The Lover - Feminine Archetype of Love, Beauty, and Creativity with Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova

Today we are exploring the feminine archetype of The Lover, which to a certain extent mirrors its masculine counterpart but also has its own specific traits. The feminine Lover is the embodiment of love, beauty and creativity. While researching this topic, we've discovered that it is difficult to talk and write about this archetype, as female sexuality still hasn't been fully reconciled and accepted in post-agricultural society. We are covering the Lover Archetype through history, psychological development, culture, arts and popular media.

In This Episode Of Future Thinkers:

• Hetaira - the version of the Lover Archetype in ancient Greece
• Why societies have had problems with female sexuality throughout history
• Time-biased and role-based descriptions of The Lover archetype in literature
• The Lover in hippie culture of the 20th century - mythological interpretations
• The full expression of the Lover Archetype and its benefits for women
• Connections between sexuality and creativity
• How The Lover and The Amazon complement each other in the same person
• Oppression and abuse as common triggers of the Lover's shadow versions
• Childhood manifestations and the shadow version of Daddy's Girl
• Femme Fatale as the expression of childhood oppression of sexuality
• Initiation through acceptance of grief and ways to overcome trauma related to sexuality
• How men can support the full expression of feminine Lover archetype

Mentions and Resources:

• The Lover Archetype - excerpt from Goddess Gift: Discover Your Goddess Type by Sharon Turnbull
• The Other Woman by Delaney Jane
• A Soul Unleashed: The Archetype of Partnership, Dangerous Beauty and the Art of Relationship by Cathy Lynn Pagano
• Hetaira - woman's freedom from conventional norms
• Queen, Mother, Wise Woman and Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Feminine
• Some Like It Hot movie
• Gone With The Wind movie
• Lolita movie

Book Recommendations:

• Toni Wolff's Forms: She Moves In Circles by Rachel Fitzgerald
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

More From Future Thinkers:

• The Amazon Archetype - Examples of the Feminine Warrior in Career, Politics, and Movies (FTP078)
• The Mother Archetype - Helicopter Parent Vs. Full Acceptance Of Human Nature (FTP077)
• The King Archetype - The Crown Of The Mature Masculine Psyche (FTP076)
• The Magician Archetype - Rediscovering The Sacred Beyond The Mundane (FTP075)
• Reclaiming The Warrior Archetype In Modern Masculinity (FTP074)
• Accessing The Most Repressed Archetype In The Masculine Psyche - The Lover (FTP073)

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