The Goddess Seshat was related to Thoth, the God of wisdom and learning, who brought writing and Hieroglyphs to the Egyptian people. Most accounts consider Seshat to… Read more “Goddess Seshat: She Who is Foremost in the Library”
Category: Mythology
Indra’s Ants and the Fall of the House of Musk
All things come to pass, and ego, while it can drive big things bigly (to borrow from King Donald), ego has a way of upending itself. No… Read more “Indra’s Ants and the Fall of the House of Musk”
Cassandra: Screaming into the Void
Have you ever felt that you can see a path of events unfolding, but as much as you try to warn others of the dangers you are… Read more “Cassandra: Screaming into the Void”
Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse: Sappho Laments Adonis
Like many a youth, I lived fast. However, I’m still not dead; when I do go, I hope my corpse is at least presentable. While the phrase… Read more “Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse: Sappho Laments Adonis”
Keep Marching: Ending the Myth of Binary Sexuality
C.G. Jung presented the world with many ideas, several of which are still provocative. At the same time, he was also a product of his times, and… Read more “Keep Marching: Ending the Myth of Binary Sexuality”
Binary Gender is a Myth.
Human sexual biology comes in a spectrum, with male and female biological components. This range varies between each individual and includes the significant percentage of population that… Read more “Binary Gender is a Myth.”
Niobe: a Broken Heart in Guise of Shattered Stone
Do you remember Tantalus? He was punished to stand for all eternity in a pool of water, under a branch of low hanging fruit. Whenever he bent… Read more “Niobe: a Broken Heart in Guise of Shattered Stone”
Pythagoras: Death by Beans
Many of us in modern society remember Pythagoras from early high school geometry as we desperately tried to figure out the hypotenuse of right-angled triangles. However, in… Read more “Pythagoras: Death by Beans”
Everything I say is a Lie: Epimenides the Cretan and the Liar’s Paradox
Let me preface this brief text by noting that words can hurt, and be harmful. Please forgive my use of the word ‘Cretan’, as it has become… Read more “Everything I say is a Lie: Epimenides the Cretan and the Liar’s Paradox”
Ancient Cyborgs: Talos, More Human than Human
If you do any digging into the history of Robotics, you’ll eventually hear the tale of Talos, a ‘machine’ that guarded the Isle of Crete. Now, let’s… Read more “Ancient Cyborgs: Talos, More Human than Human”