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Category: Mythology

What is Diwali?

What is Diwali?

Mythology

Can you imagine a festival that combines the best features of the most popular festivals in the United States? New year’s day is the day to make new resolutions and…

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Here We Shall Drag Them

Here We Shall Drag Them

Mythology

The Harpies’ first appearance in Greek literature is incongruously charming. For Hesiod, they are goddesses of the scudding storm clouds, “lovely-haired,” keeping pace “on their swift wings with the blasts…

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The Messiahs: Mithras, Osiris, and Apollonius

The Messiahs: Mithras, Osiris, and Apollonius

Mythology

A long time ago, in a land far away, a child was born. He was the son of a god and a mortal woman, and he used his miraculous powers…

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Jesus in the Underworld?

Jesus in the Underworld?

Mythology

The Christian affirmation of belief in Jesus descent to Hades is in the Apostles Creed and in the so-called Athanasian Creed as well as being article III in the Anglican…

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Happy 100k JCF

Happy 100k JCF

Mythology

The Joseph Campbell Foundation is offering a bundle of free downloads from The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Foreword to Myth, Religion, and Mother Right An essay in PDF format…

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Indra’s Lesson

Indra’s Lesson

Mythology

There is a wonderful story in one of the Upanishads about the god Indra. Now, it happened at this time that a great monster had enclosed all the waters of…

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The Ancient City of Dvārakā

The Ancient City of Dvārakā

Mythology

In the Mahabharata, the city of Dvārakā was created by Vishwa Karma (the architect of the gods) with instructions from Lord Krishna. In the Mahabharata, Dvārakā (also known as Dvāravatī,…

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Sita Sings the Blues

Mythology

Sita Sings the Blues is a musical, animated personal interpretation of the Indian epic the Ramayana. The aspect of the story that I focus on is the relationship between Sita…

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One Have Been Made Two

One Have Been Made Two

Mythology

From Book One of The Mahābhārata and for fathers everywhere. “A son, the wise say, is the man himself born from himself; therefore a man will look upon the mother…

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Codex Sinaiticus Goes Online

Codex Sinaiticus Goes Online

Mythology

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete…

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Religious Misunderstandings

Religious Misunderstandings

Mythology

Religions are predicated on some profound or miraculous event that requires blind faith to believe in. From an objective point of view, these events are usually quite incredible and sometimes…

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Joseph Campbell Foundation

Joseph Campbell Foundation

Mythology

The Joseph Campbell Foundation website has been redesigned. The new site is really nice. They’ve done a great job tying together the many sections into a single design. It’s an…

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By What Myth Am I Living?

By What Myth Am I Living?

Mythology

I haven’t really written much in the past few months – other than posting stuff on politics from other sites. I’ve been reflecting on the past. I remember someone once…

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Hindu Holiday Calendar (2012 – 2017)

Hindu Holiday Calendar (2012 – 2017)

Mythology

I missed Diwali this year so I hunted around the internet looking for an .ics or .vcs file that I could import into my Outlook calendar. I couldn’t find any…

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Carl Sagan on Hinduism

Carl Sagan on Hinduism

Mythology, Science

I’ve written before about how influential Carl Sagan was in my childhood. Not only his views of science and philosophy but also his views on religion. My interest in Hinduism…

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The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata

Mythology

Here is an episode from the popular Dutch series, Myths of Mankind. When the British ruled India, experienced colonial administrators would advise newcomers to read one book if they wanted…

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The Canonization of the New Testament

The Canonization of the New Testament

Mythology

I few weeks ago I discussed my views on the Gospel of Judas and how the final cannon was decided. I found an excellent audio clip from a lecture on…

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A Metaphysical Realization

A Metaphysical Realization

Mythology, Psychology

There is a magnificent essay by Schopenhauer in which he asks, how is it that a human being can so participate in the peril or pain of another that without…

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Joseph Campbell: Psychological or Metaphysical

Joseph Campbell: Psychological or Metaphysical

Mythology

This is a very interesting topic and I find myself wondering exactly where Campbell’s ultimate passions were. The first image that is called to mind is Campbell’s rather amazing recounting…

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