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Chaos, Harmony and the Birth of Alphabet
One of the most beautiful Greek myths, which fascinated Carl Gustav Jung because of its alchemical underpinnings, is the story of Cadmus and Harmony. It is beautifully retold in The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso, who begins … Continue reading
Posted in Cadmus, Uncategorized
Tagged alchemy, alphabet, Cadmus, Carl Gustav Jung, Dionysos, Greek myth, Greek mythology, harmony, Mercurius, Phoenicians, Roberto Calasso, snake, Thebes, trickster, Typhon
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Reflections on Don Quixote: The Universe of Fiction
“Idle Reader: Without my swearing to it, you can believe that I would like this book, the child of my understanding, to be the most beautiful, the most brilliant, and the most discreet that anyone could imagine. … I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Don Quixote
Tagged archety, beheading, Cervantes, chivalry, creativity, Don Quixote, fantasy, fiction, imagination, knight, knighthood, language, literature, Mercurius, Mercury, reality, symbolism, symbols, trickster
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The Secrets of the Odyssey (1)
Timanthes, “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia” (detail: Odysseus) Homer’s Odyssey has always held an extreme fascination with me. All the characters and what happens to them have been coming back to me recently, perhaps in connection with Mercury retrograde with Neptune. … Continue reading
Posted in The Odyssey
Tagged archetypes, astrology, Florence and Kenneth Wood, Homer, Homer’s Secret Odyssey, Mercury, Mercury retrograde, Neptune, Odysseus, Pisces, symbolism, symbols, The Odyssey, Thoth, trickster
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