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This talk will explore the image of Hekate as an aspect of the archetype of the Great Goddess. We will explore Hekate’s darkness, liminality and the light she holds.
Her manifestations in archeology, mythology and art reveal her as a Goddess that unites the split feminine image modern society holds. In contrast to the split between a pure virgin and the dark witch, Hekate holds life, death and regeneration in a totality.
Hekate further presents us with a feminine image relevant to our times, an image that gives us access not only to natural instincts, but also to the divinity of a feminine instinctual awareness that has been lost to modernity. The image of Hekate also offers an ancient wisdom of how to traverse the crossroads of life, experiences which confront us with darkness, as well as initiatory processes. Hekate holds a light in the darkness.
Sarah Jade Steinberg, Diplomate Jungian analyst, trained at the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology in Zurich according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz and this talk is based on her thesis undertaken during that training. Originally from South Africa, and now living near Sebastopol, California, she obtained an Honors in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. She also has a Masters in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change from the Process Work Institute and has worked in various fields from conflict resolution to sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy, as well as leadership development, and has been an analyst for in-depth qualitative psychological assessments
Ms. Steinberg has a private practice with clients worldwide and also runs ongoing fairytale groups – a method in which symbolic thinking is practiced and gets real.
Sarah Jade Steinberg’s website
Learning objectives:
- Learn how Hekate, as a symbol of feminine consciousness within the unconscious, can help a person navigate difficult but potentially transformative life experiences.
- Discuss how the dark feminine may manifest in modern psychological experience and how Hekate, as a uniting symbol, can help integrate it into a transformative totality.
