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Group 5 sumamry:
Kali- so beautiful she doesn't know she's perfect, other goddesses cut off her
head and put her head and body in hell. then they feel bad and try to put her together again, accidentally put her head
on the body of a prostitute. wise man tells her there is hope; desire + regret; embodies all feminine archetypes Group 6 summary: Gnostic stor; pistis/sophia(wisdon) creates vlind
god samael, the demiurge and ruler of chaos who thinks he's the only god and he creates earth and adam and the seven authorities.
so sophia creates eve of light- like the garden of eden story; 2 egyptian boys found gnostic manuscripts; sophia-sophisticated,
sophists, philosophy; gnostics thought snake as ahero of story because he gave the people knowledge *Jung a gnostic, depth
psychology snake wound around the staff-symbol of medical profession helenism, people realize more than just their religion
out there hieros gamos: sacred marriage hades, persephones(daughter of demeter, eats pomegranite seeds) prognostication-prognosis-knowing,
knowledge
cadmus and harmony 206 snake-bull as sea-land demeter- goddess of grain, ceres-cereal persephone-goddess
of corn narcissus-saw reflection in pool, flower persephone's picking when abducted eleusis-city where demeter was nanny
in search for persephone
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ejournal for professor Sexson's mythology class at montana state univeresity
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