Myth 101 – Charities or Graces
The Charities or Graces are divinities whose power is beauty and all the qualities of charis – beauty, grace, goodwill and favor – as it manifests in the world and the cosmos. The Three Graces, Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Image from theoi.com Hesiod (Greek epic 8th or 7th B.C.)
Continue Reading →A Gift For Helping OPUS Go Green
November 24, 2010
Judy has been a volunteer here at OPUS in our preservation program for over a year. Each week she digitizes the audio lectures we have of James Hillman, Marion Woodman and a few others sprinkled in, though these are her favorites. These lectures are on audio cassette tapes –you remember those, right
Continue Reading →Chris Downing on image, psyche’s language
“We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become. As our dreams make evident, the psyche’s own language is that of image, and not idea. The psyche needs images to nurture its own growth; for images provide a knowledge that we can interiorize rather t
Continue Reading →Myth 101 – Sulis
Sulis was a water goddess who presided over the hot springs at Bath, now Somerset. These springs were called Aquae Sulis and had curative powers. She was one of the most important Roman/British deities and though a water goddess she also had solar powers which some claim is due to the heat of the sp
Continue Reading →Joseph Campbell on the Sun Moon, Serpent and Bull
In this video Joseph Campbell reveals the symbolism of solar and lunar consciousness that lies within the ritual activities of bullfighting, a serpent ritual and marriage. This is how it breaks down: the bull fighter or the priestess is the solar figure, the consciousness principle that is moving t
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