Calasso
page. 209-212 the four stories that make up the quaternary (personalty profile by briggs that has to do with feelings, sensation, intuition, kore means pupil
zeus-thinking (up)
athena-sensation (out) community, goddess of the city
dionysus- feeling (down) pure unadulterated feeling, incubus, chthonic- of the underworld, disassemble social identity to get you away from all real feelings
demeter- intuition (in) mother and daughter
page 209: persephone being abducted by hades; narcissus flower; narcissist- obsessed with themselves. to look at the very acting of looking at yourself
calls persephone Kore
triple goddess represented by three women: mother, daughter and krone
page. 225-226 athena, hephestus chops open zeus’ head to release athena
page 244- mysteries of eleusis, greeks respect it more than anything else
pg 336- how would you define homeric (that is all you get, what you see) theology?
“what we call homeric....supremacy of the visible”
- theology( religion-that what we see) that gives power to that, that is visible to you
- When you can no longer see you have nothing (daylight and light)
- everything is done in the sun, in the light
chapter 11 pg. 359- “how do the heros....extinction...destiny for us...bards”
- why do we suffer?
- we suffer to sacrifice ourselves for the happiness of others
- “this is the work of the gods....future”
chapter 12 pg. 383-391
- definition of myth
- marriage of cadmus and harmony
- last time the gods and humans got together for dinner
- the gods were an invasion of the mind and the body when they hung out with the humans
- what conclusions can we draw? ....no stories” pg.387
- cadmus is the founder of Thebes- greatest disaster cadmus gives to the world is the fly’s feet “vowels and consonants....” gave the humans the alphabet
calasso ended the book with how he started it
Eliade book:
Homeric Sacrifice for the Dead #95
Initiation of the Warrior #145
Dionysus and the Bacchae #147
The Eleusinian Mysteries #148
Death and Initiation in the Mysteries #149
Initiation of the Warrior #145
Dionysus and the Bacchae #147
The Eleusinian Mysteries #148
Death and Initiation in the Mysteries #149
The Taurobolium #150
The Decent of Ishtar to the Nether World #158
The Decent of Ishtar to the Nether World #158
rites and rituals
Questions:
- What does spiritus mundi mean? the spirit of the world
- At the marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, what animals draw the chariot? the bore and the lion
- What country are the Nacirema tribe from? America
- Which of the three things in the Eleusinian mysteries was the origin of theater? the thing done becomes the the origin
- What is the study of the soul? psychology- the study of the soul
- Who at birth was her beauty only appreciated by her father (she had two faces, four eyes and horns)? persephone page 204
- What is the origin of our legal/judicial system? the story of orestes-athena
- What is the term where a women take over the night where they can do whatever they want to do to men, with out any consequences? Der Tote Toge (day of the dead)
- What is the animal that is associated with the Taurobolium? a bull
- What makes something sacred? giving it a name, ritualize our thinking to make it sacred, something is made sacred it is not sacred at the beginning
- According to your instructor who is the real hero? me, us; we are all heroic
- James Joyces novel which talks about an ordinary man and an ordinary day. This story is modeled after what greek hero? Odysseus
- According to the irish poet WB Gates in his poem the second coming....history is composed of two thousand year cycles; which comes from the visitation of a _______ who impregnates a _________? bird and a woman
- What is the greek image for the soul? image of a butterfly
- Who did Zeus eat and gained wisdom? Metis
- Which word best typifies a space carved out in which sacred rituals are carried out? Temenos
- Who is the god of the double (dithyramb[os]) door and what does it mean? Dionysus- was born twice: mother- simile, father from his leg- zeus
- Someone heard a divine voice at the end of the pagan world that said ___________? The Great Pan is Dead
- What is the fundamental difference between the god and the hero? morality- the gods don't die. the heros life is more fun
- When do the furies get pissed? kill your mother; dont kill anyone in your blood line
- What is the religious significance of the story of cupid and psyche according to your instructor? the psychological development of the feminine
- Which ritual came up 4 times or more during our presentations? rain making ritual
- What is the name of the girl that the king threw a sandal in her face? Charila What aspect of this ritual involves a thrown sandal?
- What greek play shows the clash between tradition and the state? Antigone This is the play in which a young woman buries her brother even though her burying her brother is punished by death?
- What is the latin root that we get the word senator? Senex
- Which of these definitions would be the best for archetype? an ancient or primordial image which is found universally in mythology; fairy tale and fantasy
- Which Eleusinian mystery pertains to fertility during a certain month? maypole
- The 22 points of the hero formula. Who covers most of the points in hero formula? Oedipus
- In this class which christian ritual did we discuss that had to deal with death and rebirth? baptism
- Why did Demeter put the baby in the fire? to make him immortal
- If you have someone in your family who is a daddies girl, whose archetype is she modeling? Athena
the great pan is dead
WB yeates: the second coming
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