Acceptance of Folly & Death
LL and I do a short breathing meditation, then a zoom out contemplation. After checking in about recent challenges, we discuss Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Book 12, Entry 36, the last in the book, ...
4 Feb 57min
The Bearskin and Vulnerability (Clip)
The Gold Child goes into the dangerous forest full of thieves and conceals his skin with a bearskin, and passes through unmolested.The Gold Child goes into the dangerous forest, full of thieves, and c...
1 Feb 7min
"The Gold Children," by the Brothers Grimm
A fisherman catches a gold fish, which makes a deal with him: he’ll have a nice big house if he lets the fish go, on the condition he tell no one how he got the house. The man objects: and what’ll I ...
21 Jan 47min
Ignoring the Feminine and Dragged Down to the Depths (Clip)
In the fairy tale time logic, the fisherman's son practically becomes a priest after he is born, and after he leaves the house he doesn't see his parents again. But he is not done with the watery bar...
9 Jan 5min
The Brothers Grimm’s Little Red Riding Hood
“Little Red Cap:” A little girl, beloved by her grandmother and known for her red cap, is sent by her mother to bring her grandmother a meal. Little Cap assures her mother she’ll follow all direction...
2 Jan 35min
The Mermaid’s Manipulation (Clip)
The mermaid's deal with the fisherman: she gives him an abundant catch without telling him, and then takes it away unless he'll agree to her demand. In order to get his livelihood back he must sacrif...
1 Jan 4min
Ancient Greek Theater was Nothing Like Our Own (Clip)
Why Dionysus May Be the Patron of Theater: A well-told story will shake you and has the power of psychological transformation. A death to your former self. A communal experience with a large part of...
28 Des 20258min
Von Schönwerth’s “The Red Silk Ribbon”
A fisherman employed by a Count that paid him well for how big his catches were suddenly stopped catching fish and was let go. Sat out on water, weeping. Mermaid came to him and said she was the one...
23 Des 20251h 8min
