I am Athena.

The doctor gives one last command. “Push! There you go…” The mother, father, and other birth delivery attendees are witness to a little bit of hustle and bustle.

Slap!

“It’s a girl!”, the doctor proclaims. Just like that a little girl, who will grow up to become a woman, has been exposed as ‘one with powers’ extraordinaire!

But do we use our powers for good or evil... so-to-speak.

You, who have been given the exclusive rights of power as a woman, are blessed with a goddess energy. Maybe even a combination of goddess energies.

Goddess Energy… the study of it and the full understanding of it are not really my forte, but truth resonates within me when I read or hear about goddess archetypes and I can see that they are very descriptive of attributes (both beneficial and debilitating) of women that I know.

I can, if I want to, summarize what has already been written. But, this is a case that I don’t have a personal experience to give this the relevancy that is due to it. I will provide a link to a site that I found and let you study it for yourself if you are interested.

What I will contribute to this blog entry is some self-work that I am doing of myself. I will take a look at some of the archetypes and discover one I feel best describe me. I can actually see a little of me in several goddess archetypes, but there is one that stands out the most.

I won’t go into full detail about the origination, childhood characteristics, adult characteristics and list of experiences that this goddess has reportedly had, but I will offer some comparison to the goddess most like me… the goddess most like Sheila, as shYne, as Mom, as Wife, and as Friend. These are only some of the personal relationship roles that I have been assigned in this lifetime. I am going to journey towards discovery of the goddess energy that best describe how I behave and how I see myself in these roles.

Look into my heart as I look into the mirror.


I feel most like Athena. I am extroverted and independent when I am an artist, when I am called upon to give advice as a counselor, and when I work. Sometimes I am so focused on a task, whether it be a presentation, or whether it be in “fixing” something or someone, I alienate others with by being or appearing judgmental. I so desire to prescribe a treatment that I give a diagnosis which is really a judgment. I desire and work towards freedom and enlightenment for diverse cultures and women. I will use the arts, dabble in politics, bathe in sociology, and now I have encountered and begun to study humanitarianism.

I don’t feel that I am particularly close to my mother and I have not learned a lot about womanhood as I feel and experience it from her. I do, however, feel a different kind of connection. Of course, as I get older and experience more, I am continually feeling closer and more connected to my mother.

I want to know a lot about the things that have meaning to me or that have become a part of my life. I will research on the internet, watch relative programs on TV and order books related to my interests and life dealings from Amazon.com.

I am a fighter. I am a survivor. I am an ambassador of the things which I’ve learned.

I am creative in communication.

I have my share of masculine characteristics. I see myself as forceful, I see myself as strong, I see myself as a protector. I have a side that is not concerned with romance, but relationships of all types are important and are revered. I also use my more masculine charactersistics to cover up some of the soft mushiness that dwells within... as though I see it as a weakness.

Like Athena, my connection with that which is patriarchal, makes connections with that which is matriarchal a challenge. Also, authority is a challenge. Freedom and emancipation is a strong part of who shYne is as a woman.

As a mother, I am endeared to the small baby, but the young child years are trying and sometimes burdensome to a degree that has made me feel incapable of providing the level of nurturing that is needed. I tend to enjoy my children more as the mature and become adults. I like having conversations with them and seeing where they are as young adults.

As a wife, I am close, yet distant at the same time. I will always protect myself… protect my heart. I love my husband as a partner, but not so much as a “Provider of All Things” to me. I have to be able to provide for myself in order to be happy.

As a friend, I am dedicated to a fault. The fault is that I am a “fixer”, which can at times be the “controller”. Abstaining from this behavior takes great effort. But the effort is worth it because when my friends are in need they feel freer to lean on me if necessary. My friends are those that I share common causes. Sine their cause is my cause, I will work for them as I work for myself.


Athena’s dark side: Medusa - intimidating, critical, judgmental toward weakness in others, her air of authority and inapproachability keep others at an emotional distance.

Athena’s wound: Her heart -- out of touch with the two goddesses of love: Demeter, the maternal love, and Aphrodite, sensual love - Her masculine image concealing her vulnerable, underdeveloped inner feminine self--She is emotionally hypersensitive.

Athena’s gift: Today, is to empower women’s contribute to the political, intellectual and creative life of our cities, therefore, elevating the integrity and quality of our civilization by bringing forth the qualities of the feminine which have long been suppressed

I have Athena energy.

With whom do you share the most in common in regards to energy?

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