Before continuing, I’ve got to hammer one point home: Yoga simply means to bind, to yoke, to join. This is where I might lose you, but please… Read more “The Eight Limbs of Yoga [2]: The Other Shore”
Author: MythCrafts Team
The Birth of Venus: Aphrodite through the Ages
If the name Aphrodite evokes images of sensuality, it honestly should. Aphrodite is so ingrained in our linguistic memory that we use a derivative word – Aphrodisiac… Read more “The Birth of Venus: Aphrodite through the Ages”
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: An Introduction
Many people have asked, what exactly is Yoga? Sitting in funny postures? Breathing in rhythmic patterns? Chanting strange Mantras? Clearing one’s mind? The answer is: Yoga means To… Read more “The Eight Limbs of Yoga: An Introduction”
A Dangerous Poem, Indeed: The Treasure of Forrest Fenn
Can words kill? Sure. Consider hate speech and the incitement to violence; words can lead to bloodshed. But how about a poem? I mean, poems are usually… Read more “A Dangerous Poem, Indeed: The Treasure of Forrest Fenn”
R. Buckminster Fuller: Spaceship Earth
Can one be spiritual, if that means just being in awe in the vastness of existence? Staring in wonder at the scale of planets, stars and galaxies?… Read more “R. Buckminster Fuller: Spaceship Earth”
The Splendor Solis and the Jungian Mandala: 22 Images of the Soul
This post will serve as a guide to the Splendor Solis, an “illuminated manuscript” of Alchemical knowledge. It also contains a nod towards Jung’s notions of Mandalas;… Read more “The Splendor Solis and the Jungian Mandala: 22 Images of the Soul”
Cetaceans and the City: Dapper Dolphins and Human Hotties
Imagine this: You have Magic Powers. And instead of being celebrated, you are being vilified. By whom, you ask? The WWF. (That’s World Wildlife Federation, not to… Read more “Cetaceans and the City: Dapper Dolphins and Human Hotties”
Beasts are Rational, part 2: On Eating Flesh
To recap part 1: The setup: Odysseus wants Circe to disenchant his men from their animal forms, and Circe argues that they are happier as animals than… Read more “Beasts are Rational, part 2: On Eating Flesh”
Beasts are Rational, part 1: Circe, Odysseus and the Pig
You may be familiar with the story of the Hero Odysseus and the Sorceress Circe; how she turned his men into swine, how he was saved by… Read more “Beasts are Rational, part 1: Circe, Odysseus and the Pig”
War of the Magicians: Si-Osiris and the Nubian Sorcerer, part III
As we saw in parts one and two, Si-Osiris, the young grandson of Pharaoh Ramasses II, was reading a sealed magic scroll delivered to the court by… Read more “War of the Magicians: Si-Osiris and the Nubian Sorcerer, part III”
