Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine
Written by Joseph Campbell
Narrated by Braden Wright
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Joseph Campbell brought mythology to a mass audience. His bestselling books, including The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces, are the rare blockbusters that are also scholarly classics.
While Campbell's work reached wide and deep as he covered the world's great mythological traditions, he never wrote a book on goddesses in world mythology. He did, however, have much to say on the subject. Between 1972 and 1986 he gave over twenty lectures and workshops on goddesses, exploring the figures, functions, symbols, and themes of the feminine divine, following them through their transformations across cultures and epochs.
In this provocative volume, editor Safron Rossi—a goddess studies scholar, professor of mythology, and curator of collections at Opus Archives, which holds the Joseph Campbell archival manuscript collection and personal library—collects these lectures for the first time. In them, Campbell traces the evolution of the feminine divine from one Great Goddess to many, from Neolithic Old Europe to the Renaissance. He sheds new light on classical motifs and reveals how the feminine divine symbolizes the archetypal energies of transformation, initiation, and inspiration.
Joseph Campbell
Dr. Joseph Campbell has a doctor of ministry degree in Christian Leadership from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri. He is the senior pastor of Cross Creek Church in Lebanon, Missouri, and the executive vice president of Intercessory Prayer Ministry International (IPMI). His ministry focuses on equipping, empowering, and releasing people to fulfill their purpose and destiny in God. He and his wife, Caroline, a pediatrician, are the proud parents of two children.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is my first Joseph Campbell book and I learned so much. Also the narration is superb.
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Cu mici excepții, miturile sunt asemanatoare in toate colturile lumii. De a lungul timpului , fiecare noua cultura a împrumutat si construit pe elementele predecesoarelor ei.
Nu cred ca exista altcineva care sa stie atat de multe povesti fascinante si sa le redea intr o maniera atat de atragatoare.
Aceasta carte este despre eternul feminin.
Mama pamant, mama natura , forta creatoare feminina de a lungul istoriei, din neolitic pana la trubaduri, imaginea femeii a fost inaltata sau dimpotriva doar o umbra a bărbatului.
Gaia, Ishtar, Isis, Hera, Demetra, Artemis, Fecioara Maria, Ioana D arc ,Isolda. Toate Sunt aici, si in diverse proportii, in fiecare femeie.
Bărbatului ii aparține forta fizica, dar femeii ii apartine magia transformatoare, a naturii si a baiatului in barbat.
Culturile agrare au avut drept zeitate principala femeia, in timp ce culturile razboinice si de vanatori, au avut drept zeitate principala barbatul.
Natura -puternica, misterioasa , cea care da viata a fost identificata cu femeia, pana cand oamenii au gasit metode de a cuceri mai mult pamant si au inceput sa iti imagineze ca isi pot depasi creatorul.
Transformarile prin care a trecut principiul feminin, sunt si ele foarte interesante - deitate principala in culturile neolitice, egalitate/dualitate in culturile babiloniana, mesopotamiana, indiana , greaca si romana, ajunge sa fie complet pedepsita, alungata si stearsa din panteon de religiile care au folosit forta si prigoana pentru a se impune -iudaism si ulterior cele construite pe aceasta-crestinism si islamism. Aici, femeia devine sursa tuturor relelor si anexa fortei, a barbatului. Natura inconjuratoare a fost spoliata de om de toate misterele si natura umana a trebuit si ea incorsetata si corectata. Ca reprezentat al ei, prin gratie, frumusete, putere creatoare a vietii si nu numai, femeia a trebuit invaluita, ascunsa vederii si asa cum barbatul a luat in stapanire natura, pamantul, asa a luat in stapanire si femeia.
"Reinvierea" principiului feminin , povesteste Campbell are loc o data cu aparitia trubadurilor si a conceptului "credo versus libido".
Poveștile de amor cu final tragic au facut deliciul multor generatii si oamenii au inteles ca "vindecarea ranilor " din dragoste poate fi obtinuta doar de la cel care a infipt sageata. Si, totodata inima cere ce ochilor le place.
" si amandoi, nu pricepeau de ce -oricat se straduiau sa-si stapaneasca inima -ea -i indemna unul spre altul, fara s-o poata infrana" - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Love this book, it's very thorough and informative. I would highly recommend.