Myth Matters
Catherine Svehla
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Welcome to Myth Matters, a thought-provoking exploration of myth in contemporary life and the intersection of myth, creativity, and consciousness. Host Catherine Svehla PhD. shares her knowledge of mythology and depth psychology to find insight and explore possibilities. Member of the Joseph Campbell Foundation MythMaker℠ Podcast Network.
Learn more at www.mythicmojo.com and keep the mystery in your life alive.
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S8E8 Disruption, creative edges, and the fairy tale "Tatterhood"
Send Catherine a text MessageThe Norwegian fairy tale of "Tatterhood" begins as many stories do, with a kingdom that lacks something essential. Each of us lives in a fairy tale kingdom or two, in an…
S8E2 2MM8 The King and the Corpse
Send Catherine a text Message"We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars. "-- Jack Gilbert from "Tear it Down" This episode revolves around a Hindu story, "The King and the Corpse," about a…
S8E1 Joy, courage, and the Tigress Jataka
Send Catherine a text Message"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior's approach is to say 'yes' to life:…
S7E16 The Goose Girl and what matters most
Send Catherine a text MessageThe end of a year and our seasonal holidays invite evaluation, reflection on what the future holds, and longing for some type of renewal. A fresh start. A clean slate.…
S7E15 Inner Emptiness: The Japanese story "The Golden Axe"
Send Catherine a text Message“He who runs after two hares will catch neither.” Japanese proverbFeelings of emptiness, lack, greed, dishonesty--- are any of us immune from this experience? The number…
S7E14 Gifts from the Otherworld: The Adventure of Bran
Send Catherine a text MessageThe existence and importance of other worlds populated by other beings, non-human beings, is consistent across mythological traditions. Today, the dominant culture has a…
S7E13 Song of the Bricoleur: Rags Rosenberg
Send Catherine a text Message"We are all taking everything that we've learned from the past, and we're reformulating what we want to do with that and how we want to live. And so, one of the ideas…
S7E12 Not Knowing the Way: Rich Peter the Peddler and leaving home
Send Catherine a text Message"Leaving home" is an interesting metaphor for the call to significant change. This episode is a reflection on intention, uncertainty, and how myths can help us listen to…
S7E11 Leaving Home: Adventures of a trickster tailor
Send Catherine a text MessageIn this episode, we take a look at the fairy tale "The Valiant Tailor" or the "The Brave Tailor," collected by the Brothers Grimm. Honestly, I almost dismissed this story…
S7E10 In the dark woods: what myths say about leaving home
Send Catherine a text Message“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.”-- Joseph CampbellIn this episode we explore the mythic theme of leaving home as…
Transformation and awakening: Dumuzi's Dream
Send Catherine a text MessageThis is the last episode in a 4-part series on the Sumerian myth of Inanna: Dumuzi’s Dream and The Return. After Inanna ascends from the underworld, she chooses her…
Greater Mysteries: Transformation, music, and the myth of Inanna with singer-composer Kelli Scarr
Send Catherine a text MessageSpecial episode with guest singer-composer Kelli Scarr!Scarr released her new album Greater Mysteries, a musical journey through the spiraling cycle of transformation,…
S7E7 Inanna's descent to the Underworld, part 3 of 4
Send Catherine a text MessageShe goes downAs we go downWe follow her undergroundHail to InannaWho diedTo become born.— Chant from the writer Starhawk and the Reclaiming CollectiveThis is episode #3…
S7E6 Inanna and Dumuzi: The eros of the cosmos (part 2 of 4)
Send Catherine a text Message“The Church says: the body is a sin.Science says: the body is a machine.Advertising says: The body is a business.The Body says: I am a fiesta.”― Eduardo Galeano,…
S7E5 The Sumerian myth of Inanna: In the first days 1 of 4
Send Catherine a text MessageIn the first days, in the very first days, everything needed was brought into being and the goddess Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, took her place in the center of the…
S7E4 Joy and Poetry for National Poetry month
Send Catherine a text Message"We need joy as we need air." Maya AngelouJoy. Joy is my motivation, my desire and object in sharing some poetry with you in this episode. Joy---gladness, pleasure,…
S7E3 Finist the Bright Falcon: Baba Yaga, soul quests, and shamanic journeys
Send Catherine a text MessageThe final episode in a three-part exploration of the mysterious Baba Yaga, a scary crone in Russian and Slavic fairy tales. Who or what is she? The fairy tale "Finist the…
S7E2 Initiation and Meeting the Baba Yaga
Send Catherine a text MessageThe Baba Yaga is a complex and scary crone in East Slavic and Russian fairy tales. She's a face of the earth goddesses and the fierce wildness of nature.Are some of us…
S7E1 Fierce wildness and the Baba Yaga
Send Catherine a text MessageWelcome to episode one of the new (7th) season of Myth Matters! A new year and a time of change. Is this, as some say, the time of the wise, elder woman, the time of the…
S6E16 Flying Together: The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud Din Attar
Send Catherine a text Message“These lofty words are an antidote for anyone sickened by extremism’s poison.” Farid ud Din Attar, translation by Sholeh WolpéThe Conference of the Birds is an epic poem…
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