The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology
Why are the goddesses in Greek myth so often imagined in groups? That compelling question occurred to the author as she observed the seven sisters of the Pleiades constellation one night in the Black...
Joseph Campbell Foundation Myth Resources
The Way of Myth: Stories’ Subtle Wisdom
~From the Foreword by Phil Cousineau “In The Way of Myth, the culminating book of the prolific Dennis Patrick Slattery’s career, I find an abundance of wonder and a plenitude of what the poet-astronomer Rebecca...
Tikkun: collected essays on poetry, myth, and literature
Publications: Books / Resource
Tikkun refers to the Kabbalistic mythology associated with the Sephiroth, vessels created to contain the energies emanating from the divine (En-Sof). It is also the name of a new book by Evans Lansing Smith which brings together essays...
Parzival
Publications: Books / Resource
“Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chrétien de Troyes. It follows Parzival from his boyhood and career...
The Grail Legend
“Writing in a clear and readable style, two leading women of the Jungian school of psychology present this legend as a living myth that is profoundly relevant to modern life. We encounter such universal...
The Elements of the Grail Tradition
“The stories of the Grail Tradition, with their tests, trials, and initiations, are a part of the Arthurian Tradition and lead towards the discovery of the elusive secret of what the Holy Grail truly...
Psychedelia: The History and Science of Mystical Experience
“Pacifica Graduate Institute is proud to present a two-day virtual symposium centered around the screening of two films – PSYCHEDELIA: The History and Science of Mystical Experience and The Way of the Psychonaut: Stanislav Grof’s Journey...
Long Now Talk: Wade Davis, Activist Anthropology
“What is the role and purpose of Anthropology today? Wade Davis looks back at the pioneering work of Franz Boas in the early 20th century that upended long-held Western assumptions on race & gender,...
The Theoi Classical Texts Library (Theoi.com)
Theoi.com: “A site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous...
Knowledge for the Afterlife: The Egyptian Amduat–A Quest for Immortality.
“WHY THE AMDUAT IS SIGNIFICANT Every evening the sun becomes old and weak and finally sets behind the Western horizon. Yet, it rises again in the morning, rejuvenated. How is that possible? How could...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
“In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism—traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation—death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of...
Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal
“The first Tibetan to attain complete enlightenment was in all probability the woman Yeshe Tsogyal, the closest disciple of Padmasambhava, the master who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century. This classical text...
The Medusa Reader
“Fascinating and terrifying, the Medusa story has long been a powerful signifier in culture with poets, feminists, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, political theorists, artists, writers, and others. Bringing together the essential passages and commentary about Medusa,...
The Forty Rules of Love
Books for adults / Publications: Books / Resource
“The Forty Rules of Love is a novel written by Turkish author Elif Shafak, The book was published in March 2009. It is about Maulana Jalal-Ud-Din, known as Rumi and his companion Shams...
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