The myth of Arachne and the mysteries of transformation

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  Personal transformation. Do we really want it? What can inspire that deep change, and how far are we willing to go in courting those powers? Transcript of Arachne and the mysteries of transformation Hello, and welcome to Myth Matters, … Continued

The Bacchae: How do you imagine the dark?

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  “He is a young god.Mythologically obscure,always just arriving at some new placeto disrupt the status quo,wearing the start of a smile.” –from Ann Carson’s translation “The Bakkhai” In the northern hemisphere we began our collective descent into winter’s darkness, … Continued

Into the Labyrinth and the myth of Ariadne’s Thread

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  This episode is devoted to the Greek god Dionysus, whom Walter Otto aptly named “the epiphany god,” and his wife Ariadne. Dionysus was called “the Loosener” or lysios in Greek, the loosener of limbs and of minds. The Greek word lysios comes … Continued