Jean Shinoda Bolen: Godesses in every woman

Has anyone read that book? It explains women's archetypes and gives them name of Greek godesses (author uses them as metaphor). I was thinking how that godesses and types of woman can be correlate with MBTI. Because book uses 7 godesses is obvious that we can't look for reciprocity (one godess one type), but maybe certain aspects can be connetcted. For example, I found myself mostly in Athena, Hestia and Demeter. So, Hestia will be "guilty" for my I and N, Demeter for F and Athena maybe for J. Or I should try with functions?
Any toughts? I am intersted if anyone read book?

 

Yes, but Jean Shinoda Bolen is educated psychologist. Interesting that she belongs to the Jungean part of that science. So, in basics, her theory could have some elements of MBTI system.

 

Athena, Artemis, Hestia, Demeter, Perzephona, Hera and Afrodita. Author has made two groups: godesses focused on individuality (first three) and godesses focused on different kind of relationships (other three). Afrodita is not in any group, because she has elements of both. Ofcourse, people are usually mixture of 2, 3, types, depending on pphase in life.

 

And Hestia, too. It's one of elements of distinction, but not in physical sense. Author called that godesses unreachable (my translatin, maybe in original is some other words). Even in relationships they like their space, they searching meaning in who they are. Hera, Demeter and Perzephona search meaning in relationships (they are not "unreachable, untouchable"), they are first wife (Hera), mother (Demeter) and daughter (Perzephona) and then something else.

 

Yes, but maybe new persons are just variations of few basics types...Why else then would we have such steretypes in most of movies and series (wich is not always negative, we like what we know and to what we can relate).
In other words, we don't have to call someone Athena, it could be stereotypical capable business (university teacher, doctor etc.) woman that appears cold, but who wants some kind of relationship or love (only she does not admit it).

 

Usually. It's because need to use less energy if they watch something familiar. Mad men are not bad, each character is multidimensional, you can love it in one episode and dislike in next. Third watch was good too. Especially for MBTI freaks

 

Author herself says that she uses godesses not as some mystic effects than as names for archetype. She could named them and in some other way, but decided this because human personalities does not change that much trough ages of history. Just as any typology.