Conversations with the Goddesses

by Stassinopoul and Agapi Stassinopoulos

Book Overview

More than just a paean to the goddesses, this volume brings these women down from Olympus and enables them to touch the lives of modern women.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556709420
• ISBN13: 9781556709425
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Claim Your Goddess Power

The author is of Greek heritage and brings an intimate cultural account of how the Goddess archetypes can be used as symbolic icons in life. It is similar to the Jean Shinoda Bolen book which focuses on the goddesses archetype in the context of Jungian psychoanalysis. So this book is an introduction to how myth can be a healing philosophy. Agapi has talked about how "Athena" helped her heal a broken heart when she had trouble letting go and she brings the goddesses into a practical context. This is a book to read in combination with Dr. Bolen for anyone keen on doing "inner goddess work".

Goddess wisdom from a worthy bearer!

This is a profoundly moving and beautiful study of Greek goddess archetypes that I wish I had written! Like Ms. Stassinopoulos, I have been fascinated by Greek mythology from childhood. Although my scholastic background is in Russian language and literature, I have studied ancient Greek and minored in classical studies when I got my BA at Reed College, which features a rigorous year-long course on Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages that is mandatory for all freshmen. My lifelong desire to visit Greece was finally realized two years ago when my husband and I spent our tenth anniversary touring Athens and the Greek Islands.I now work for the City of West Hollywood and continue to find seemingly infinite applications for goddess wisdom. In March of this year I based a well-received Women's History Month presentation upon Ms. Stassinopoulos' book. I adapted this talk for the American Biographical Institute/International Biographical Centre's 27th Millennium Congress on Arts and Communications in Washington, DC which was attended by delegates from 44 nations. The Women of Achievement panel was held on Independence Day (how apropos!) and the illuminating discussions of Artemis, Athena, and Hestia found in CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GODDESSES served to ground my scholastic and civic accomplishments. Women (and men) from all over the world responded with almost overwhelming enthusiasm to these timeless insights and Ms. Stassinopoulos can be assured that Hestia's torch is being carried into the new millennium by these global citizens. This was one of the peak experiences of my professional life and I am sure that CONVERSATIONS will be of similar benefit to many other readers.As an activist I especially appreciated Ms. Stassinopoulis' many references to 19th- and 20th-century feminists. I found the illustrations and literary reflections to be an especially valuable feature of this wondrous book, which I cannot recommend highly enough and will give as a gift to all the important women in my own life.

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GODDESSES

This book is a rare combination of exquisite beauty, intellectual rigor and above all - fascinating practicality. The author is, of course, of Greek heritage. That and her classical education enlivened by a theater background is the energy source for her exciting book. Chapters on each of the principle Greek goddesses relate their personal myths - with narrative pace and wit, explain their archetypal significance for modern women, and offer practical steps for exploring and developing a relationship with those archetypes that live, in greater or lesser degree, in all women. The book is illustrated with great art, literary and psychological allusions, and charm. It will be enjoyed by women and the men who love them.

A Pleasant Introduction to the Greek Goddessess

So much goddess information is on the egyptian and celtic goddessess. I was looking for some information on greek goddesses since this is the pantheon I am called to. I found this book to be very well organized, an easy read chocked full of useful information. A great book to take to work and read on your breaks.

LOVE THIS BOOK! Get one for yourself -- and a friend.

This book is a real gem -- engagingly written, beautifully illustrated,practical and inspiring all at the same time. The author helps to connect ageless wisdom with the challenges, hopes and heartaches of modern-day women with wit, clarity and even humor! I bought one for myself plus a stack to give as gifts to girlfriends -- a sweet, attractive present appropriate for all kinds of occasions. Learning the vocabulary of the goddesses is a wonderful tool in coping with women's issues -- and discovering the font of wisdom and stength each of us carry within.