult of, 236
Aegina, 140
Aeneas, 236
Aeneid, 264
Aeschylus, 264
Agamemnon, 71, 77, 94
Alchemical goddess, 17, 224–262; Aphrodite, 233–262; creativity, 227–229;
Pygmalion effect, 231–232; quality of consciousness, 226–227; as vision
carriers, 229–230
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 293
Ambivalence, in goddess conflict, 270–271
American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 9
American Orthopsychiatric Association, 9
American Psychiatric Association, 4, 9, 51
Amor. See Eros
Amor and Psyche, 5, 258–259
Amor and Psyche, myth of. See Eros and Psyche, myth of
Anchises, 236
Andreas, Lou Salome, 230
Anima, animus, and anima-animus theory, 10, 41; vs. archetype, 43–45
“Anima woman,” Persephone woman as, 201