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This exploration utilizes the Jungian concepts of myth and archetypes, in connection to Jean Shinoda Bolen's work on archetypes and myths of seven Greek goddesses. The paper applied an existential and transpersonal therapy approach in addition to Carl Jung's psychoanalytic theory as a framework when analysing the artwork.
Internal pathways of the self were explored through feminine archetypes of the Greek goddesses, art making and analysis of the artwork. For this arts-based inquiry researcher used Moustakas design, methodology and applications for heuristic research. Data was collected and analysed over seven weeks as a response to the archetype and it included; active imagination, dialoguing, making art, archetypal reflectivity, writing poetry and a journal about the process.
Every week included theoretical and practical exploration of one archetype. Processes included understanding the persona, understanding the duality of each archetype, and a self-exploration of shadow work. Exploration used the sacred power of the feminine, rituals, myths, creativity and its transformative power in the process of becoming whole and to promote ownership of an individual's whole Self, and the balance of self-work and internal process.
Findings from this study indicate that this process can help adult woman with: self-awareness and self-discovery, individuation, and feminine identity development. This article is the result of a research carried out in a private hospital of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The patient care model of the Mastology Department includes an interdisciplinary staff that aims for the comprehensive treatment of these surgical patients.
