A brief history of the commercial exploitation of myth
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by Michelle Snyder, Wicked Local Arlington
Some symbols are found all around the globe and throughout time, and yet they maintain their meaning. Some images have great impact on the viewer, are associated with mystica
Read more…Thanks to member Christian Gerike for sharing this info from his journey!
Discussion Questions for for this article:
1. How does the internet compare with the real world as a mythic platform?
2. Who are your virtual heroes? Imaginary heroes?
3. A
Read more…Convergence, "the merger of previously distinct technologies into a new form; requiring new theories, new products, and new practices...."
What forces are shaping the new mythology into existence? Magic? The Sacred? Silicon Valley? Eco-Alchemy?
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Read more…Question: How does mythology play a role in your vision? Can you imagine new stories from permaculturists in what most consider a science-based practice?
New stories are a key part of bringing forward a regenerative, ecologically and socially just
Read more…In all five active alchemies in the apocalypse era, both personal and community initiations are necessary in the New Global Mythology Model. Initiation is change: from one geographic place to a new place or moving from an old perspective to a new on
Read more…At the recent Study of Myth Symposium, a woman in my workshop pointed out that we now need to fuse the global with the local. How would this POV impact the way in which we experience the "old myths" and build new ones?
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Extinction Myths = Apocalypse Myths?
Some in my circle would re-label these stories as Post-Transition Myths.
What can you share on modern myths of the Apocalypse or End Times?
This above lament is from Robert Quinn from a recent email exchange!
If there is a new global mythology, then it figures that "new mythologists" are required!
Do you know any mythologists? What do you THEY do?!
Greetings -
We are seeking like-minded souls to help design and implement a 1 week "new myth" conference later this year that would be both synchronistic (live webinar?) and asynchronistic (papers & articles posted ahead of time). Are you up to co-s
Read more…Just wondering what you think here?
Many or most of the old classic Gods are men. True of false?
How many mythologists that you know are women? I can name off the top of my head!
Is this "sexism in mythology" a roadblock to the new myths?
Community Mythology Project (CMP) is about us taking control of the stories that influence our behavior. Too often we are consumers of the stories of others -- Hollywood, cultural legacy myths, the media, ideology and political myths. We let ourselve
Read more…The history and traditions of native peoples comprise the oldest part of American history; their sacred sites have historic and cultural value. Since the early 1980s, the federal government has listed traditional cultural places (TCPs) on the Nation
Read more…The term Archetype began with Carl Jung. In Jung's terms, 'Archetype' is defined as the first original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated. These patterns derive from a
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Launch Content (9/23/12)
[A.] “Transition Tales” – a community interview from a recent Reskilling Expo sponsored by Transition Palo Alto
[B.] stories for new myths #1
“We
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