Mythology is Alive in All of Us

In ancient Greece, gods and goddesses pictorialized and personified the psychology of those who lived at that time. These deities were revered through stories of their values and attributes. They provided a sense of moral guidance and also reflected human failings. Ancient Greeks followed the lead of their deities in order to express and experience psychological well-being.

The impact of the gods and goddesses on the unconscious cannot be underestimated. Their divine power carried an archetypal energy that enlivened the early Greeks. Because our Western civilization is founded on Greek thought, that energy continues to dwell within our psychology to this day.

An Ancient Goddess
Re-emerges

Hekate is a triple-powered Titan Greek goddess who was discarded in ancient times and long forgotten. She was the beloved daughter of Zeus and the star goddess Asteria. As the divine but forgotten One, Hekate’s absence has left a dark void in our psyches. She has dwelled in the deepest layers of the unconscious, and is only now coming to light in our Western cultural consciousness.

“Carl Jung called Hekate the Great Mother Goddess because when she appeared, Hekate made things real.”

Hekate: A Modern Messenger from the Ancient World

We have been living in a cultural trance, now broken open. Not only our society but the entire planet is in crisis beyond anything we modern humans have ever experienced. It is sexual, political, economic, and environmental, arising from abuses of power on all fronts.

We are experiencing a swing to the most destructive side of human behavior

This ruinous force is embodied in the domination of a perverse, extremist mentality. Day by day, humankind’s very existence becomes ever more threatened.

The current potential for devastation arises from the warlike and unmerciful aspects of the masculine archetype, resulting in aggression that is crushing our global cultures and damaging our planet. All societies, throughout the world, are deeply longing for transformative change. What we need is a masculinity in its wholeness, in its balanced sense of authority, a masculinity that does not seek – even unconsciously – to dominate and literally destroy life on earth.

To be clear, I speak of a distortion of what is otherwise the potent beauty of the whole and balanced Masculine Principle.

This principle is alive in both men and women.

In truth, most men are suffering deeply from the loss of the wholeness that could enliven their own existence. They are fiercely bereft. As I learned and share with you throughout my book, the energy of the Feminine Principle, the deep feminine soul of our humanity, has been disparaged and denied. That’s true for both men and women. If healthy masculine energy were balanced with energy that is deeply feminine, it would animate humankind’s very existence, leading to far greater peace and prosperity for all.

Hekate is now calling us—ever more urgently —to transformation.

Come with me on a mystical journey, as Hekate brings you a message from the ancient world and shows you how her feminine powers are the antidote to today’s crises. She is emerging at a crucial time to speak to both women and men.

Who Is Shira Marin?

Shira Marin, PhD, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for over 35 years, is also an educator, speaker, author, and mixed-media journal artist intimately engaged with the psychoactive nature of life. Currently, in her private practice, Dr. Marin serves individuals, couples, families, and groups through the lens of Jungian Psychology. She consults to organizations and businesses, as well as to clinicians. Dr. Marin is a Past-President of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society. Formerly, she served as adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University and as Director of the Schools Program, Trainer and Supervisor at the Community Institute for Psychotherapy. Her primary interests focus on the individual and society, on consulting to groups and communities, and on developing collective, collaborative peace-making processes through the engagement of Non-Violent Communication, imagination, and feminine values. Dr. Marin lives in Marin County with her family and her therapy assist dog, Bella Rosa.

Dr. Marin is fond of telling Hekate’s story in her own words.

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WHY Did an Ancient Goddess Guide Me to Write This Book?

When Hekate appeared to me in an L.A. bookstore, a tectonic shift occurred within me, the likes of which only she could bring. Hekate found me and became absolutely real in the way someone can feel companioned by something Other. I feel secure in the reality of this sort of presence in the way one can be accompanied without feeling the least bit worried about the state of my sanity. If anything, Hekate has brought sanity into my life as she has illuminated the Feminine Principle as a saving grace not yet imagined in the patriarchal milieu in which we all strive to find meaningful fulfillment.

But why me?

I trust that it is because my imagination and intuition have developed in me the capacity to engage and work with the psyche’s images. They present themselves in dreams, in visions, synchronicities, and spontaneous arisings. I welcome them without fear.

When I wrote the memoir, Hekate taught me that I could carry her message. This was crucial to her re-entering psychological space, returning to human consciousness, and manifesting intentionally in the world.

Hekate has surfaced in the human psyche to share her traits and values aimed at creating a positive, dynamic connection to the Feminine Principle for all human beings.

That includes men.

It is time to become attuned to the relationship among all beings.The invitation is for each of us to recognize our unique truths and strengths, our authentic personal power, and to live a fully expressed life. By what means can we do this? We can create conscious personal awareness of our goal and responsible action in relation to it. This is what allows us to feel at home in a world where the power of the Feminine Principle exists in a dynamic harmony with the best of the Masculine Principle.

Everything we do or don’t do truly needs to be connected to our desire to live this balanced fullness of self-expression. The goal of my work, and I say this with humility, is to be the voice of this message from Hekate.

The Book

The eminent psychologist Carl Jung elevated Hekate above all female deities. He called her the true Great Mother Goddess because when she appeared, Hekate made things real. In this writing I share my direct experience of Hekate. She guided me in puzzling together the myriad pieces of her profound mystery. She was not only a goddess and archetype but also a bridge to a real but often unwittingly demeaned, neglected, forgotten sense of our humanity, the feminine qualities that unconditionally support our existence.

This book is an invitation to find the missing feminine pieces within your psyche that honor your unique sense of being. Hekate’s value in me was no less than to feel the full ground of my inner authority, to express the truth of my soul. This book is a retelling of my initiation into the deep psyche, the realm of Hekate, and I offer it up as a remedy for our aching, chaotic lives.

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