The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1): Helen Hye-Sook Hwang Ph.D.:
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Intriguing Book.
By Judy Foster on January 9, 2016
Helen Hye-Sook Hwang’s intriguing study of The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1) presents her discovery of the Great Goddess of East Asia and researches the spiritual aspects, cultural rituals and practices, prehistories, histories, mythologies and oral stories, tracing the goddess/goddesses through literary and other sources, of this huge region (pp 66,67). There are interesting illustrations and photographs to further assist in our understanding of the subject.
Although at times the book introduces some unfamiliar and complex ideas and symbolism I found it generally easy to read, and was left desiring to know much more about the mysterious Great Goddess of Korea and East Asia, the story of Her origins, rituals, and especially her place within prehistory and history.
Helen begins with her own personal story of her discovery of Mago, the primordial Goddess of Korean and East Asian myths and history, which has inspired her to research more deeply into the ‘mytho-history of Old Korea’ (p 71), thus leading the way to the more modern East Asian understanding of Magoism. For example, she has collected over 300 East Asian folk tales, myths, oral histories, and continues to study these and numerous other important resources in her quest to reveal the ancient Goddess to modern East Asians: The paramount significance of Magoism lies in the fact that it redefines the female principle and proffers a gynocentric utopian vision to the modern audience.” (p.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Essential Read for Goddess Scholars
By Trista Hendren on January 9, 2016
Reading this book is like coming home to yourself and returning to a deep truth that was long hidden. Dr. Hye-Sook Hwang's personal story of transformation alongside the more academic stretches makes this a beautiful and fascinating read.
“The Magoist Cosmogony awakens a deep knowing in us. It may be called a vision in that it is about dis-covering truth, to be precise, the gynocentric nature of Reality. We know truth intuitively. Truth is an intuitive knowing in us. The gynocentric truth speaks for itself. It is self-evident and self-revelatory. It is beautiful and metamorphic. It requires neither proof nor faith. In fact, faith is not the language of truth. The Magoist Cosmogony reveals itself through the language of etiology. It explains how human civilizations as a whole and specifically are derived from the Creatrix, the Female.”
-Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, PhD, The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Mago Way: Re-discovering the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1)
By Mary Petiet, author of Minerva's Owls, Homebound Publications, 2017 on December 17, 2015
The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1), is an original and vital contribution to goddess scholarship and feminist studies. Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang’s work provides crucial insight to early eastern goddess centered thought similar to that provided to western goddess studies by Marija Gimbutas. The Mago Way places the great goddess of Korea, Mago, at the root of everything. It discusses when patriarchy overtook the older, feminine based thought system, and how the feminine was later assimilated into the patriarchal model. As the source of all being, Dr. Hwang’s Mago is a unifying force merging individuals and nations while breaking down outdated patriarchal barriers in favor of connection and commonality. Mago has always been here, and as we remember and re-imagine her in our own time, she offers a constructive way forward where each life and all of nature are revered.
Dr. Hwang is an activist who not only studies and promotes Magoism, she also lives it yearly on her annual Mago pilgrimage to Korea. This book is a must read for students of the goddess and anyone seeking a better way for humanity to move forward.
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Top Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 starsAn Intriguing Book.
By Judy Foster on January 9, 2016
Helen Hye-Sook Hwang’s intriguing study of The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1) presents her discovery of the Great Goddess of East Asia and researches the spiritual aspects, cultural rituals and practices, prehistories, histories, mythologies and oral stories, tracing the goddess/goddesses through literary and other sources, of this huge region (pp 66,67). There are interesting illustrations and photographs to further assist in our understanding of the subject.
Although at times the book introduces some unfamiliar and complex ideas and symbolism I found it generally easy to read, and was left desiring to know much more about the mysterious Great Goddess of Korea and East Asia, the story of Her origins, rituals, and especially her place within prehistory and history.
Helen begins with her own personal story of her discovery of Mago, the primordial Goddess of Korean and East Asian myths and history, which has inspired her to research more deeply into the ‘mytho-history of Old Korea’ (p 71), thus leading the way to the more modern East Asian understanding of Magoism. For example, she has collected over 300 East Asian folk tales, myths, oral histories, and continues to study these and numerous other important resources in her quest to reveal the ancient Goddess to modern East Asians: The paramount significance of Magoism lies in the fact that it redefines the female principle and proffers a gynocentric utopian vision to the modern audience.” (p.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Essential Read for Goddess Scholars
By Trista Hendren on January 9, 2016
Reading this book is like coming home to yourself and returning to a deep truth that was long hidden. Dr. Hye-Sook Hwang's personal story of transformation alongside the more academic stretches makes this a beautiful and fascinating read.
“The Magoist Cosmogony awakens a deep knowing in us. It may be called a vision in that it is about dis-covering truth, to be precise, the gynocentric nature of Reality. We know truth intuitively. Truth is an intuitive knowing in us. The gynocentric truth speaks for itself. It is self-evident and self-revelatory. It is beautiful and metamorphic. It requires neither proof nor faith. In fact, faith is not the language of truth. The Magoist Cosmogony reveals itself through the language of etiology. It explains how human civilizations as a whole and specifically are derived from the Creatrix, the Female.”
-Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, PhD, The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Mago Way: Re-discovering the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1)
By Mary Petiet, author of Minerva's Owls, Homebound Publications, 2017 on December 17, 2015
The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Volume 1), is an original and vital contribution to goddess scholarship and feminist studies. Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang’s work provides crucial insight to early eastern goddess centered thought similar to that provided to western goddess studies by Marija Gimbutas. The Mago Way places the great goddess of Korea, Mago, at the root of everything. It discusses when patriarchy overtook the older, feminine based thought system, and how the feminine was later assimilated into the patriarchal model. As the source of all being, Dr. Hwang’s Mago is a unifying force merging individuals and nations while breaking down outdated patriarchal barriers in favor of connection and commonality. Mago has always been here, and as we remember and re-imagine her in our own time, she offers a constructive way forward where each life and all of nature are revered.
Dr. Hwang is an activist who not only studies and promotes Magoism, she also lives it yearly on her annual Mago pilgrimage to Korea. This book is a must read for students of the goddess and anyone seeking a better way for humanity to move forward.
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