Prince Lindworm and the Unembraceable

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    In this Norwegian (oops, I mean Danish) fairy tale, the queen makes a mistake. That’s not the whole story.   There’s also a dragon.  And an opportunity to reflect on our fallibility, the tendency to blame… the problems embedded in … Continued

Meeting the Baba Yaga: Witches, magic, and mystery

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I recently overhead an exchange between a little boy and his mom. The subject was witches and magic. Which got me thinking. Magic involves perception, changes in the way we see and the manner in which things appear. Magic, like … Continued

Psyche and Eros: Our Initiation through Aphrodite

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  “Loving is an authentic psychological task, the most demanding there is, just because it activates in us new ways of knowing ourselves.’” — Aldo Carotenuto The myth of Eros and Psyche can be read as a myth of initiation … Continued