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Links
IIn each issue of Mythic Passages,
we'll share a few of our favorite links on the World Wide Web. We hope
these resources help you with your own Mythic Journey.
Mythic Journeys guest speaker Dr. Richard
Smoley, the former editor of Gnosis magazine and the author of Inner
Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition has done a fair amount
of work for www.faith.com.
The Web site has a lot of extremely interesting material -- original articles,
book excerpts, interviews -- on a huge number of religious traditions,
as well as discussion boards where you can post your own messages and thoughts
on a wide range of topics. The Faith.com web site also includes several
gateways addressing specific religious traditions:
Maggie Macary, another of our presenters
passes along news of her revitalized Web
site, a virtual healing community for dream work and personal myth.
As Maggie says, “This is a place to learn about writing the healing stories
of our lives and to find support in moving beyond survival. This is a place
for us to tell the stories of our lives, to dream our dreams onward. This
is a place where we take up the work of Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung,
and James Hillman. Work which moves us out of literalism and into soul-making.”
Other interesting sites hosted by Maggie include www.mythandculture.com
and www.mythologicalmovieclub.org.
Charles Vess is an exceptional fantasy
artist whose work graces book covers like The Sandman, Stardust, Seven
Wild Sisters, and The Book of Ballads and Sagas. His most recent
project, A Circle of Cats, is a 48 page children's picture book
written by Charles de Lint and published by Viking. You can view his art
at www.greenmanpress.com.
Mythography
explores mythology and art with information about the classic stories of
heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the legends
of the Celts. The Mythography Web site also presents resources and reference
materials about mythology, including recommended books and lexicons that
explain Greek, Roman, and Celtic terms and words.
Teachers and students will be interested
in Myth
Writing With Jane Yolen. Here you can learn to write a myth — a story
that explains a natural phenomenon in a creative way. You'll also find
writing strategies and a few warm-up activities to get you started. Last
but not least, you'll write a myth of your own. Complete the workshop,
and you'll receive a personalized Certificate of Achievement signed by
Jane Yolen, one of the most prolific and respected authors of children’s
fiction!
For reference Web sites, we recommend
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts, an excellent resource created by D.L.
Ashliman of the University of Pittsburgh, and Myths
and Legends compiled by Christopher B. Siren. |
Recommended Reading
When the new Web site is launched,
you'll find a section of recommended reading. In addition to book reviews
(and music, spoken word, performance, film, and video reviews), explore
short lists of five to ten books to introduce people to some of the concepts
you'll see presented at Mythic Journeys.
In the last issue we started with ten
basic books from a variety of genres and disciplines that we recommend
to everyone associated with Mythic Journeys.
This time, here are seven books dealing
with Myth and Psychology:
The Mythological Unconscious
by Michael Vannoy Adams
Healing Fiction by James Hillman
The Dream and the Underworld
by James Hillman
Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological
Transformation by Marion Woodman
We: The Pychology of Romantic Love
by Robert Johnson (Also check out He and She.)
Working with Images by Benjamin
Sells
The Grail Legend by Emma Jung
and Marie-Louise Von Franz
Recommended by John
Adcox
If you'd like to recommend
books, submit reviews, or write an article for Mythic Passages,
send a note to Brenda Sutton.
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