Based on clinical experience, she delineates three factors constituting the Cassandra complex:• | There are gods and goddesses in every person |
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The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets, p | Cassandra was left with the knowledge of future events, but could neither alter these events nor convince others of the validity of her predictions |
Struck by her beauty, provided her with the gift of , but when Cassandra refused Apollo's romantic advances, he placed a curse ensuring that nobody would believe her warnings.
1Gods and goddesses represent different qualities in the human psyche | |
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Those who support the new vision are termed "Cassandras"—able to see what is going to happen, but not believed |
In her frightened, ego-less state, the Cassandra woman may blurt out what she sees, perhaps with the unconscious hope that others might be able to make some sense of it.