The Brothers Grimm's "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn" Summary and Discussion
Three brothers, tired of poverty, go out into the world. In the forest, they come to a hill of silver and the first brother decides to load his pockets and return home. The second does so with a hil...
13 Nov 202535min
Attention is Your Light onto the World and How You See It (Clip)
Attention is your light, and that can build if you can keep your attention on it. It can grow, and we can see it more truly. Instead of increasing our attention, however, we often instead look for s...
11 Nov 20253min
Von Schonwerth’s “Anna Mayala:” Forbidden Love and Time Forever Lost
The beautiful Veri and Anna Mayala were in love, but she was poor, and her many suitors were grievous to them. But finally, they were to be married, and on that date imaginative “Crazy Veri” got a ro...
8 Nov 20251h 52min
Is the King of the Golden Mountain Ruling in the Land of the Dead? (Clip)
About the Merchant’s son’s character: Early in life he showed faith in his father, himself, the world… How did he change? When he goes back home he is not recognized by the sentries of his hometown. ...
7 Nov 20253min
Grimm's “The Three Little Birds” Summary and Discussion
Back in the time of small kings, one was riding forth with his retinue from the castle to go hunting. Three sisters who were watching their cows saw them, and the eldest pointed to the king and said ...
4 Nov 202546min
Bearskin Walks the Earth, a Living Hell (Clip)
The character of Bearskin: courage, but then he learns perseverance with his seven years of living Hell. He must live truly wretchedly; he cannot even pray. (From a discussion on “Bearskin,” by t...
2 Nov 20251min
Rousseau, Happiness & Modernity
JJ Rousseau wrote in “Emile” that his principle aim in teaching his student is to feel the beautiful of all sorts to fix his tastes on it and prevent his natural appetites from corruption. In this po...
29 Okt 20252h 29min
The Brothers Grimm’s “The King of the Golden Mountain”
A wealthy merchant loses his ships, and a dwarf appears to him with an offer: sacrifice the first thing that touches you when you come home, and I will help you exceed your previous riches. He is dis...
26 Okt 202545min
