Matters of Myth, and Why Myth Matters
This video of last week s webinar about the mythology of wine has just been posted on YouTube. It offers a fascinating look on how wine and its associated myths underlie so much of our religion and culture. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukQfQ4VzP0
On Saturday, July 20, I ll be doing a free webinar hosted by prominent mythologists about the mythologies pertaining to wine, based on my book The Mythology of Wine. I ll cover Greece and the wine god Dionysus, wine in the Bible, Continue reading
Myths are often regarded as simple falsehoods, as being about people or gods that have never existed or events that never happened. But regardless of their historicity, the important part about myths is the fundamental truths that they convey to Continue reading
Boo! Earlier this week I did an interview with Esoteric Thoughts about the mythology underlying Halloween, which the interviewer just posted on his YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy it, and Happy Halloween. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0MMRsUmDTQ t=595s
In recent years we have seen increasingly strident, polarized, and factually false narratives emerge and circulate in our society and political life. This situation is confusing, and fractures our society and politics. We wonder how this all came about, and Continue reading
The YouTube channel Esoteric Thoughts just posted its interview with me about the mythology underlying the New Year s holiday, which was based on my book, The Mythology of America s Seasonal Holidays: The Dance of the Horae. You can watch it Continue reading
I just gave an interview about the mythology of Christmas on the YouTube Channel called Esoteric Thoughts, which was posted on December 21, the occasion of the Winter Solstice. You can watch it here. Since the interview is only a Continue reading
The Westar Institute just published my newest article in the November-December issue of its journal, The Fourth R, pp. 3-7, 24 (se link to it below). It is entitled Christmas, Easter, Myth, and Depth Psychology. Based on the Easter and Continue reading
Hello wine and mythology enthusiasts! On October 16 in Oak Park, California, I ll be giving a talk on wine mythology in the ancient world and early Christian Europe. It is hosted by an 80-member group of winemakers from the congregation Continue reading
A central aspect of the New Testament gospels is the miraculous healings that Jesus reportedly performed. Indeed, these healings constitute a large majority of his miracles, so they must have been especially important to the authors of the gospels. As Continue reading