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Back to SearchJonathan Pageau's "Rapunzel," Summary and Discussion
Episode 403
An old woman lives alone in a small cottage in the woods, with bitterness and her rapunzel cabbages as companions. She prizes the plants, however, a…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Hoarding Your Inner Gold, or Knowing How to Use It: “Spirit in the Bottle” (Clip)
Episode 402
Going into wholeness or connection, on the one hand, or solipsism and individualism, on the other hand. It seems one can find one’s way to solipsism…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Brothers Grimm’s “The Golden Goose”
Episode 401
LL and I read and discuss this lovely folktale. A man had three sons, the youngest called Dummling (Simpleton), who was mocked and sneered at. The …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Robin Hood’s Origins, Little John & The Trickster
Episode 400
We summarize Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood’s Prologue, on the green-clad Robbing man’s origins and his meeting, being beat by, and joining forces with Lit…
10 months ago
Awakening and the Need for Some Kind of Grounding (Clip)
Episode 399
Robert Pirsig, of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” also had an awakening experience, where he said he was in touch with “quality,” the ke…
10 months ago
“The Spirit in the Bottle” from The Brothers Grimm
Episode 398
A poor woodcutter sends his son to the high school to have a better lot in life, but the money runs out before the son can complete his studies. He …
10 months, 1 week ago
Mystical and Awakening Experiences
Episode 397
We discuss mystical experiences and higher states of consciousness. We start with an awakening account of a Japanese business executive and Zen stud…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Brothers Grimm’s "Rapunzel:" Tears Wash Away Grief
Episode 396
A man and a woman long for a child. The woman looks out of her back window into the walled garden of an enchantress and desperately desires the Ramp…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
A Part of Your Soul Leaves When You Give Up on Getting Better (Clip)
Episode 395
The image of the dark, ruined castle as the unconscious mind. Then there is a series of steps going deeper and deeper, and silent. And after Hans' …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Von Schonwerth’s “The Iron Shoes”
Episode 394
The king’s groundskeeper doesn’t know what to do with his son so he kicks him off the farm with anger. Hans goes out into the world and encounters a…
10 months, 3 weeks ago