Also from Drawing Down the Moon, the author is talking about how she was really into Greek myths as a kid, and would pretend she was certain mythological figures:

I have since discovered that these experiences are common. The pantheons may differ according to circumstances, class, ethnic and cultural background, opportunity and even chance. There are children in the United States whose pantheons come from “Star Trek,” while their parents remember the days of Buck Rogers. The archetypal images seem to wander in and out of the fantasies of millions of children, disguised in contemporary forms. That I and most of my friends had the opportunity to take out archetypes from the rich pantheon of ancient Greece was a result of class and opportunity, nothing more.

What were these fantasies of gods and goddesses? What was their use, their purpose? I see them now as daydreams used in the struggle toward my own becoming. They were hardly idle, though, since they focused on stronger and healthier “role models” than the images of women projected in the late 1950’s. The fantasies enabled me to contact stronger parts of myself, to embolden my vision of myself. Besides, these experiences were filled with power, intensity, and even ecstasy that, on reflection, seem religious and spiritual.”