29 Oct 2018 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Landscapes, Symbols and Metaphysics in 14th-Century England By nrushton Mythology & Mystery 1 ‘The paths he would take were strange, With little cheer to glean, And his hopes would often change Till that chapel could be seen.’Sir Gawain and Green Knight is a late 14th-century poem, set in an Arthurian world of the past, but which... Read More
19 Oct 2018 Baubo, Great Goddess and Demeter’s Female Fool in the Eleusinian Mysteries By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 1 In 1898, a group of German archaeologists working in the Demeter sanctuary at Priene unearthed a peculiar set of Hellenistic female figurines. The head of each of these figurines sits directly on her legs. Each figure also has long hair that drapes... Read More
17 Oct 2018 Hunting the Haunted: Ghosts, Ghouls and Geists of South Africa By Mark Rose-Christie Mythology & Mystery 2 In Quantum Physics, the First Law of Thermodynamics - The Law of Conservation - states says that: “Energy is never created, energy is never destroyed, energy can only ever be transferred or transformed”. This may explain why so many different... Read More
10 Oct 2018 King of the Ancient Gemstones: Ruby Trumps Diamond By ashley cowie Mythology & Mystery 0 Western culture has a relatively shallow relationship with gemstones. Most people place great value on diamonds as being symbolic of commitment and only a few know this entire ritual began in a 1947 De Beers advertising campaign which pushed the... Read More
08 Oct 2018 Identity Crises of the Sirens: Wise Women, Murderesses or Singing Prostitutes? By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Ancient cultures around the world saw the sea as a dangerous place, filled with beings who preyed upon people - especially men. The Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder, whose Natural History would serve as scientific gospel for centuries to follow,... Read More