Abstract
Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, guided by the fire in her fire stick (Pāoa), traveled to Hawaii, creating the islands from her molten lava flow. Dr. Bray retells her rendition of this journey myth and interprets it from the perspective of the Hawaiian culture and from a matristic (ancient goddess culture) viewpoint. She adds a third perspective—a Jungian psychological view—to her interpretation. In the Hawaiian culture, Pele is the creator of the islands, and seen within the context of a matristic culture, Pele reflects the functions of the goddess of death and regeneration. Psychologically, Pele embodies difficult emotions that arise in the analytic temenos—anger, rage, hate, jealousy, envy, desire, and passion. Pele's fire creates matter; in the consulting room her fire ignites affective states of consciousness, creating the potential for psychological growth, individuation.
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