My wife and I recently found ourselves at a dinner/musical performance where a young female singer began her set with a question to the audience: “How many of you have ever met a goddess?”  We were mildly alarmed when some forty percent of the audience raised their hands.  Was it possible that paganism was making major inroads into the American heartland?  Were Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera back at it?  Well, her next question clarified things a bit: “How many of you have a goddess within you?”  Our alarm turned to shock when nearly every member of the audience—save us, of course—raised their hands.  Males and females, mind you.  Nearly all claiming to have a goddess within them.  We took this to mean not that they were admitting to possession by feminine demons, but rather that they were claiming divinity for themselves.

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