The Stymphalian Birds and the labor that required a rattle
Why Hercules needed music not strength for his sixth labor.
Spirituality
The Lotus Eaters and the myth about forgetting to go home
What the Lotus Eaters myth says about comfort and desire.
What it means when you dream about a tsunami
I have had this dream more times than I can count, always during the hardest stretches of my life. Here is what I have figured out about what it actually means.
Antero Vipunen, the buried giant who held the oldest words
The giant who swallowed Väinämöinen whole and what happened next…
The Greek myth where a mother kills her son and believes she caught a lion
What the myth of Agave and Pentheus is really about.
Deirdre of the Sorrows and the Irish myth that still haunts me
Deirdre of the Sorrows, the oldest tragedy in Irish mythology.
Chang’e and the moon myth about choosing solitude over shame
The Chinese moon goddess who chose herself and never came back.
Clytemnestra killed her husband and here is why she was not wrong
Why Clytemnestra is the most misread woman in Greek myth.
How to use the major arcana as a year-long practice
Working through all 22 major arcana cards in one year.
What it means when you dream about moving houses
Dreaming about moving houses and what your mind is working through.