I’ve had a few stressful weeks dealing matters that I thought were resolved months ago. I loathed having to get reinvolved in this particular situation. Yet, I have been amused by what happened as well as aware of the ensuing pain felt by all of us involved. ...
Image Source: Galleria Borghese, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This text is taken from the transcript of an interview I did for Maitrea, Prague, in 2018. Apologies in advance for any typos! What can one...
It is the time of Lughnasadh, (or Lúnasa), the Irish Harvest Festival that occurs around the end of July and the beginning of August. In modern Ireland, it has undergone a revival and is often celebrated over the August bank holiday weekend, the first full weekend in...
Myth, Mythos and Mythic Musings I received my Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology, from Pacifica Graduate institute. Myth and all things mythic have long been a love of mine, ever since I was child. Nurtured by my year at the Mount...
One stormy, dark night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron suggested to a few of his friends that they each write a supernatural tale. Among the guests were Percy Bysshe Shelley and his future wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Shelley), and Dr....
Lancelot and Guinevere by Herbert James Draper, 1890’s Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lancelot_and_Guinevere_-_Herbert_James_Draper.jpg Guinevere has existed in literature for nearly a millennium. The queen of Camelot has intrigued people...