Imagine for the moment you’ve just taken your seat in a packed stadium, about to see your favorite band perform live alongside thousands of other excited fans. Or imagine you’re at the Louvre and you just entered the room displaying the Mona Lisa — feel that electric energy pulsing out from the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd? Or maybe you’re watching a rendition… Read more →
The eye, the organ by which the world is seen, has long held an elevated place in collective mythology. Recall the eye of Horus, commonly represented with a spiraling line below it like that of a hawk, who soars above all and sees all. In some spiritual traditions such as Hinduism, the eye (known also as the third-eye) represents the… Read more →
While discussing the power of storytelling and the tradition of rites of initiation with Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyer, in ‘The Power of Myth’, asks whether movies today have replaced the ancient rituals wherein the young are given instruction in the mythology of the tribe. Campbell agrees, but offers the following reflection. “That might be our counterpart to mythological re-enactments –… Read more →