0 Comments | March 13, 2010 at 8:00 pm by mahud
My interest in myths spanned the entire ten year period as a Christian. If I wasn’t reading about Christianity or studying the Bible, I was fervently reading about world mythology. From mythology I began reading about ancient cultures, especially Mesopotamian cultures. Studying Sumerian, Akkadian and Neo-Babylonian history had quite an impact on my view on […]
4 Comments | January 30, 2010 at 10:28 am by mahud
Reading Ali’s post Meadowsweet and Myrrh: Aesthetics and the Sacred, made me think some more about the sacred. Originally it was going to just be a short comment response on how I viewed the sacred in everything (and a newly planted idea in my mind about the nature of things that I think is best […]
0 Comments | December 23, 2009 at 11:28 am by mahud
The Shawshank Redemption (based on a story by Stephen King) has always been a favourite movie of mine. I’ve watched it multiple times, but it was only after watching it this past week that I recognized that the obvious theme of freedom and rebirth is explicitly linked with the Goddess.
For a synopsis of the […]
8 Comments | June 27, 2009 at 8:18 pm by mahud
Another contribution to the International Pagan Values Blogging Month
I don’t believe we live in a universe where two opposing truths can both be true. Maybe that’s a little bit simplistic and un-philosophical of me. And I find myth a more helpful spiritual guide than philosophy. I’ve never been much in to scientific theories beyond my […]
6 Comments | January 28, 2009 at 4:42 pm by mahud
Long ago a great ram-headed serpent began to devour the hunters of a tribe. The great shaman-hunter Ker was brought before the chief of the people, who asked him why such terrible misfortune had befallen the people…
Ker and Sidur (A Myth of the Nehar-Shanar) originally posted September 23, 2008
Thanks to Fay (The Dark Side Of […]
5 Comments | January 15, 2009 at 9:16 am by mahud
Prompting some discussion…
Anyone been influenced by the works of Joseph Campbell (or not)?
What impact has JC had on modern Paganism, if any?
Anything you particularly disagree about his theories?
Parts 1-3 of John David Ebert’s Lecture on Joseph Campbell
John David Ebert Lecture on Joseph Campbell Part 1
John David Ebert Lecture on Joseph Campbell Part 2
John […]
6 Comments | August 28, 2008 at 9:20 pm by mahud
Thank you all for your fantastic contributions:
Faith and the Hero’s Journey (Hawk’s Cry: The voice of a witch)
Journeying to Otherworlds: Access Denied (Between Old and New Moons)
Lions at the Door (Quaker Pagan Reflections)
More Than These Words (Aquila ka Hecate)
Journeying to Otherworlds (The Dance of the Elements)
Mythology Synchroblog 4: Children’s Story for Mabo (Pagan Dad)
Underground Ruminations […]
1 Comment | July 6, 2007 at 8:07 pm by mahud
The Nature of Mythology according to Joseph Campbell
A Myth, as Joseph Campbell understood it, is a symbolic communicator, that attempts to translate the universal mystery of existence, that cannot be consciously understood . A Mythology is like a series of sign posts, that direct us through this cosmic mystery, which is also the mystery of […]
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