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ALKISTIS

Copyright  2011    Dr.  Alkistis  Agiorgiti     All  rights  reserved.  No  part  of  this  book  may  be  reproduced  in     any  form  or  by  any  electronic  or  mechanical  means,  including     information  storage  and  retrieval  systems,  without  permission  in     writing  from  the  author,  except  by  a  reviewer,  who  may  quote     brief  passages  in  a  review.    

«The Greek gods can guide us to forgotten dimensions of ourself. Once we discover the connection between the old myths and ourself, we become open to dimensions of ourself in the stories of the gods, which reveal new depths in them, new power and significance...It’s time to bring the goddesses off the pedestals of our everyday life and owning them as part of our self and our psyche in an everyday way.» - Ariana Stassinopoulos-Huffington Author, ‘The Gods of Greece’ & CEO ‘The Huffington Post’

Introduction

"In the very corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god." –Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet

Do you feel trapped and frustrated, unable to decide or move on in your life? On the outside, you seem strong, but you lie awake crying, because something deep in your soul is trying to tell you something, which you are either too afraid to listen to or you know exactly what you want but feel you lack the 'support' to follow through to change the situation. I work with smart, successful, sexy women, who appreciate the Law of Attraction yet, still feel trapped in their life and want to break free from limiting beliefs and fears.

Do you have such thoughts? You spent the last 10-20 year of your life in a routine or doing "the right thing" such as being a good daughter, a good wife, managing a business, which are all very significant achievements, yet you suspect there is more that you want for yourself, you lie in bed thinking: Is it too late to have what I really want for myself to be fulfilled, can I have it all ?

You are attractive and intelligent and want to make a

difference, yet you often struggle with selfconfidence. For example, you have this nagging voice (which sounds a lot like your mother's) saying, "Who are you to be fabulous or make a difference?...I was in your shoes once too", and now you want to make a leap" : How can I break free from my limiting beliefs and fears, so that I can fulfill my dreams and purpose? You have a passionate fire burning in you; your creativity and sensuality excites you and others, but too often, you have gotten 'burnt'. You want to know: How do I balance this passion that I have for my 'art' and love, with a more mindful, thoughtful approach, in order to get fulfilling and long-lasting results in the areas of career and/or relationship? ......or maybe, you are just the opposite: You are very 'efficient', mindful, 'wise', and 'think like a man', but you feel as if you are watching life through a glass, at a distance, and you wish to learn: How can I awaken more passion, freedom, love and get my creative/sensual 'juices' flowing, without sacrificing the 'respect' and material gains that I have earned?

What most people don’t realize is that each of us is a ‘crowd’ ;There can be the rebel and the intellectual, the

seductress and the housewife, the leader, the selfsaboteur and the aesthete, the organizer and the diva, each with her own ‘agenda’, crowded into one single person-you. Often these ‘sub-personalities’ are far from being at peace with one another. As prominent transpersonal psychologist Roberto Assagioli wrote, "We are not unified; however, we often feel that we are, because we do not have many bodies and many limbs, and because one hand doesn't usually hit the other. But, metaphorically, that is exactly what does happen within us. Several sub-personalities are continually scuffling: impulses, desires, principles, aspirations are engaged in an unceasing struggle." The ancient Greeks lovingly imagined these ‘subpersonalities’ as gods and goddesses.

Many people misunderstand the Greek myths. For these

people, the Greek gods seem to be a jovial company who sit around banqueting on Mount Olympus all day, meddling in the lives of mortals as a form of entertainment… Yet in fact, the gods and goddesses represent facets of our own personalities, which influence our thoughts and actions…Greek mythology is the original ‘Self-Help-Psychology’.

Serious scholars and philosophers agree. Schopenhauer calls the Greek approach to religion, “The singular swing to elevation” of humans, It marks a great breakthrough on the long road that leads up from savagery, from senseless and horrible rites, such as human sacrifices, and worst of all, away from dogmatic ‘written-in-stone’ approaches, which stifle each person’s ability to commune directly with Nature.

The Greek goddess-archetypes are womanly images that have lived in the human imagination for over three thousand years, and in understanding them can help us to manage our emotional states. My first encounter with them goes back as far as I can remember, to the time when my mother used to narrate to me bedtime stories from ancient Greek mythology. Sometimes she referred to a book, but most of the time

she was able to recount the myths by heart, as Greek mothers have handed down these stories since the time of the Great Goddess. Ancient Europe had no male gods. The Great Goddess was regarded as immortal, changeless, and omnipotent...long before the concept of fatherhood was introduced into religious thought. —Robert Graves, Historian (The Greek Myths)

The Greek gods and goddesses were my superheroes before I was exposed to television superheroes, such as Wonder Woman, ISIS, and XENA. What was even more fascinating for me was to observe how many of the American superheroines were directly inspired by Greek mythology. Wonder Woman, for example, originated from a mysterious island populated by Amazons and filled with white doric temples exactly like those found in Greece. (See the video of the episode Paradise Island, where Wonder Woman was born; http://youtube/k6xOHWwzio0 ).

I was captivated by the characters of powerful Olympian

goddesses and larger-than-life Greek heroines, each with her unique characteristics or super power that she was teaching me through her legend: Artemis teaches Independence and Goal-Setting; She is the great Warrior. Athena teaches Leadership, Wisdom, and Strategy . Hera teaches Commitment to Relationship and an I-amthe- Queen-of-My-Life Attitude of Self-Confidence. Aphrodite teaches Passion, Magic, Sensuality, and Creativity. Demeter teaches an I-have-everything-I-need-and-more Attitude of Abundance, and Unconditional Motherly Love and Charity towards all Beings. Hestia teaches Spirituality, Inward Focus, and Home; She is the Temple-maker. Persephone teaches Intuition, Forgiveness, and Acceptance. What I loved most about the Greek goddess myths is that they offered women choices about who we want to become. Later on, as an adolescent, I was seeking a worldview that would offer me STRENGTH, WISDOM, LOVE, and INNER FREEDOM in this life, and I found it in the mythology of the ancient Greeks.

Greek religion was developed not by great prophets on

mountaintops, nor by ascetic saints, nor by any set of men and women who were superior or removed from ordinary life. The Greeks had no authoritative sacred book, no creed, no ten commandments. They had no theologians to draw up sacrosanct definitions of the eternal and infinite, or other abstract ideas that ordinary people could not relate to. The Greeks created a “free” religion, in which gods were made in the image of humans and were loved despite all their weaknesses, as a sort of extended family.

Now you may be wondering, “That’s all very interesting, but how can mythological representations and notions from the ancient past help people (like me) today with our problems and frustrations?”

I, too, was very curious and was inspired to develop a system of self-transformation that could improve ordinary people’s lives using the power of Greek mythology. I began researching techniques and ways for bringing this higher awareness into my own life and the life of my clients. Over the years, of working as a life-coach, I developed “The Golden Goddess Life-Changing Coaching Method®” a method that facilitates tapping into our own inner potential for becoming more authentic and fulfilled in our life.

Why “Golden Goddess”? It all began after a radiant golden goddess, appeared to me in a dream while I was staying in Delphi in 1992. This dream-encounter, with my own ‘golden goddess’ was so profound and moving that it gave me the courage to take a very difficult decision which changed the course of my life forever. Thereafter, I felt a deep desire to share this empowering experience with friends, but instead of simply talking to people about my own experience (which somehow always ‘fell short’ of transferring the magic of this event), I wanted to find a way to show people a way to access their own supreme, sovereign ‘golden god or goddess’, which will ‘harmonize’ all the conflicting inner goddesses. As a result, my clients began to feel unlimited amounts of energy and enthusiasm, it was as if they had been given a ‘super-power’. Later on, in my work as a life coach, I merged very practical techniques from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) in order to assist my clients to apply this newlyfound ‘super-power’ to do something concrete with it and change the course of their life, I called this second stage, “Live Your Golden Goddess Myth®”. “I did it my way” – Frank Sinatra

I have written this introductory book to my “Golden Goddess Life-Changing Coaching Method®” in order to

offer a simple, practical method, which will assist ordinary people to ‘harmonize’ all the ‘conflicting inner goddesses’ under ONE, supreme or sovereign ‘Golden Goddess’ which will help us to resolve all our problems, by transcending them. “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when creating them.” –Albert Einstein

Of course, I am definitely not the first to use “myththerapy” ie using Greek Mythological archetypes for purposes of transformation and healing, in modern times; Great psychologists and thinkers, such as Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, Erich Fromm, and Jean Shinoda Bolen, to name a few, have illumined my path to creating a simple, practical self-healing method, based on their tremendous body of research work. The method that I have developed for over twenty years is unique because it integrates the most recent neuroscience discoveries about brain-waves, brain-scans, neural growth (see Chapter 3) and so on, with wisdom and methods from ancient Greece. This skill that I teach offer us nothing short of EMOTIONAL FREEDOM and EMOTIONAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Sincerely, ALKISTIS

P.S. You will notice that many of the techniques suggested in this book are done in the imagination. Don’t be fooled by the apparent simplicity of the exercises. Just because they happen in our imagination, they should in no way be taken lightly, because the positive results begin ‘spilling over’ from our imagination, into our ’real’ life. Positive ‘co-incidences’ will just keep occurring, and you will begin to attract the experiences that your heart truly desires. Imagination is more important than knowledge. —Albert Einstein

OVERVIEW: Overview Essentially this book is (Level 1) of the complete ‘Golden

Goddess Life-Changing Coaching Method®’ In Chapter 1, we will explore: The eternal existential question Who am I? To become aware that you are already living a myth ie you are already a ‘protagonist’ in a life-drama, who is strongly influenced by various Goddess Archetypes. You, will take on-line Goddess self-assessment & learn more about the goddess archetypes…. In Chapter 2, we will explore: Self-Sovereignty and you will choose A New Goddess Archetype, The “Golden Goddess” that you want to embrace. To choose the new core values of the ‘protagonist’ In Chapter 3 you will learn: the Deep Psycho-somatic Relaxation®,(DRP ®), as a way for communing with your “Golden Goddess”…. Chapter 4 You will be introduced: To Level 2 of the Golden Goddess Life-Changing Method® ie You will begin brain-storming on an ideal future life scenario, which I call “Create Your Golden Goddess Myth ie a deeply fulfilling and meaningful life on your terms.           CLICK  HERE     TO  PURCHASE  &  DOWNLOAD  THE  WHOLE  BOOK  GO  TO:     http://www.alkistis.net/e-shop.html      

Chapter 1  

Who Am I?

Have you ever seen how they keep elephants in a circus tied up? Around one of their legs is tied a very thin rope. You ask yourself, why don’t they just give one hard pull and break that rope? It should be very easy for the huge animal to break that rope, but the elephant has been ‘programmed’ since it was very small not to even try. When the elephant was very small, the circus puts the same-sized rope around the leg of the baby elephant. When the baby elephant wanted to break away, that rope seemed huge, and every time that it tried to break away, it not only was it unsuccessful, it was also quite painful, as the rope would burn its tender skin. The baby elephant tried a few times to pull off the ‘big’ rope, but after it felt the pain in its attempts, it will stopped even trying. We, too, have been ‘programmed’ in many specific behaviors or ‘repertoires’ and yet, given the right circumstances and the right method, we can ‘awaken our dormant power’ and ‘re-program’ our self, so that one fine day, we suddenly break that thin rope, very easily. What would our new experience be like with our new freedom from our ‘old-programs’?

Your Beliefs become your Thoughts Your Thoughts become your Words Your Words become your Actions Your Actions become your Habits Your Habits become your Values Your Values become your Destiny - Mahatma Gandhi

Sub-personalities: ‘repertoires’ we have been playing for a long time now One of the most harmful illusions that we can have is probably the belief that we are an indivisible, immutable, totally consistent being: How often do you catch yourself, believing in one thing, but do or say another thing. Plato called this, ‘the fragmentation of the Self’, which he likened to a mutiny aboard a ship: “Imagine a ship in which there is a captain who is taller and stronger than any of the crew… The sailors are quarrelling with one another about the steering of the ship, every one of them is of opinion that he has the right to steer, though he has never learned the art of navigation, and cannot tell who taught him, nor when he learned the skill. Indeed the sailors further assert that navigation is not a skill, that it cannot be taught, and they are ready to cut in pieces any one who says the contrary. They throng about the captain, begging and praying to takeover the helm, and if at any time they do not prevail, but others are preferred to them, they kill the others or throw them overboard. They try to chain up the captain

with drink or narcotic drugs, then they mutiny and take possession of the ship.” - Plato, The Republic, Book 6

We can easily perceive our actual multiplicity by realizing how often we modify our general outlook, changing our model of the universe with the same facility with which we change dress. Thus, life may appear to us at any time as a routine, a dance, a race, an adventure, a nightmare, a riddle, a merry-go-round, etc. Our varying models of the universe color our perception and influ-ence our way of being. And for each of them we develop a corresponding self-image and a set of body postures and gestures, feelings, behaviors, words, habits, and beliefs. This entire constellation of elements constitutes in itself a kind of miniature personality, or, as we will call it, a subpersonality, which in, general, for women, corresponds to seven Greek-goddess archetypes. (I follow Dr. Jean Shinoda’s inclusion of Persephone, as a major archetype). Discovering our sub-personalities gives us a quick means to gain a relatively clear picture of our inner life. In turn, this clarity can enable us to be more at home with all those unknown inner guests having their own party or battle inside us. One way that you can discover which goddess archetypes are majorly influencing your life by taking stock of the various ways in which you look at life, by reviewing your

behavior in various situations, and by considering your various styles of being you. Discovering our sub-personalities gives us a quick means to gain a relatively clear picture of our inner life. In turn, this clarity can enable us to be more at home with all those unknown inner guests having their own party or battle inside us. On-line self-assessment You can take this on-line self-assessment (which is a short version of the test that I give my exclusive coaching clients), to determine which goddess archetypes are most influencing who you are and the situations which you are currently attracting in your life and then return to this book to read further about the Goddesses. Here is the link: http://fs22.formsite.com/ali123/form2/index.html Suggested Activity: Print out your results and write down how you feel about these. In the following pages, you will get a more detailed description of each Goddess, which you can refer to for informing yourself about the tendencies and characteristics, weaknesses and strengths of the particular goddess archetype that has been influencing you. You will recognize many of your own thought and behavior patterns.  

Meet the seven archetypal Greek Goddesses.  

  Note:  To  read  the  actual  myth  of  each  Greek  Goddess,  I  suggest   looking  it  up  on  the  internet  at:  www.paleothea.com  

 

 

  ARTEMIS  Goddess  of  the  Hunt  &  Goddess  of  the  Moon       Summary  

TEACHES US: Independence, Goal Setting, ‘Warriorhood’, Nature-loving QUALITIES: Matters relating to the material world, success. The physical body, mastery of the body. Grounding, individuality, stability, security, stillness, health, courage, patience. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Self-centered, insecurity, violence, greed, anger, “Bitch”.     Circle    dot  if  “yes”   • You  are  the  personification  of  an  independent  feminine  spirit.     • You  are  the  type  of  woman  who  seeks  her  own  goals  on  terrain   of  her  own  choosing.   • You  have  a  sense  of  intactness,  a  ‘one-­‐in-­‐your-­‐selfness’,  an   attitude  of  “  I  can  take  care  of  myself”,  with  self-­‐confidence  and   an  independent  spirit.  You  feel  whole  even  without  a  man.   • You  pursue  your  interests  and  work  at  what  matters  to  you   without  needing  masculine  approval.  Your  identity  and  sense   of  worth  is  based  on  who  you  are  and  what  you  do,  rather  than   whether  you  are  married  and  to  whom.   • You  are  able  to  concentrate  intensely  on  whatever  is  important   to  you  without  being  distracted  from  your  course  either  by  the  

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needs  of  others  or  by  competition.  You  like  competition,  as  it   heightens  the  excitement  of  the  game.   You  have  achievements  and  are  very  competent.   You  group  together  with  other  females  for  feminist  and   women’s  causes.  You  act  as  a  ‘big  sister’  to  younger  women.   Although  you  may  be  romantically  linked  to  various  men,  you   are  not  married.  You  may  be  a  single  mother.  You  have   acquired  sexual  experience  as  part  of  your  tendency  to  explore   and  try  new  adventures.    You  love  the  wilderness  and  camping  in  the  forested   mountains  and  love  to  gaze  at  the  moon  and  the  stars.   Sexuality  and  Relationships  in  your  life  resemble  that  of  a   work-­‐oriented-­‐man  ie  Career  or  a  creative  cause  comes  first.   Relationships  are  secondary.  Sex  is  a  recreational  sport  or  a   physical  experience  rather  than  a  physical  expression  of   emotional  intimacy  and  commitment.   You  are  part  of  a  community  or  network  especially  for   women’s  causes.   Marriage  is/was  far  from  your  mind  in  early  adult  years.   When/if  you  do  marry,  your  mate  is  often  a  fellow  classmate,   colleague  or  competitor.  Your  marriage  has/will  have  an   egalitarian  quality.  You  will/have  kept  your  maiden  name.   You  avoid  mates  who  need  to  be  the  center  of  your  life  ie  he   needs  a  ‘mother’.  You  prefer  guys  who  ‘nurture’  you,  rather   than  you  nurturing  them.   You  are  not  the  nursing  or  Mother  Earth  type:  being  pregnant   or  nursing  a  baby  will  now  fulfill  you.  Yet  you  do  like  children   in  general.   You  are/would  be  comfortable  not  to  have  children.    You  prefer   being  an  aunt.   When/if    you  do  have  children,  you  are  (likely  to  be)  an   ‘athletic’  type  mother  who  likes  to  play  games  with  your   children,  who  you  try  to  make  independent  as  soon  as  possible.   You  have  an  athletic,  boyish  figure.   You  are/will  be  very  active  all  your  life.   You  need  to  find  challenges  that  are  personally  rewarding.   You  prefer  the  ‘hunt’  to  the  actual  relationship  with  a  man.   You  perceive  a  man’s  needing  you  to  be  a  weakness  and  have   contempt  for  such  ‘sensitive’  men.   You  sometimes  deny  your  own  vulnerability  and  need  for  a   man.  

• You  keep  an  emotional  distance  and  are  not  always  available.   • You  are  a  bit  cool,  like  the  moon.  You  often  ‘disappear’  ie  to   steam  off  or  just  get  fresh  air.   • You  can  be  very  hostile  and  are  not  afraid  to  express  your  rage,   which  is  often  damaging  to  yourself  and  others.   • You  can  be  merciless  (ie  in  punishing  others)  due  to  your   outrage.   • You  have  a  strong  point  of  view.  Things  are  either  black  or   white.   • You  have  loyalty  to  others.   • You  take  action  ie  you  don’t  sit  around  waiting.   • You  don’t  like  housework,  you  just  want  to  get  it  over  with.  

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  APHRODITE  Goddess  of  Love  and  Beauty,  Creative  woman  and   Lover     Summary   TEACHES  US: Passion, Magic, Sensuality & Creativity  

QUALITIES: Giving and receiving, receiving, emotions, desire, pleasure, sexual/passionate love, change,

movement, assimilation of new ideas. Health, family tolerance, surrender. Working harmoniously and creatively with others. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Over-indulgence in food or sex. Sexual difficulties. Confusion, purposelessness. Jealousy, envy, desire to possess. Circle if dot “Yes”    

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You  enjoy  love,  beauty,  sexuality  and  sensuality.   You  feel  attractive  to  men  and  women  alike.   You  fall  in  love  often  and  easily,  having  affairs  is  a  way  of  life.   You  have  magnetism  and  you  know  how  to  ‘up  the  voltage’.   Other  women  are  often  jealous  of  you.   You  were  born  to  share  love.   You  are  a  powerful  force  of  change  in  men’s  life.   You  love  dance  and  movement,  creativity  in  all  its  forms.   You  do  not  easily  commit  to  one  man  or  project.   You  flow  easily  from  relationship  to  relationship,  from  one   creative  project  to  another.   You  lead  an  unconventional  life.   You  have  a  here-­‐and-­‐now  focus.   Your  senses  are  hungry  for  stimulation:  fragrances,  colors,   music,  pleasures  of  all  types.   You  have  no  shame  or  embarrassment  about  your  body.   You  are  charming  and  engaging,  enchanting  and  charismatic  to   men  and  women  alike.   Your  parents  worried  a  lot  about  you  when  you  were  an   adolescent,  and  warned  you  not  to  flaunt  your  sexuality.   You  attract  men  who  are  not  necessarily  good  for  you.  They  are   not  interested  in  being  husbands  or  fathers,  nor  are  they   particularly  talented,  often  introverts  or  very  volatile  types.   You  have  passionate  arguments  with  your  lovers  or  husband.   It  is  difficult  for  you  to  have  an  enduring  monogamous   relationship.   Women  are  enchanted  by  you  but  they  also  mistrust  you  and   are  jealous  of  you.   Your  friends  enjoy  your  spontaneity,  and  creativity.  It  is  never   a  dull  moment  with  you  around,  to  entertain  them.  

• You  want  to  take  in  ‘everything  life  has  to  offer’.  You  live   passionately.   • In  essence  you  don’t  need  any  man.  You  get  to  choose  who  you   hang  around  with.   • You  like  children.  You  have  wonderful  qualities  as  a  mother:   entertaining,  fun,  creative,  loving,  but  then,  you  may  just   ‘disappear’  for  a  few  days,  taking  away  the  ‘sunshine’  until  you   come  back  to  ‘wow’  your  kids.  Your  son  may  be  in  love  with   you  however,  and  your  daughter  may  feel  like  ‘less  of  a   woman’.   • You  depend  a  lot  on  your  looks,  which  some  day  will  run  out,   and  this  worries  you,  unless  you  develop  another  art   meanwhile.   • You  are  abit  superficial,  switching  loyalties  whenever  it  suits   you.   • A  born  seductress,  you  abandon  men,  breaking  their  heart,   which  is  not  too  good  for  you  in  the  long  run.   • You  are  a  ‘diva’,  you  need  a  stage,  otherwise  you  may  get   depressed.   • You  are  a  muse  to  men,  helping  them  be  more  creative  than   they  ever  imagined.   • You  initiate  men  into  their  manhood.  You  allow/inspire  men   develop  their  vision  or  big  dream.     Total  Points:                    

   

   

 

ATHENA  Goddess  of  Wisdom  and  Crafts,  Strategist      

Summary TEACHES US : Leadership, Strategy & Wisdom QUALITIES: Transforming, Shaping, Purifying, Shaping of Being, Mental Energy. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Perfectionism, Control over Self Vs. Others, Self-Critical Thoughts, Frustration, Anxiety. “Bitch”. Circle dot if “yes”    

• You  are  a  logical-­‐type  of  woman,  often  ruled  by  your  head   rather  than  you  heart.  Thinking  well,  keeping  your  head  in  the   heat  of  an  emotional  situation  and  developing  good  tactics  in   the  midst  of  conflict  are  natural  to  you.   • You  are  the  type  of  woman  who  seeks  her  own  goals  on  terrain   of  her  own  choosing.  You  have  a  sense  of  intactness,  a  ‘one-­‐in-­‐ yourselfness’,  an  attitude  of  “  I  can  take  care  of  myself”,  with   self-­‐confidence  and  an  independent  spirit.   • You  are  ‘one  of  the  men’,  and  enjoy  being  in  the  company  of   men.  You  take  an  active  interest  in  worldly  matters.   • You  are  pragmatic.  You  conform  to  ‘adult’  (ie  traditionally  held)   standards,  as  you  lack  romantiscm  or  idealism.  You  are   ‘sensible’.   • You  thrive  in  business,  academic,  scientific,  military  or  political   arenas.  You  have  a  master’s  degree  in  business  administration   and/or  allied  with  a  powerful  mentor,  you  are  making  your   way  up  the  corporate  ladder.  

• You  have  a  high  IQ  and  generally  high  acumen  in  economic  &   financial  matters.  You  think  strategically.   • You  are  good  at  diplomacy  (which  involves  strategy,  power  and   deceptive  maneuvers).  Some  criticize  you  for  being  a  ‘cold   schemer’.  You  have  a  doctoral  degree  and  are  effective  in   academia:  researching  &  serving  on  committees,  receiving   grants.   • You  know  your  game,  and  how  to  score  points.   • You  like  making  things  that  are  useful  and  aesthetically   pleasing:  Hands  and  mind  work  together  in  weaving  a   beautifully  crafted  item.     • You  gravitate  to  powerful  men  who  fit  the  archetype  of  the   patriarchal  father;  men  with  power  and  responsibility:  The   boss-­‐man.   • You  expect  two-­‐way  loyalty.   • You  have  been  the  ‘right-­‐hand’  woman  to  an  authority  figure.   • You  defend  patriarchal  values.   • You  do  everything  in  moderation,  to  live  within  a  balance.   • You  are  antithetical  to  excesses;  passion,  greed,  need,  over-­‐ dependency.   • You  coolly  assess  what  is  happening,  behind  your  armor  of   protection.  You  observe,  label,  analyze.  You  are  a  ‘western’   woman:  practical,  uncomplicated,  unself-­‐conscious  and   confident.   • You  have  a  ‘preppy’  look,  as  your  clothing  is  practical,  durable,   of  lasting  quality,  not  subject  to  fashions.  English    classic  look,   tailored  suits  that  say  “ageless  &  asexual”.   • You  are  making  something  of  your  self  &  life:  You  work  hard   towards  your  end,  accept  reality  as  it  is,  and  ‘deal  with  it’.   • You  run  an  efficient  household.  Organization  comes  naturally   to  you.   • You  can  be  a  great  teacher,  and  you  are  the  strict,  ‘no-­‐excuses’-­‐ type.   • Your  relationship  with  women  is  distant  or  neglected,  as  you   lack  close  women  friends.  You  have  ‘killed’  several  friendships.   You  have  male  mentors.   • If  you  are  not  perusing  your  own  career,  you  are  the  right-­‐hand   woman  of  a  successful  or  rising  male.  You  are  very  hard-­‐ working.   • You  do  put  up  with  fools,  losers,  sensitive-­‐types  or  dreamers.  

 

• You  live  in  your  mind  and  are  out  of  touch  with  your  body.  You   consider  your  body  utilitarian,  and  are  not  flirtatious,  sexy  or   romantic.   • You  have  men  friends  and  mentors  rather  than  lovers.  Sex  is   just  ‘part  of  the  agreement’  and  is  a  calculated  act,  part  of  your   role  of  a  wife  if  you  are  married.   • You  can  underrate  your  husband/boyfriend’s  interest  in  other   women.   • As  a  mother,  you  want    them  to  grow  up  as  soon  as  possible,  in   order  to  be  able  to  speak  with  them,  to  teach  them  things  &  to   do  projects  together  that  are  intellectually  stimulating.  You   raise  independent  children.   • You  never  lose  your  head  or  your  heart  or  self  control,  but  your   one-­‐sided  development  has  cut  you  off  from  aspects  like   compassion  and  emotions  which  need  to  grow  in  you  too.   • You  have  the  power  to  ‘turn  someone  to  stone’  ie  to  de-­‐vitalize   them,  to  de-­‐vitalize  a  relationship,  making  it  static.   • You  seem  to  have  neglected  your  relationship  to  your  mother,   or  you  generally  have  a  weak  relationship  to  your  mother.  

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HESTIA  Goddess  of  the  Hearth  and  Temple,  Wise  Woman  and   Maiden  Aunt.   Summary   TEACHES  US:  Spirituality,  Silence  

QUALITIES: It allows for the inward flow of wisdom from the ethers and brings the gift of cosmic consciousness. When stimulated and clear, it enables one to see the truth concerning illusory ideals, materialistic pursuits, selflimiting concepts, pride, and vanity; it further allows one to experience continuous self-awareness and conscious detachment from personal emotions. Compassion, seeing self in others, Peacefulness, oneness. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Confusion, anxiety, stress. ”I’m Holy”   Circle    dot  if  “Yes”     • Your  consciousness  tends  to  be  inwardly  focused  on  your   subjective  experience,  often  meditative.   • You  look  inwardly  to  intuitively  sense  what  is  going  on.   • You  have  values  and  you  refer  to  them  to  see  what  is   meaningful  for  you.   • You  have  a  sense  of  intactness,  a  ‘one-­‐in-­‐yourselfness’,  an   attitude  of  “  I  can  take  care  of  myself”,  with  self-­‐confidence  and   an  independent  spirit.   • Your  inward  focus  helps  you  to  gain  insight  into  other  people’s   character  and  see  the  pattern  or  see  the  significance  of  their   actions.   • Your  inner  perspective  helps  you  keep  clarity  in  the  midst  of   the  confusing  myriad  of  details  that  confront  you  daily.   • You  seem  emotionally  detached  and  perceptually  inattentive  to   others.     • You  enjoy  solitude.   • You  find  that  keeping  your  household  is  meaningful  rather  than   a  chore,  it  gives  you  a  sense  of  harmony.  You  create  a  “house  of   harmony”.   • You  like  putting  yourself  &  your  house  in  order.  Your  home  is   your  temple.  

• Tending  your  household  is  equivalent  to  meditation  for  you,  it   is  equivalent  to  a  ‘service  to  God’,  as  it  would  be  in  a  monastery.   • In  doing  your  housework  as  a  meditation,  you  have  no  stress   for  time,  you  are  ‘at  one  with  Time’.   • You  prefer  to  stay  in  the  background,  you  like  anonymity,  you   do  not  seek  the  lime-­‐light  or  to  be  in  the  news.   • You  are  often  taken  for  granted  in  your  home.   • You  presently  live  or  would  like  to  live  in  a  religious   community,  especially  those  that  cultivate  silence,  such  as   Buddhism.   • You  are  or  would  like  to  be  ‘self-­‐less’.   • You  have  a  ‘wise-­‐woman’  quality  about  you.   • You  dress  abit  ‘nun-­‐like’  ie  long  skirts,  shawls,  you  like  to  cover   your  hair  with  a  scarf,  or  have  it  neatly  pulled  back.  You  do  not   care  to  accentuate  sexuality  and  do  not  care  to  be  ‘in  fashion’.   • You  are  a  truthful    person,  who  people  can  trust  and  confide  in.   You  seek  to  create  inner  harmony  and  stillness  most  of  all,  and   you  are  often  peaceful,  even  when  chaos  surrounds  you.  You   like  to  connect  with  your  Inner  Self,  your  True  Self  (ie  inner   Goddess).   • You  create  a  warm  household  for  others,  as  if  there  is  a   hearth/a  sacred  fire  burning  in  the  middle  of  the  home.   • You  are  generally  a  quiet  and  unobtrusive  person,  whose   presence  creates  an  atmosphere  of  warmth  and  peaceful  order.   • Usually  you  are  an  introverted  person,  who  enjoys  solitude.   • You  have  a  few  good  friends  who  appreciate  you  very  much,   and  you  meet  with  them  from  time  to  time.  Your  friends  also   have  Hestia  qualities.   • You  do  not  enjoy  gossiping  or  heavy  intellectual  or  political   discussions.  Your  gift  is  to  listen  with  compassion,  often  times   in  your  home  or  a  sanctuary  that  you  have  created.   • Sexuality  is  not  very  important  to  you,  although  when  sex   ‘happens  to  you’,  you  enjoy  it  a  lot,  especially  because  you   know  how  much  healing  you  are  offering  your  mate.  For  a  man,   sex  with  you,  sex  is  like  ‘coming  home  to  his  sanctuary’.   • You  fit  the  old-­‐fashioned  idea  of  ‘a  good  wife’.  You  are  not  a  flirt   or  promiscuous.   • You  may  look  like  a  dependent  wife,  but  actually,  you  have   complete  inner  autonomy.  

• You  are/or  would  make  a  good,  loving  mother,  although   sometimes  you  tend  to  be  detached  &  undemonstrative  of   affection.   • You  lack  negativity,  because  you  tend  towards  wisdom.   • You  lack  an  image  or  a  persona,  you  are  almost  ‘invisible’.  You   feel  out  of  place  with  others  who  are  often  competitive,  which   may  not  always  be  beneficial  to  you  in  our  often  fast-­‐paced   world.     Total  Points:                  

  DEMETER  Goddess  of  the  Bountiful  Harvest,  Nurturer  and  Mother   Summary   TEACHES  US:  Unconditional  Love   QUALITIES: The center of compassion, love, group

consciousness, and spirituality associated with a "oneness" with "all that is." It provides for a desegregation between the loving energy of the heart and the analytical energy of the intellect. God Connection. Able to give and receive without giving. Open to change, new ideas. Coping with loss. Balance. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Self-abandonment, fear, sadness, anger, resentment, jealousy, hostility.

  Circle  dot    if  “Yes”   • You  are  the  maternal-­‐type.   • You  provide  physical,  spiritual,  psychological  nourishment  to   others.   • When  others  reject  your  nurturing,  you  get  depressed  or  feel   rejected.   • You  have/had  a  deep  desire  to  become  pregnant  and  be  a   mother.   • You  would  not  have  an  abortion  unless  the  situation  was   impossible  to  sustain  a  child.   • You  are  an  altruist.   • If  you  don’t  have  your  own  biological  children,  you  become  a   spiritual  mother  or  a  second  mother  to  others  in  need.   • You  love  cooking  and  feeding  people.   • You  like  gardening,  especially  edible  things:  tomatoes,  berries,   cucumbers.   • You  prefer  to  grow  your  own  food,  and  buy  organic.   • You  take  care  of  the  sick  and  poor.   • You  are  generous.   • If  you  can’t  have  children,  you  are  susceptible  to  depression.   • You  make  sacrifices  for  others,  especially  your  children.   • When  your  children  leave  home,  you  may  get  depressed.   • If  you  are  depressed,  you  don’t  have  tantrums  or  make  scenes,   you  begin  ‘with-­‐holding’  your  usual  offerings.   • You  love  babies  and  fantasize  about  them  often.   • You  prefer  nurturing  professions  such  as  teaching,  nursing,   helping,  social  service,  psychotherapy,  nursery  school  teacher.   • Your  leadership  style  is  ‘maternal’.   • You  are  not  competitive  with  other  women  or  men.     • You  are  not  the  envious  type,  except  for  yearning  to  be  a   mother.   • You  have  solid  friendships,  you  create  community.   • You  generally  want  to  be  ‘chosen’  by  the  man;  you  are  not  a   ‘huntress’.   • You  don’t  have  high  expectations  of  men.   • For  you  men  are  just  ‘little  boys’,  you  forgive  them  in  their   immature  ways.   • Men  who  want  a  ‘mother’  or  somebody  like  their  own  mother   are  often  attracted  to  you.  

• You  don’t  have  a  strong  sexual  drive,  although  you  are  warm   and  affectionate.   • The  most  sensuous  act  for  you  is  breastfeeding,  rather  than  sex.   • You  have  difficulty  to  say  ‘No’,  as  you  want  to  please  people,   but  this  may  also  cause  you  to  be  ‘passive-­‐aggressive’.   • You  are  abit  ‘naïve’  when  it  comes  to  judging  others,  especially   men,  who  may  take  advantage  of  your  kindness.     Total  Points:                    

 

  PERSEPHONE  Queen  of  the  Underworld,  Receptive  Woman  and   Mother’s  daughter.     Summary   TEACHES  US:  Intuition,  Forgiving  

QUALITIES: Higher consciousness, emotional and spiritual love center, spiritual inner sight, clairvoyance. When balanced, the mind (right hemisphere) and brain (left hemisphere) function in a unified field. Insight ensues

and its practical application becomes a daily occurrence. It also assists in the purification of negative tendencies and in the elimination of selfish attitudes. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Worry, hysteria, stress, fear, shock, irritation, depression, headaches, speech and weight problems. Circle if dot “Yes”    

• You  seem  to  be  eternally  youthful/adolescent.  You  feel  like  a   daughter,  even  if  you  are  older  now.  You  don’t  seem  to  know   who  you  are,  unaware  of  your  true  strengths  or  desires.   • You  are  uncommitted  in  relationships,  to  work,  or  to  an   educational  goal.  Eternally  undecided.  You  are  ‘playing’  at  life,   you  are  not  acting  as  if  life  is  ‘for  real’.   • You  are  your  mother’s  daughter,  a  ‘good  girl’.  Your  mother   always  knows/or  knew  ‘best’.  (Although  you  may  also  me   deeply  attached  to  your  father).   • You  are  very  ‘feminine’,  passive  and  dependent  on  somebody   who  has  taken  on  the  role  of  ‘parent’  (eg.    a  ‘sugar-­‐daddy’).  You   like  the  Cinderella  myth.   • You  are  ‘all  things  to  all  men’,  adapting  yourself  to  please  him.   • You  are  generally  unself-­‐conscious  or  self-­‐aware,  rarely  taking   time  out  to  reflect  on  your  motives/behavior.  You  are  very   malleable,  like  plaster  sine,  you  can  take  any  shape  or  form   depending  on  what  others  want  of  you.   • You  are  both  girl-­‐next  door  &  sex-­‐kitten.   • You  tend  to  not  say  ‘No’  directly.  You  do  not  disturb  the   harmony.   • You  take  refuge  in  your  own  fantasy  world  regularly.   • You  have  been  ‘mis’used  sexually  (raped  or  something  similar   to  being  raped,  held  ‘captive’).   • You  remember  your  dreams  often,  and  feel  comfortable   speaking  about  the  symbols  in  your  dreams.   • You  are  receptive  to  change  and  have  a  youthful  spirit.   • You  want  somebody  to  take  care  of  you.  You  like  getting  all   ‘dolled-­‐up’  ie  looking  pretty  and  ‘dainty’,  you  love  pink.   • Your  mother  treated  you  like  a  doll,  leaving  you  to  stay   dependent  on  her.  You  were  called  “Princess”  a  lot.   • You  have  a  difficulty  to  make  up  your  mind.  

• Professionally,  you  have  chosen  something  in  which  you  are   ‘playing’  in  or  allows  you  to  contine  your  ‘student-­‐life’,  without   any  serious  responsibilities.   • You  are  not  good  at  meeting  deadlines.  You  procrastinate  a  lot.   You  don’t  really  care  if  you  are  fired,  although  you  try  to  please   your  boss.   • You  like  psychology,  spirituality,  art,  poetry,  astrology,   romantic  novels.   • You  have  friends  who  are  like  yourself,  although  you  also   attract  a  lot  of  ‘unattractive’  girls,  who  admire  your  feminine   looks  and  cuteness.   • You  have  been  treated  as  ‘special’  all  your  childhood,  and  you   take  it  for  granted  even  as  an  adult.   • Older  women  like  to  take  care  of  you.   • You  are  unassertive  with  men,  allowing  them  to  take  all  the   major  decisions.  Tough  men  are  drawn  to  your  innocence  and   fragility,  men  who  are  uncomfortable  with  ‘grown-­‐up’  women.   • You  are  like  Sleeping  Beauty  or  Snow  White,  asleep,   unconscious  of  your  sexuality,  waiting  for  a  prince  to  come   along  to  awaken  you.  Although  once  you  have  some  sexual   experiences,  you  realize  that  you  like  it  and  you  feel  more  self-­‐ confident.   • You  will  wait  for  the  man  to  chase  you  and  propose  to  you.  You   play  the  ‘victim’  when  things  don’t  go  your  way,  blaming  others   for  ‘ruining  your  life’.   • If  you  have  children,  you  will  follow  your  mother’s  advice  on   most  things.  Your  children  may  come  to  dominate  you   eventually  if  they  haven’t  already.   • You  like  to  play  with  children.   • As  you  grow  older,  you  eventually  mature  (later  than  others   your  age).   • Because  you  lack  deep  self-­‐confidence,  you  resort  to   deviousness,  lying  and  manipulation.  You  avoid  anger.   • You  are  self-­‐absorbed  &  narcissistic  sometimes,  spending   hours  in  front  of  the  mirror.  You  are  susceptible  to  depression,   especially  if  your  life  is  controlled  by  others  who  suppress  you   in  some  way.   • When  you  are  down,  you  make  other  people  feel  guilty  and   responsible  for  your  misery.  You  wallow  in  ‘self-­‐pity’  often.     Total  Points:              

         

 

 

HERA  Goddess  of  Marriage,  Commitment  Maker  &  Wife   Summary   TEACHES  US:  Commitment  to  Relationships  

QUALITIES/LESSONS: The gateway to the Higher Consciousness and the gateway through which the emotions contained on the heart must pass to become balanced and harmonized. Open, clear communication of feelings and thoughts. Creativity, speaking up, releasing, healing. NEGATIVE QUALITIES: Uptight, low self-esteem, low self confidence, hostility, anger, resentment. ’Bitchy’. Circle dot if “Yes”  

• You  have/had  an  intense  yearning  to  be  a  wife;  you  feel   incomplete  without  a  partner.   • You  have  an  intense  ‘duality’  about  your  personality  ie  you  can   be  very  positive  or  very  negative.   • You  have  a  ‘queenly’  air  about  you  if  you  are  married  or  are  in  a   steady  relationship.   • You  are  or  want  to  be  in  a  committed  relationship.   • You  need  the  social  recognition,  respect  and  honor  that  you   perceive  marriage  will  offer  you.   • Your  wedding  day  was  /or  will  be,  the  ‘most  important  day  of   your  life’   • You  have  the  capacity  to  bond  or  to  be  loyal  and  faithful  and  go   through  difficulties  with  your  partner.   • You  are  not  into  sexual  adventures,  one-­‐night  stands,  or  short-­‐ lived  relationships.   • You  take  marriage  vows  very  seriously.   • You  are  the  jealous  type.   • You  are  a  haughty  mistress,  displaying  ‘queen-­‐like’  behavior.   • If  you  are  with  a  man  who  is  not  ‘the  marrying  type’,  you  will   be  miserable.   • You  have  traditional  values.   • You  take  (or  would  take)  pleasure  in  making  your  husband  the   center  of  your  life.   • Your  power  comes  (or  will  come)  from  your  marriage.   • You  like  traditional  roles  in  a  marriage.   • You  were  always  looking  for  the  ‘man  of  your  life’.   • You  believe  that  profession  is  secondary.  You  always  felt  this   way,  even  in  high  school,  even  if  you  were  a  good  student.   • You  do  not  place  much  importance  on  friendships  with  women   and  don’t  have  a  best  friend.     • You  only  pair  with  other  women  in  order  to  go  ‘double-­‐dating’   or  if  you  are  married,  you  tend  to  hang  out  only  with  married   women.   • You  believe  that  through  the  man/relationship  you  will  be   fulfilled.   • Sex  is  a  marital  duty  for  you,  especially  early  on,  you  were   unorgasmic,  even  though  you  may  hide  it  well.   • If  you  are  working,  you  tend  to  move  up  the  corporate  ladder   by  assisting  a  strong  male  (ideally  your  husband).   • If  your  husband  ever  wants  to  leave  you/or  left  you,  you  resist   it  like  the  plague.  

• You  have  or  will  have  children,  mainly  as  a  marital  function.     • You  would  put  your  relation  to  your  husband  above  the   relation  to  your  children.   • Without  a  husband  you  are  subject  to  depression.   • You  are  unable  to  leave  a  relationship/marriage  easily,  even  if   it  is  very  bad  or  even  abusive.   • You  judge  other  women,  especially  if  they  are  unmarried.   • You  cry  to  yourself  &  feel  self-­‐pity  often  or  have  other  psycho-­‐ somatic  symtpoms.       Total  Points:                         Points  Overview:   Athena,   Artemis   Aphrodite   Hera   Demeter   Persephone   Hestia  

Creating Balance through ‘The Golden Apple’.

Once Upon A Time, Zeus the King of the Olympian gods, held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Left off the guest list was Eris (goddess of discord), and upon turning up uninvited, she rolled a golden apple into the ceremony, with an inscription that read: καλλίστῃ or, "to the fairest."

Three goddesses claimed the apple: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Zeus named a shepherd named Paris as the judge as he knew that Paris would be a fair and equal judge. He gave the apple to Hermes and told him to deliver it to Paris and tell him that the goddesses would soon appear to him. Each of the goddesses offered Paris a gift as a bribe in return for the apple. First Hera, offered to make him a famous, powerful king; next came Athena, who offered to make him wisest of all men; and last of all came Aphrodite, who said she would give him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife. Paris chose Aphrodite’s offer, a decision that ultimately led to the start of the Trojan war…. I often asked myself, why if there are so many goddesses, why where only the three Athena, Hera and Aphrodite chosen to represent women in this myth? The answer came to me from Dr. Jean Shinoda distinguished Jungian analyst and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, who created a system to ‘categorize’ the Greek goddesses into three main types: ‘Virgin’ (Masculine) goddesses, ‘Vunerable’ (Feminine) goddesses, and the ‘Alchemical’ (Transformative) goddesses. Athena, Hera and Aphrodite are the main ‘ambassadors’ for each of these three ‘arche-types’ of women ie Feminine, Masculine, Transformative.

In the myth, a mortal man, Paris, decides which goddess gets the Golden Apple, today, we women must decide for

ourself how we integrate the powerful goddess archetypes into our life, so that we may become more authentic and live a life that is fulfilling ON OUR TERMS.

ATHENA represents the 'MASCULINE' (Animus) aspect of a woman's soul. (Artemis & Hestia too belong in this category). “Personify independent, active, nonrelationship aspects of women’s psychology…. Represent inner drives in women to develop talents, pursue interests, solve problems, compete with others, express themselves articulately in words, or through art forms, put their surroundings in order, or lead contemplative lives… This goddess aspect is that part of woman that is unowned by or ‘un-penetrated’ by man-that is untouched by her need for a man or need to be validated by him, that exists wholly separate from him, in her own right”. Writes Shinoda. Opportunities for Growth: Women with this strong archetype, are called to develop their ‘anima’ (ie feminineaspect of a woman’s psyche). They can develop more ‘feminine’ (ANIMA) attributes such as receptivity, vulnerability, intimacy and nurturing in order to become more balanced, whole and fulfilled in their lives. Are you a Virgin Goddess-type? HERA represents the 'FEMININE' (Anima) aspect of a woman's soul. (Persephone & Demeter too belong in this category)`’….These Vunerable goddesses…personify archetypes that represent the traditional roles of womenwife, mother & daughter…. They are relationship-oriented goddesses, whose identity & well-being depend on having a significant relationship. They express the need for women of affiliation…In their mythologies, these three

goddesses were raped, abducted or humiliated by male gods. Each suffered when an attachment was broken or dishonored”. Writes Shinoda.

Opportunities for Growth: Women with this strong archetype may need to develop their ‘animus’ (ie masculine-aspect of the female psyche). Such women would be wise learn to stay focused, be more objective and assertive in order to become more balanced, whole and fulfilled in their lives. Are you a Vunerable Goddesstype? APHRODITE represents “La femme Inspiratrice” or “Muse” has the potential to transform us and others around us. Although has some characteristics of the ANIMUS & ANIMA goddesses, Aphrodite is in a category all her own. She represents free-love, artistic inspiration, sensuality etc..Opportunities for Growth: can develop more goddess qualities (in either direction) depending on which directions you want to grow. Note: Even as regards our relationship to men; Virgin (Masculine) goddesses such as Athena, Artemis & Hestia are usually men’s SISTERS, COLLEGUES & COMPETITORS, ‘Vunerable’ (Feminine) goddesses are MOTHERS, WIVES & DAUGHTERS to men, such as Hera,Persephone and Demeter and the ‘Alchemical’ (Transformative) goddess ie are MISTRESS-WIFELOVER to men such as Aphrodite. Exercise : Take a look at the diagram

Time for a shift upwards, in our perspective

What do you see? Do you see an old lady or a young lady?

Some people see other things in this picture too, including animals, trees and landscapes, and that is because we each have different thinking patterns/tendencies. How many times in your life do you think that you just rush through relationships and events without paying attention to crucial details, and suffering needlessly because of that limited perspective? Although the possession of several sub-personalities makes us rich, their many different needs may also cause dispersion and confusion. Such an inner experience of dispersion is especially likely to occur during times of great outer changes and activity. Before we work with subpersonalities they seem to us to be fairly distinct universes, ignoring or misunderstanding each other. But as soon as awareness penetrates them, their communication tends to increase. Awareness not only liberates, it also helps us integrate. Now that you have gained more awareness of the various goddess roles/scripts that you have been playing unconsciously in your life, you are ready for a ‘shift’ in perspective, a new way of seeing things from a place of sovereignty. YOU ARE NOW READY TO PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE BOOK http://www.alkistis.net/level-i.html