Sunday, 6 February 2011
8 Days. Day 3.
Day Three: The four gods/superheroes you most identify with, and the four you least identify with.
I'm 4 days behind my friend on this, so let's see if I can catch up.
1. Demeter. My maternal instincts can be so powerful, they're archetypal, and Demeter helps me understand them. Also, ashamed as I am to admit it, I withdraw nurturing as a last resort when no one is listening. She needs more balance in my personality.
2. Oya/Persephone. Yoruban goddess of the underworld, wind, fire, lightning and fertility and Queen of Hades, respectively - but ultimately *change* and *transition*, both of which swirl around me so much, I've been jokingly called ta'veren by the odd friend who loves Robert Jordan. Interestingly, *my* life doesn't seem to change much, but those around me do. And the underworld, the psyche, the subconscious and death? MINE. I also love that Persephone can accompany the dead in some versions of the myth - which is what a therapist does with their clients.
3. Angel of Death. I dream about him unsettlingly often; one of the things I'm drawn to in therapy is counselling those who are dying or grieving.
4. Hephaestus. Wounded and imperfect, tossed out of Olympus by his mother in a rage, he became the most incredible craftsman - bad start, abandoned, and out of it he creates unimaginable beauty. True alchemy, and what I would want my life to become.
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4 Gods I least identify with.
1. Zeus. Whiny, immature, unfaithful, unable to lead. A complete dick.
2. Robin. Grow up and get out of Batman's shadow.
3. Hera. Jealous, whimsical and unable to direct her anger where it belongs - at her asshole of a husband. See #1.
4. Mammon. What the Western world, despite its crowing that it follows Judeo-Christian values, serves and values so deeply it has become a slave to it. It's PRINTED PAPER, PEOPLE. It's meant to serve you. FFS. It's just a medium of exchange - use it THAT way or go back to bartering and learn what really matters - love and relationship.
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2 comments:
"A complete dick" has to be the most concise and most appropriate description of Zeus I've ever read.
Ari.xx
As far as not identifying goes: anything that embodies or espouses what we understand to be 'muscular christianity'...I am not, nor have I ever been, even remotely muscular or butch - and I defy those people who approve of muscular christianity to deny me what is my right!!!
As far as identifying goes, that is much tougher...I always rather admired St Theresa of Avila - she spoke her mind but not to wound. Others might come to mind, but not for a while. I suppose also the character of 'Millie' in Charmed Life (children's book by Diana Wynne Jones)...
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