So this is the third day of the winter storm here in Montana, called by the weather pros "Brutus," and very light snow is still falling, with about 16 inches on the ground in one fell swoop. I wish I had a camera that worked but I don't so you'll just have to imagine it :-) I'm pretty much just hunkered down, enjoying the peace and quiet ( Read more... )

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I have been revisiting my tribal mythology and culture, and found some important things to keep in mind in Karen's Armstrong's "A Short History of Myth":

Today the word ‘myth’ is often used to describe something that simply isn’t true. A politician accused of a peccadillo will say it is a ‘myth’, that it never happened. When we hear of gods ( Read more... )

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Tonight is Heracles/Hercules on the History Channel's "Clash of the Gods"...the Zeus episode was excellent! This is a clip of Zeus vs Typhon:

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Watch the full episode on Zeus online at ( Read more... )

I was taking part in a discussion in a group about whether there are "new myths". Joseph Campbell is famous in his call for new myths for our time. Campbell --God love him and God rest his soul-- thought that the Star Wars cycle might be such an example. Perhaps at its outset, with the first three episodes, there was promise. I certainly felt so ( Read more... )

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