Myth 101 – Salomé
Salomé – Figure in Christian mythology who won the head of John the Baptist because of her seductive dance of the seven veils. Salomé, alongside the prophet Elijah, appears in C.G. Jung’s Liber Novus (Red Book) as a guide and teacher in his personal mythology. Jung refers to the encou
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OPUS awarded 13 New Mythos Grants in the winter of 2009 and all year we have been gifted in return with learning of new gems hidden in the manuscript and image collections. One of the inspirations for the grant came form Joe Campbell, of course. In the famous “Power of Myth̶
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