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Myth 101 – Melissai, nymphs of honey
September 06, 2011
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The Melissae or Melissai were the Greek nymphs of honey bees. Priestesses at Aphrodite’s temple in Eryx were called Melissai thus conferring to the goddess the title of Queen Bee. It is said that the Melissai priestesses would enter into visionary trances by eating bee pollen.
Continue Reading →Myth 101: The Duende
September 01, 2011
From out of the alchemically green-gold valleys and hillsides of Andalusia, Spain, comes the myth and aesthetic experience of the duende. From “duen de casa” or, Master of the House, the duende is reminiscent of the Trickster, said to bring havoc and interruption when the home is upen
Continue Reading →OPUS won a grant!
August 30, 2011
Opus Archives and Research Center Awarded Prestigious Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Opus, located on the campuses of Pacifica Graduate Institute, has been able to transfer the
Continue Reading →Jane Hollister Wheelwright Lecture Series
August 30, 2011
Reminding you to celebrate Jane’s birthday by attending the next in the Jane Hollister Wheelwright Lecture Series on Thursday, September 9th, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on the Ladera campus of Pacifica Graduate Institute! Come listen in to Lou Ann Wallner’s fascinating lect
Continue Reading →Voice of the Ancestor: Jane’s Storm
August 29, 2011
“Listening to the storm gave me time to reminisce about our seacoast. The breakers, whatever their intensity, are indicators of the state of things. They also convey messages from distant lands–taking up the pressures from foreign storms thousands of miles away to spend th
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