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Chapter One








                            The Goddess & Mythology







            In my search I found that in                       honesty and integrity and/


            many narratives, cultures                          or empowering the feminine

            and religions around the                           within.

            world, a Goddess is looked


            upon as being a woman with                         Today we are much more

            extraordinary beauty who                           aware of the powerful forces


            represents ideals such as                          within us that influence what

            purity, peace, innocence and                       we do and how we feel.

            charm. In the modern world


            however, we seem to hear                           In her book Goddesses in Every

            more phrases along the lines of                    Woman, JS Bolen explains that


            “Finding your Inner                                “Every woman has the leading

            Goddess or “How to be a                            role in her own unfolding life

            Warrior Goddess.” The themes                       story. As a psychiatrist, I have


            that run central and are                           heard hundreds of personal

            relevant to the modern                             stories, and I realize that


            woman focus on such                                there are mythic dimensions

            aspirations as finding                             in every one.” She goes on to

            inner peace, leading an                            explain that “these powerful


            authentic life, operating with                     inner patterns - or archetypes









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