And what does Wilson and Main have to do with Mythology?
-Here we have Bacchus, god of wine
-Here we have Erotique
-Eros
-Aphrodite/Venus
Lesson: Myth surrounds us. Be alert to its myriad of clues.
-Moonwalking With Einstein: A must read
-Rituals of mourning: a prescribed thing to achieve prescribed results.
Let us talk about Sexson's visit to the doctor.
-"I am Pedar. I was your student 15 years ago."
-Mythologies in which the class read The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
-He gives the appropriate definition of myth.
-Next visit, Sexson will tell him all about Andre Gibson
-Hug a tree.
-The Call to Adventure: leave mundane life and head into the unknown
-Fairytales: degenerates of myths
Ex: myth of the frog and the princess
Heed these words: There is a woman behind every hero.
Education= Transformation
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." 1 Corinthians 13
Myths offer a mythical key to most of the most extreme forms of human behavior and suffering.
Extreme behavior and suffering = holocause, plagues, sexual harrassment, rape, incest, seduction, sex change, suicide, love, torture, war, depression, intoxication, drugs, etc.
-Italo Calvino: the point that expands.
Ovid's Metamorphoses is the ancient world's version of cinema.
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