Summary
Ginette Paris: Pagan Meditations
Hidden Presence of Greek Deities
Dr. sc. Ginette Paris is a psychologist, therapist and author of numerous books, one of the most notable of which is The Wisdom of the Psyche: Depth Psychology After Neuroscience (Routledge 2007). She was educated in Montreal, where she worked for 15 years as a professor at the Department of Communications at the University of Quebec. In 1995, she permanently moved to the USA and became an American citizen. She got a job at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Her books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish. Her lectures and workshops – in Canada, the USA and Europe – are usually organized in collaboration with Pacifica's Public Events institution or with the support of the Foundation for Mythological Studies. dr. Paris, I am an honorary member of the C.G. Society. Jung in Montreal and a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture.
Am I a feminist? Yes, of course, and this book is my contribution to imaginative feminism. Each goddess is an inspiration for some kind of feminism, and collectively they teach us about the polytheistic complexity we need to finally leave the twentieth century: more complexity, less complex. As a social psychologist, I see archetypal psychology as the best way to prevent dogmatism and ideological violence. It simultaneously addresses the meditative interior of each individual and the entire cultural community. Pagan goddesses (especially Aphrodite, Artemis and Hestia) were completely excluded from these two domains of life for almost two thousand years.
—Ginette Paris
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