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Back to SearchInitiation and Meeting the Baba Yaga
Season 7 Episode 2
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The Baba Yaga is a complex and scary crone in East Slavic and Russian fairy tales. She's a face of the earth goddesses a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Fierce wildness and the Baba Yaga
Season 7 Episode 1
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Welcome to episode one of the new (7th) season of Myth Matters!
A new year and a time of change. Is this, as some say, t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Flying Together: The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud Din Attar
Season 6 Episode 16
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“These lofty words are an antidote for anyone sickened by extremism’s poison.” Farid ud Din Attar, translation by Sholeh…
1 year, 5 months ago
Catastrophe: What myths show us about the way of the world
Season 6 Episode 15
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Endings, loss, and uncertainty. Fears of a catastrophic future. Many of us are living with this right now or wondering h…
1 year, 6 months ago
Effort, Uncertainty, and Cerridwen's potion
Season 6 Episode 14
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"It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope." –Ursula K. LeGuin
This episode …
1 year, 6 months ago
Allegiance to the Inner Life: The. Nixie in the Millpond part 2 of 2
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”― Joseph Campbell
We …
1 year, 7 months ago
Allegiance to the Inner Life: The Nixie in the Mill Pond part 1 of 2
Season 6 Episode 12
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To what do we owe greater allegiance, our outer life in the material world of human conventions, or our inner life and t…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Bricoleur
Season 6 Episode 11
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How we imagine our lives is how we live our lives, and mythologies provide the images and ideas in this process. But ima…
1 year, 8 months ago
Shifting Images of Human Being with Dr. Craig Chalquist
Season 6 Episode 10
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How we imagine ourselves is how we'll be.
And where do we receive these images of the human? They're in our myths.
In thi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Making creative choices in art and life: 3 fairy tale variations
Season 6 Episode 9
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Sifting through options to make a decision is something that each of us has to do at some point. When our choice is part…
1 year, 10 months ago