Marriage: Aphrodite woman, 250–251; Artemis woman, 60–61; Athena
woman, 93–96; Demeter woman, 184; Hera woman, 145–146, 154–156;
Hestia woman, 122–123; Persephone woman, 212–213
“Masculinity complex,” 40, 42
Maternal instinct, in Demeter 172–173 as problem, 189–190
Mead, Margaret, 30
Medea, 257; myth of, 162–163; Syndrome, 161–163
Meditation, and Hestia woman, 31, 112, 116–117
Medium, Persephone woman as, 222
Medusa, 77; effect, of Athena woman, 101—103
Meleager, 72, 73
Men, relationships with: Aphrodite woman, 247–250; Artemis woman,
61–63; Athena woman, 91–92; Demeter woman, 182–183; Hera woman,
152—153; Hestia woman, 123–124; Persephone woman, 209–211
Menelaus, 264, 270
Menopause, and goddess activation, 30. See also Middle years
Menstrual cycle, and goddess shift, 30
Mercilessness, in Artemis woman, 70
Mercurius, 115
Mercury. See Hermes
Messenger god. See Hermes
Metanira, 170, 195
Metera Babies Centre, 13
Metis, 19, 76, 86, 106
Michelangelo, 182
Middle years: Aphrodite woman, 253; Artemis woman, 64–65; Athena
woman, 97–98; Demeter woman, 187–188; and goddess shift, 33–34, 268;
Hera woman, 157; Hestia woman, 125; Persephone woman, 214
Midlife. See Middle years
Minerva. See Athena
Monroe, Marilyn, 243
Moon, Dark, Goddess of. See Hecate
Moon, Goddess of. See Artemis
“Moonlight vision,” 52
Mortals, Aphrodite’s relationships with, 235–238
Mother: archetype of, 14; Athena woman to discover, 105–106; goddess
archetypes as, see Children
“The Mother,” Aurobindo Ashram, as Demeter woman, 174
Mother-infant bonding, 13–14
“Mother Portnoy’s Complaint,” 175
Goddesses in Everywoman