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Lukas believed that divorce could solve their problems. “The next day, I told Athena that I wanted a divorce” p. 38. They eventually divorced. “A few months later, we
signed the final divorce papers” p. 40. Athena was failed in having a family through marriage.
4.2.1.3. Athena’s Struggle in Teaching People
First time Athena knew about what a teacher is when she learned calligraphy in the desert. “What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something,
but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows” p. 78. Edda was the one who asked Athena to be a teacher. “Those
are things you know already. You need to teach what you don’t know, what the Mother wants to reveal through you” p. 134. Back to London, she started becoming
a teacher. “Now was the time to make the most of the present, to live what remained of her youth, and to teach others everything she had learned” p. 141. “You’re lucky.
A group has just asked you to teach them something, and that will make you a teacher” p. 153. Even she taught how to love. “And yet”, she went on, “you’re as
capable of love as any other human being. How did you learn? You didn’t, you simply believe. You believe, therefore you love” p. 157. Edda only persuaded her to
teach, but later Athena became more than a teacher—she could transform into her divine side. She called her divine side as Hagia Sofia.
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I glanced at Andrea. I thought she might say something, but she looked amazed as I did.
One of the actresses, possibly the youngest, raised her hand. “I’d like to say something, but I need to know who I’m speaking to.”
“Hagia Sofia.” pp. 188-189
At this state, she could make miracles so people kept coming to follow her. All she did was to see what was happening in another reality. The young
actress’s mother, now that she’s dead, lives in a place outside of time and so was able to change the course of events, whereas we human beings can only
know about the present. But that’s no small thing: discovering a dormant illness before it gets worse, touching nervous systems and unblocking energies are
within the reach of all of us. p.192
However, many people believed that Athena’s ability was a menace. They started threatening her.
“As I was saying, I’ve been receiving death threats. I’ve been getting anonymous phone calls. They insult me and say I’m a menace, that I’m trying
to restore the reign of Satan, and that they can’t allow this to happen.” p.253
Athena realized that many people considered her as a witch, which means she had to be prosecuted so she could not awake the reign of Satan. She then decided to
disappear by pretending to be murdered so she could be free from those threats. It wasn’t my idea to make it look as if she’d been murdered. Athena wanted to
disappear and asked me if that would be possible. I explained that if the courts decided that the state should have custody of her child, I couldn’t go against the
law, but when the judge found in her favor, we were free to carry out her plan. p.264
Therefore, Athena failed to be a teacher.
