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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Page 67
... hold to that image ; we have only to look again at the tiny tippet round the neck of the Varvakion copy of the great statue of Athene as protec- tress of civic order to see how readily Medusa's head becomes an embarrassment . Yet some ...
... hold to that image ; we have only to look again at the tiny tippet round the neck of the Varvakion copy of the great statue of Athene as protec- tress of civic order to see how readily Medusa's head becomes an embarrassment . Yet some ...
Page 121
... holds long life , wealth and honour in her hands , her ways are the ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . To those who find her , she is a tree of life , and those who hold her fast are called happy . No wonder that ...
... holds long life , wealth and honour in her hands , her ways are the ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . To those who find her , she is a tree of life , and those who hold her fast are called happy . No wonder that ...
Page 253
... holds us to it as she holds up her shield which is also a mirror for our reflection . ' Perhaps the whole point of Pallas Athene , ' says Christine Downing , ' is to help us transcend the facile equation of strength and courage and ...
... holds us to it as she holds up her shield which is also a mirror for our reflection . ' Perhaps the whole point of Pallas Athene , ' says Christine Downing , ' is to help us transcend the facile equation of strength and courage and ...
Contents
The Maternal Measure | 23 |
The Feminine Heritage | 41 |
Remembering Medusa | 60 |
Copyright | |
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