Grimm's Fur-of-All-Kinds (Allerleirauh)
A dying queen demands that her husband remarry only someone as beautiful as she. After the mourning period, his advisors scramble around to find a new monarch, but the king’s eye alights on his very ...
3 Juli 1h 19min
Banishing the Lion from Modern Thought (Clip)
Why do we like folktales and myths? I think one reason is that they help us learn to pay attention to instinct. It’s not that I don’t think rationality is important–it is a key to a wise life. But ...
30 Juni 7min
Save the Suffering Animals! Grimm's "The Hut in the Forest" Summary and Discussion
The Virtue of Beauty, the Beauty of Virtue: A king is cursed to live as an old man with his servant– now animal attendants–until they are saved by one with kindness for all life. A poor woodcutter go...
14 Juni 26min
Emptiness Eating Itself (Clip)
In “Fight Club,” the protagonist tries to find meaning in life through filling his life with purchases. But that doesn’t give him fullness–he feels dead. So he goes to cancer support groups, and the...
6 Juni 7min
Why are Zombies Everywhere?
Zombies are everywhere in our culture, in movies and shows, and even in real life, on zombie walks. They’ve gone from being an object of horror to one of fascination, one that seems to reflect someth...
27 Maj 1h 31min
God is Turned Down (Clip)
At the beginning of the story, the man has had his 13th child, and in a panic he runs out into the street looking for a godfather, and God shows up. He turns him down, pontificating to the Almighty, ...
24 Maj 8min
The Power of Foresight in Grimm's "Godfather Death"
A man works very hard but there is no one left to ask to be the godfather as his 13th child is on the way. He rushes out into the street and is approached by three prospects. The first is God, whom ...
18 Maj 1h 38min
Corruption in the Garden (Clip)
The queen bathes in the stream in the garden with her angelic babe, a scene of pure life and innocence. Into this scene slinks the power-hungry cook, who manipulates the scene to look like that of a ...
10 Maj 4min
