Katie Crystal

Katey L. Crystal - How the past possesses her life today.

• Humanity is a single body with the same concerns.
• Dionysus, Athena (diciplined war) : Gods and Goddesses that she sees within herself
• Katey's mom = Demeter, Montana = Hades, however, Katey chose to leave her mother to seek Haydes.
• When she was looking at colleges, she fell in love with Montana.
• Katey wants to inspire others, be immortalized as a Muse
• Art is the most important of ways to immortalize.

Douglas Fejes

Doug Fejes - Pythagoras

• Not transformed physicaly.
• Capstone of Ovid's Metamophoses.
• Added depth that the other stories lacked.
• Transformed the reader.
• Framed - speech on veganism
• life is never ending
• is the most meaningful story

Sarah Flemming

Sarah Flemming - Women who get carried away.

• Persephone - from the Hymn to Demeter
• Europa - Ovid
• Psyche - Transformations of Lucius.
• Agave - Carried away by the madness of Dionysus - Bacchae
• Sarah - Dr. Sexon says that all marriage is abduction.

Ross Jensen

Ross Jensen - The immortal Presense of Socrates

• Gain knowledge and immortality
• Didn't write anything down, and yet Socrates is still immortal.

Socrates -

Recipe:

• 1 cup Plato - most comprehensive works recording Socrates.
• 1 Tbsp. Aristotle - not biographical at all
• 1 tsp. Xenophon - only delves into the ethical issues.
• Pinch of Aristophanes
• Everything taken with a grain of salt.

Info:

• accused of corrupting the youth
• said he should be rewarded, not punished
• Jesus & Aristotle were both influencial, didn't write anything down, and were martyrs.
• Socrates present in the psyche of all.

Sereta Heser

Sereta Heser - The Doors, Jim Morrison's Connection to Dionysus

• Mesculin
• Openmindedness and debauchery
• New Experiences
• Father, yes son, I ant to kill you....
• Morrison was called Dionysus by friends
• Tragedy of a young death.
• To Become classic, you have to envoke the classics.

John Horner

John Horner - Correlation between Mythology and Science Fiction

Dune(Book, film)

• priorities of Gods and Goddesses are different than those of humans.
• Superman is an example of a godlike character from science fiction.
• Kal-El means vessel of God in Aramaic.

Danielle Heinle - Individual Presentation

Danielle Heinle - The Triple Goddess

• 3-in-1 (sounds vaguely familiar.)

• Crone - Mother - Maiden
• Hecate - Demeter - Persephone (Kore)
• Death - Love - Birth

• Poem of the triple goddess from a pagan's perspective:
  
  THE TRIPLE GODDESS :
  
  As the Maiden, I saw through your eyes as a child
  Spring rains, green forests, and animals wild!
  I saw you run freely on the Earth with bare feet!
  I watched as you danced in the winds, blowing free!
  I was there as you grew, getting stronger each day!
  I brought you rainbows, chasing grey skies away!
  I was there in your laughter - I was there in your tears!
  I was the acceptance you gained from your peers!
  I saw your first love and I felt your first blush,
  As passion first stirred in the night's gentle hush!
  I am there with you always in the fresh morning dew!
  I bring you the crispness of beginnings anew.
  As the Mother, I bore all the labor distress
  Of birthing your child, and I felt the caress
  Of your hand on the face of the new life so dear.
  I heard its first cry, and I eased your fear!
  I provided the milk which you fed from your breast
  Till the baby grew strong, and with health it was blessed.
  As she took her first step, I was there in your smile!
  I was there while you nurtured your beautiful child!
  On the first day of school, when the doors opened wide
  I was there in your fear - I was there in your pride.
  I am there with you always in the bright full of moon!
  I bring you fertility - abundance in bloom.
  As the Crone, I brought blessings of wisdom with age
  [Wisdom not found by the turn of a page].
  I was there as you taught the correct way to live:
  To love and to trust - to take and to give!
  I was there in the twinkle of your aged eye!
  I was there in your thoughts of the years flying by!
  I was there when you taught the Mysteries of old!
  I was there in the fire warming you in the cold!
  In the weariness of age, I was there with you, too...
  I brought well-deserved rest and peace unto you!
  I am there with you always in the darkness of night!
  I complete your life cycle, guiding you toward the light.
  Maid, Mother and Crone - We are all One -
  Yet We are all separate, as each role is done.
  We do not leave you - We're always there
  As you walk through this life with your worries and cares;
  As you dance in the spiral, We live inside -
  Deep in your spirit - where nothing can hide!
  No matter your path, no matter it's length -
  We give you courage and We give you strength.
  We are there to support you every hour of day
  And deep in the night, when dreams take you away.
  Our gifts We give freely, for you are our Child...
  Yes, We are the Lady: Wise, Pure, and Mild!
  -Kalioppe-
  
• Dr. Sexon recommends Robert Graves' The White Goddess
• Psyche & Eros : Psyche = Maiden, Aphrodite = Mother, and who is the Crone? or is the child a maiden?

Here is some stuff that I found. It is not from the presentation, and as I have blogged on this topic before, it might be a bit repetitive. The Greeks use the three the most, having many representations of triple Deities.

The concept of the Great Goddess as The Triple Goddess, young woman (Maiden), birth-giving matron (Mother), and an old woman (Crone), dates from the earliest ages of mankind. (These attributes were also ascribed to the three phases of the moon; the Maiden, which corresponds to the new moon; the Mother, which corresponds to the full moon; and the Crone, which is the waning moon. These aspects have been used for centuries by many civilizations.) This concept was embraced by many different mythologies from many different parts of the world. The Vikings had the Norns (Urdu/Verdandi/Skuld), the Romans had the Fortunae (Concordia/Salus/Pax), the druids had Diana Triformis, the Greeks had the Moirae, Graeae, Horae, etc.

Maiden : The Maiden aspect represents enchantment, inception, expansion, the female principle, the promise of new beginnings, youth, excitement, and a carefree erotic aura. She is innocent in some ways, but also a seductress who recognizes the power of her sexuality. Maiden goddesses include: Anatha, Brigid, Nimue, Kore, Persephone, Gerd, Caer, Blodeuwedd. Her traditional color is white.

Mother : The Mother is ripeness, fertility, fulfillment, stability, and power. Mother is ripe, full-breasted, at the peak of her womanly powers. She is the one who tenderly rocks the baby, but she is also the lioness who hunts to feed her offspring and will fight to the death to protect them. Mother goddesses include: Aa, Ambika, Anahita, Asherah, Ceres, Coatlicue, Danu, Demeter, Hathor, Ishtar, Isis, Lakshmi, Luonnotar, Nintu, Sheng-Mu. Her traditional color is red.

Crone : The Crone is wisdom, retrenchment, repose, and compassion. She is old age, experience, accumulated wisdom and death. She is the gateway to Death, and the guide to Rebirth. Crone goddesses include: Annis, Baba Yaga, Cailleach, Greine, Hel, Maman Brigitte, Oya, Sedna, Skuld, Takotsi, Toci. Her color is black.Goddesses who embody the triple aspect within themselves include: Brigid (Ireland/Celtic), Carmenta or Carmentis (Roman), Hekate or Hecate (Greek/Anatolia), Helice (Greek), Kali (India), the Morrigan (Ireland/Celtic).