Recently D.C. police conducted an anti-protest crackdown dubbed "Operation Themis." Read my op-ed in Cunning Folk Magazine about how classical mythology can be weaponized in service to white supremacy, and how this particular goddess flies defiantly in the face of that.
In the first chapter of Before Philosophy, Henri and Henriette Frankfort pointed out that the language of myth, which they called "speculative thought," isn't so common these
I mentioned I've been reading Before Philosophy by Henri and Henriette Frankfort, et al. And I mentioned it's one of my favorite treatises on mythology. What I
In my last post about mythology, I said that myth isn't metaphor. Metaphor is a popular way to look at myth these days, which is why
The other day a friend of mine asked me what I have against the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Every time the guy's name comes up, I swear; also,
Asking Jesus into your heart is a dead horse of a phrase that's been beaten by, I don't know how many clichés. It's one of the
One of the ideas I've always liked best about the story of Jesus's resurrection is that he didn't just die and then rise again after three arbitrary
In the beginning there was freshwater Apsu of the abyss and saltwater Tiamat of the deep. Later, when the gods came to exist, Tiamat and