Tag Archives: Mythology

Odin’s Steed…

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We have to travel far and wide before we can comprehend this story, but in psychological terms ‘Loki’ is straightforward enough. He represents the shadow side of the personality. * In the Myth Cycle as a whole, Loki’s binding … Continue reading →

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Keys to Heaven: Planning… Stuart France

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Baldrick, famously, hatches cunning plans which always back-fire. * Dick Dastardly, equally famously, hatches devious plans which always back-fire, and he usually has to be saved from destruction by his pet dog, Muttley. * So, what is it that … Continue reading →

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Stone of the Night…

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* You are a passenger… You stay under glass… You are driven through the city’s ripped back-sides. You leave the city’s ripped back-sides on a road which snakes through low, rough, foothills. Far on the horizon a solitary fin-shaped peak … Continue reading →

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Hunting the Moon…

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* We thought we would get there early, to soak up the atmosphere, and await the fall of night… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Children of Ra

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The noon sun beat down upon the land without mercy. Ra was incensed. He, the greatest of the gods was a cuckold. Nut had been unfaithful to him. He stormed through the palace, seeking his recalcitrant wife. He found her … Continue reading →

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Siren-call

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

A thousand bitter diamonds Shine about a waxing moon. Shadows smear raw whispers Over time’s black sea. Driven mad by beauty They run from life To dream In death’s honeyed sleep.

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Persephone, Lady of the Mysteries ~ Monika at Symbol Reader

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Symbol Reader: “Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.” William Blake, Proverbs of Hell Is one even allowed to talk about the gods of the underworld? For Rudolf Otto, a twentieth-century theologian, the … Continue reading →

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O’ Coyote…

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* We welcome you to our sacred space… …We seek your help, in bringing balance and harmony into the world of our younger cousins. With your permission we will work with your spirit, Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Bally’s Tale: Apple and Yew…

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* …Afterwards the same uncanny man went to the south and accosted Elaine as she was resting from her travels in a sun-trap. “From whence do you come and where are you heading, unknown?” said Elaine. “From the mouth of … Continue reading →

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The Green Harper…

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* “…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought but they also recognise the importance of getting beyond the rational and that is where the myths and fairy stories come in… Plato spends the greater part of his … Continue reading →

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