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Author Bolen, Jean Shinoda.

Title Goddesses in everywoman : a new psychology of women / Jean Shinoda Bolen
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco : Harper & Row, [1984]
©1984

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Description xiv, 334 pages ; 20 cm
Contents Goddesses as inner images -- Activating the goddesses -- Virgin goddesses: Artemis, Athena, and Hestia -- Artemis: Goddess of the hunt and moon,competitor and sister -- Athena: Goddess of widsom and crafts, strategist and father's daughter -- Hestia: Goddess of the Hearth and temple, wise woman and maiden aunt -- Vulnerable goddesses: Hera, Demeter and Persephone -- Hera: goddess of marriage, commitment maker and wife -- Demeter: goddess of grain, nurturer and mother -- Persephone: Maiden and queen of the underworld, receptive woman and Mother's daughter -- Alchemical goddess -- Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty, creative woman and lover -- Which goddess gets the golden apple -- Heroine in everywoman
Summary Just as women used to be unconscious of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they may also be unconscious of powerful forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among women. Jungian psychoanalyst Jean Bolen believes that an understanding of these inner patterns and their interrelationships offers reassuring, true-to-life alternatives that take women far beyond such restrictive dichotomies as masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. And she demonstrates how understanding them can provide the key to self-knowledge and wholeness. Dr. Bolen introduces these patterns in the guise of seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, then shows readers how to identify their ruling goddesses, how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become better "heroines" in their own life stories.--From publisher description
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 313-320
Subject Archetype (Psychology)
Goddesses, Greek -- Psychological aspects.
Goddesses, Greek -- Psychology.
Myth -- Psychological aspects.
Mythology, Greek -- Psychological aspects.
Mythology, Greek -- Psychology.
Psychoanalysis and culture.
Psychoanalysis -- Greek influences.
Typology (Psychology)
Women -- Psychology.
LC no. 83048990
ISBN 006091291X (paperback)
0062500821