Pagan Meditations

by Paris, Ginette

• ISBN13: 9780882143309
• ISBN10: 0882143301
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-14
• Publisher: Spring Publications

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Greek Culture: Patriarchal or Matriarchal?	5	(6)
PART ONE Aphrodite
Chapter One
The Birth and Rebirth of Aphrodite	11	(1)
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth	12	(4)
Chapter Two
Civilization and the Beauty of Aphrodite	16	(2)
Primitive or Civilized Sexuality	18	(1)
Aphrodite and Flowers	19	(2)
The Gold of Your Sex	21	(10)
Ugliness and Depression	31	(2)
Laughter, Joy, and Little Children	33	(4)
Chapter Three
The Teachings of Aphrodite and Sappho	37	(2)
Who Was Sappho?	39	(4)
The Competence of the Body and the Pleasures of Love	43	(3)
Aphrodite or Tantra	46	(1)
The Sapphic ``I'' and Psychological Skill	47	(2)
Wife, Prostitute, and Courtesan	49	(13)
The Prostitute	52	(2)
The Hetaera	54	(4)
The Priestesses of Aphrodite	58	(2)
The Wife	60	(2)
Infidelity and Lying	62	(7)
Chapter Four
Should Aphrodite Be Disrobed?	69	(2)
Pornography or the Tchador	71	(8)
Chapter Five
Hyper-Masculinity and Hyper-Femininity	79	(3)
Ares and Courage	82	(2)
Love and Fight	84	(1)
Men, War, and Women	85	(2)
From Ares to Adonis	87	(3)
Chapter Six
Who Shoots the Arrows: Eros or Aphrodite?	90	(1)
The Primordial Eros	91	(2)
The Eros of the Philosophers	93	(3)
Aphrodite, Eros, and Psyche	96	(4)
Chapter Seven
Leaving Aphrodite	100	(9)
PART TWO Artemis
Chapter Eight
Artemis and Ecology	109	(1)
Living Sources of Pure Water	110	(3)
Why Do We Say That a Forest Is Virgin?	113	(3)
Childbirth: A Major, Uncivilized Occasion	116	(4)
Chapter Nine
Sacrifice	120	(8)
Chapter Ten
Asceticism, Chastity, Solitude	128	(11)
Chapter Eleven
Abortion as a Sacrifice to Artemis	139	(2)
Taking the Offensive	141	(4)
The Religious Aspect of Abortion	145	(4)
Chapter Twelve
Adolescence: The Shy Age under the Protection of Artemis	149	(7)
Chapter Thirteen
Artemis the Amazon	156	(11)
PART THREE Hestia
Chapter Fourteen
The Warm Hearth	167	(2)
Where Is the Hestia of Our Houses?	169	(2)
How Do We Honor Hestia?	171	(1)
Hestia and Organization	172	(2)
Chapter Fifteen
Hestia and Planetary Ecology	174	(1)
The Price of Heliocentrism	175	(6)
Chapter Sixteen
Security and Stability	181	(5)
The Pantry, the Reserves, and Stability	186	(5)
PART FOUR Old Goddesses and New Women
Myth and Historical Reality	191	(3)
The Definition of Power and the Powerlessness of Women	194	(3)
Towards a Polytheistic Feminism	197	(3)
Notes	200