Tag: mythology
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Mythology 102: Fenryr & Tyr
The Norse pseudo-god Loki, who is by turns the friend and the enemy of the other gods, had three fearfully hideous and strong children with the giantess Angrboda (“She Who Bodes Anguish”). The first child was the serpent Jormungand. The second was the death-goddess Hel. The third was the wolf Fenrir. The gods had terrible […]
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Gods & Goddesses: Kali
Origins Although the word Kālī appears as early as the Atharva Veda, the first use of it as a proper name is in the Kathaka Grhya Sutra (19.7).[6] According to David Kinsley, Kāli is first mentioned in Hindu tradition as a distinct goddess around 600 AD, and these texts “usually place her on the periphery of Hindu society or on […]
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Mythology 101: Odin
An excellent (and quite helpful) article on Odin from Jeremy Anderberg at over The Art of Manliness. Originally posted 2/23/2015. [SOURCE LINK] When one hears the word “Viking,” it almost instantly conjures images of brawny warriors wielding fierce swords, riding in waves of long ships to pillage and plunder unsuspecting villages. It’s an accurate image, […]
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Dream Journal: Dionysus [11/15/21]
I was in charge. I was on point. I was unreal.
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Notes: Know Your Mythology
Mythology = General Revelation
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Evening Prayer ~XI~
Hail to you, eye of Horus, which hefurnishes with his hands completely. He permits you not to be obedient to those of the WestHe permits you not to be obedient to those of the EastHe permits you not to be obedient to those of the SouthHe permits you not to be obedient to those of […]
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Truth of L♾V3 XXXII
The earliest origins of modern psychotherapy known to history lie in archaic shamanism and in the practices of the medicine men of primitive peoples. In civilized societies the priest is primarily the guardian of existing collective ritual and tradition; among primitive peoples, however, the figure of the shaman is characterized by individual experience of the […]