Athene: Image and EnergyFrom the moment Athene sprang full-grown from her father Zeus's head, a new image of the feminine was born. Starting from a penetrating analysis of the goddess's mythologies and beginnings, Jungian analyst Ann Shearer examines how mainstream consciousness, from the early Church Fathers onward, has diluted and even suppressed the original power of the image of Athene. photos. |
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... hand on Ares's arm and persuades him out of the battle ; it is she who knows when persuasion isn't enough at all , and simply knocks his helmet off his head and his spear out of his hand and bawls at him to stop . He hates it : he ...
... hand on Ares's arm and persuades him out of the battle ; it is she who knows when persuasion isn't enough at all , and simply knocks his helmet off his head and his spear out of his hand and bawls at him to stop . He hates it : he ...
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Image and Energy Ann Shearer. something woven , the traditional work of women's hands . In this art , as we know , and ... hand and the universe round her head'.12 And here in Athens itself , at the summit of its power , the work of women ...
Image and Energy Ann Shearer. something woven , the traditional work of women's hands . In this art , as we know , and ... hand and the universe round her head'.12 And here in Athens itself , at the summit of its power , the work of women ...
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... hands were in the dish , and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not ... hand remained up . And I looked upon the stream of the river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water and they ...
... hands were in the dish , and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not ... hand remained up . And I looked upon the stream of the river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water and they ...
Contents
The Maternal Measure | 23 |
The Feminine Heritage | 41 |
Remembering Medusa | 60 |
Copyright | |
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