In her 1984 book, Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives, psychiatrist and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen delves into seven feminine archetypes within woman’s psyche, based on the goddesses of ancient Greece, whose names and mythologies have endured for more than three thousand years. Myths are not mere fictitious stories or fantasies of the human mind, but perennially recurring patterns that describe fundamental concerns of the human condition.
What fulfils one woman may mean little to another, depending on which feminine archetype is constellated (or activated). Knowledge of the feminine archetypes provides women with vital information about their psychological difficulties, allowing them not just to understand themselves, but also their relationship with others. They also explain some of the difficulties and affinities women have with men. Knowledge of the “goddesses” provides useful information for men too. Men who want to understand women better can use feminine archetypes to learn that there are different types of women and what to expect from them.
When you recognise the forces influencing you, you move closer to fulfilling the age-old maxim, “know thyself.” If you can learn about your own patterns of being, you can save yourself from some suffering.
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⌛ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:56 Goddesses in Everywoman
4:08 The Seven Feminine Archetypes
5:20 Identification and Integration of Archetypes
6:06 The Virgin Goddesses: Artemis, Athena, Hestia
7:20 Artemis: Goddess of the Hunt and Moon
11:57 The Shadow of Artemis
13:37 Athena: Goddess of Wisdom and Crafts
17:38 The Shadow of Athena
19:43 Hestia: Goddess of the Hearth
23:31 The Shadow of Hestia
24:49 The Vulnerable Goddesses
26:15 Hera: Goddess of Marriage
29:18 The Shadow of Hera
32:11 Demeter: Goddess of Grain
34:41 The Shadow of Demeter
36:49 Persephone: Maiden and Queen of the Underworld
38:14 The Shadow of Persephone
41:55 The Transformative Goddess
43:31 Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Beauty
45:10 The Shadow of Aphrodite
47:10 Conclusion
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