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The Return of Hephaistos: Reconstructing the Fragmented Mythos of the Makers Paperback – September 13, 2019

by Cheryl De Ciantis (Author)
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Hephaistos the blacksmith is the Greek god of art and technology. Homer says he is the only Olympian god to suffer “mortal pain.” Born to walk crookedly, he is rejected by his mother, Hera, who throws the infant from Mount Olympus into the sea. There he is fostered by sea-nymphs, daughters of primordial Ocean. Returned by order of Zeus, who has need of his skills, Hephaistos is said to be the only Olympian who works.Hephaistos is paradigmatically representative of the mythic Maker archetype. When cultural attitudes toward this archetype's manifestations are tracked through history, two themes emerge. One, the notion of “Wounded Artist,” pathologizes Hephaistos as emblematic of the mother-wounded and thus psychically impaired creative masculine. Another, “Monstrous Technology,” conflates the Hephaistean archetype with human technological hubris culminating in the military-industrial complex. These ideas still hold sway, and influence how we see Makers and their works. We tend to think of the artist and technologist as having divergent aims and values. But Greek and other mythic texts/images and key etymologies show they were anciently revered, and seen as aspects of the same archetype. This book is intended to inform Makers about their mythic lineage, giving them a map to ethically navigate the twisting channels of possibility open to those who claim their gifts. This book is also for those who are fascinated by or who manage Makers.
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    249 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    September 13, 2019
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.63 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0985737948
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0985737948
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0985737948
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0985737948
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.63 x 9 inches

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Cheryl De Ciantis

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Cheryl has devoted her professional career to creating a safe vessel for personal and professional development through fostering sensitive awareness of self and other, of values, and of cultural context. A working artist, she has brought multiple hands-on modalities, such as drawing, story, and dream-work, to the realization of the unique creative potential of individuals, teams and organizations.

As a Senior Faculty member of the Center for Creative Leadership, Director of its Brussels campus, and, more recently, co-founder of Kairios group, she has co-designed and delivered award-winning creative leadership development programs, in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Cheryl attained her Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, which houses the Joseph Campbell Library and archive, and is where she initiated her research into the intersection between art, technology and culture.

Cheryl is the co-author, with her husband, Kenton Hyatt, of the Values Perspectives theory and survey. She is certified in multiple psychological assessments, and is a certified instructor of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, as well as the Stanford Business School Creativity in Business program.

Cheryl and Kenton live near Tucson, at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona.

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