October, 2020

Matriarchal vs Patriarchal Societies

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Leftovers and Sour Mash on October 7th, 2020 .

I posted this article years ago in one of my Facebook writers group discussions about how to write fiction around Matriarchal societies. Female and Male-based societies form the foundation for Western Civilization. Their structures control our mythologies, cultures, and even family units. These structures are changing today just as they changed so radically thousands of […]


The Hero Journey

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Tangled Roots and Broken Branches on October 7th, 2020 .

The concept of the Hero Journey (or ‘monomyth’) exists all over the world in folklore, myth, and religion. Joseph Campbell has shown us the experience of the hero-journey itself is purely psychological and based on the need for the Self to explore the truth of the inner self or unconscious in its constant quest for […]


The Holy Grail

0 comments on this article Posted by Administrator in Tangled Roots and Broken Branches on October 6th, 2020 .

I love John Boorman’s transcendental movie Excalibur (1981) about King Arthur and the Holy Grail. The scene where the humble Percival finally casts off his sword and armor and finds the grail in a dream-like sequence is a deeply spiritual experience, and reflects so well the secret meaning of the grail. Through the years we […]


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