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Why has the concept of fate become so offensive to the modern Western reader? Why does it imply for us a lack of free will, a loss of control, a sense of powerlessness, humiliation and impotence? Why has the meaning of fate become so disconnected from its sister concept, karma? In this... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Zeus: Add a description of this character.
- Moira
- Renee
- Ruth
- David Bates
- Alison
- Leo
- Orestes
- Ficino
- Prometheus
- Trevor
- Henri
- Jason
- Brian
- Jean Bates
- Kronos
- Teiresias
- Rhea
- Thetis
- Persephone
- Jung
- Freud
- Saturn
- Mrs Hickey
- Virgo
- Timothy
- Helen
- Thyestes
- Wagner
- Demeter
- Minos
- Dr Adler
- Rose
- Pisces
- Libra
- Cheiron
- Caroline
- Angela
- Atargatis
- Astraea
- Theseus
- Grandmother R.
- Ptolemy
- Medusa
- Gemini
- Herakles
First Sentence edit
She may be met in the old, wild, barren places: health and treeless mountaintop, and the mouth of the cave.
Table of Contents edit
INTRODUCTION
Part One -- Moira
1 Fate and the Feminine
2 Fate and Pluto
3 The Astrological Pluto
4 Fate and the Family
5 Fate and Transformation
6 The Creation of the World
Part Two -- Daimon
7 Fate and Myth
8 Myth and the Zodiac
Part Three -- Pronoia
9 Fate and Synchronicity
10 Fate and the Self
NOTES
GLOSSARY OF MYTHOLOGICAL NAMES
INDEX
Authors & Contributors edit
- Liz Greene (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Country: England
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0041330129
Page Count: 370
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Country: England
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0041330129
Page Count: 370
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 133.5
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