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what did you do over spring break that
was mythological?
maenads or bacchae:
followers of Dionysus, traditionally women
entheos: possessed by the god
sparagmos: tearing apart of live
flesh
Hippolytus: follows Artemis, is a virgin, a "hippie", ride his horse all day, Aphrodite wants to teach him
a lesson for not worshipping her, so she makes his stepmom fall in loves with him and she accuses him of rape, so the dad
gets Poiseidan to kill him
psyche: mind (soul)
pg. 110M&K the goddess within and Bolen insert
stereotypes
vs archetypes: stereotypes always about who's right whereas archetypes not about who's, it only counts what possesses
you
Athena: warrior goddess, daddy's girl
myths are an elaborate system of stories and symbols that orient us
to all dimensions of reality
dimensions of reality: up (sky)-thinking, Zeus
out (city)-sensation, Athena, extroverted
down (earth)- feeling, Dionysus
in (mind, self)-intuition, Demeter, introverted
what world do you want to live in?
male divine
Dyaus-sky-light
pitar-father
god-that which
lights up the nigh sky (Zeus with his lightning bolt; Jupiter-father sky)
pg. 199M&K shamanic ecstasy
ecstasy-to stand outside yourself
Athena and Zeus-extraversion, brought about modern jury system with the debate involving
Apollo over who's more important, the man or woman, in procreation. Athena, the daddy's girl, sides with Apollo when
the first jury is split, and choses the man
hieros gamos-sacred marriage
pg. 185-87M&K male divine, "sorcerer of
Trois Freres", men expendable and women remain forever
pg. 188M&K description of shamans
Calasso, ch. 3, the hero
(always male): pg. 17M&K Joseph Campbell's mono-myth, the hero's journey
ejournal for professor Sexson's mythology class at montana state univeresity
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