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Sorry for the lengthy (and late) reply, but I wanted to put these more in-depth ideas out there for you, since something about the transcendent nature of the feminine seemed to resonate with you.
I'm a bit unorthodox when it comes to the generations. I think and feel more in terms of Participating In and Interacting With as categories corresponding to Transcendent and Immanent. Therefore I categorize Athena as pre-Olympian, to participate in rather than interact with.
There is a part of myself, a daemon, if you will that I interact with who partakes of the nature of Athena, but isn't the totality, but rather a participant in, my intermediary.
I don't differentiate between Ouronos and Cronus, and reject the notion that an Olympian has defeated him.
As Mother aspect goes, I don't sense any differentiation between participating in and interacting with, they are simultaneous and synonymous. Therefore, as you say, Nyx may be "still too defined for her". Which leaves Chaos, which means I must in some way embody Eros in order to participate. Now that is an unusual conclusion! I never would have thought such a thing!
Maybe I should take that conclusion as an operating theory to investigate. It could be true!
Thank you very much for listing Chaos and Eros as complimentary.
Athena and Hephaestus were the "cannibalized" siblings of Zeus and Hera, who simply wouldn't accept their demise, ha ha.
I'd be interested to hear more about that, if you're willing.
Some dances are more efficient than others, telling a cohesive story; and not all dances end with the dancers coming together in the final steps, and so it becomes a matter of choosing the steps wisely and falling in love with both dancers, allowing each a freedom of movement and expression which may be seen in hindsight to be guided by impeccability, intent and the moving force of Will, unrestricted.
Because the steps cannot be taught, they must be experienced by each warrior in his own manner. There are those who might follow certain steps outlined by other warriors or naguals, and while that may be effective in the early stages for learning to dismantle the programs, dependencies and attachments a warrior has, it is in learning the art of improvisation within the dance that the warrior begins to leave all paths and create his own steps which are uniquely effective for himself. And while that may seem like chaos, it isn't for as long as impeccability guides the warrior's movements through what can only be expressed as "the right way to live."
Quantum Shaman - The Warrior's Path
The death of Ouranos, the All-Father, however, is an important event to acknowledge in the Greco-Roman mythological cycle. Ouranos' castration and usurpation by Cronus was entirely necessary to bring into being a variety of important spiritual races: the Giants, the Aloadaes, the Cyclopes, the Hekatonkheires, and most importantly, Aphrodite.
Feminist theorist Marilyn Frye claims that misogyny is phallogocentric and homoerotic at its root.
Misogyny-Feminist theory
If Cronus and Ouranos are the same, and neither of them dies, then nearly all of Greco-Roman mythology is lost, or becomes unusable.
As a magician myself, the idea that emotion, will, and passion are important tools for the mystic/magician to utilize was always clear to me.