(Clique para português) The Creation of Consciousness in Greek Mythology The Greek myth of creation says that the world was created from the separation of Caos into the earth, Gaia, and the sky, Uranus. Because Uranus was afraid of losing his power, he imprisoned his children – Titans and Cyclopes. With the help of his […]
Myths
Myths of the World – Hephaestus, the Rejected Son.
(Clique para português) Myths of the World – Hephaestus, the Rejected Son. This is the fourth article about the psychological lessons we find in world myths. We started with Icarus and Achilles we discussed the Garden of Eden, and we will talk now about Hephaestus, the son of Hera with Zeus. The myths sometimes appear […]
Myths of the World – Achilles, the loved son
(Clique para português) Myths of the World – Parents and Sons This is the second of my articles on the psychological lessons of world myths. After a brief introduction, we discussed Icarus, and now Achilles. Our next articles of this series will be: The Expulsion of Eden, dealing with the increase of consciousness of humanity, […]
Forum – Myths of the World
New Forum – Myths of the World (Clique para português) Why do myths, these simple, sometimes naive tales have survived for so long? What keeps then alive? We could suspect that their survival can be explained by a function, an important function that they performed and still perform in our days. If we do suspect […]
Myths of the World – Icarus, the Sun Lover
Myths of the World – Icarus (Clique para português) We will start our series of discussion of world myths with the theme of hubris, a Greek world that means exaggerated pride or self-confidence. There are times in our life that we feel we are like gods, that we are a semi god, capable of fears […]
Series: Myths of the World – Introduction
(Clique para português) Myths of the World. (with Jungian interpretation) Why do myths, these simple, sometimes naive tales have survived for so long? What keeps then alive? We could suspect that their survival can be explained by a function, an important function that they performed and still perform in our days. If we do suspect […]